Ditto on prep work. I just pained my old Mercedes at a local budget shop and
stripped everything and got a great paint job.

William

> In my experience, if you want a decent paint job from one of the "budget"
> paint shops, it is EXTREMELY important that you do a lot of the prep work
> yourself.  Especially the little things, like removing door handles, trim,
> bumpers, mirrors and, if you're really serious, all the windows.  You
simply
> cannot get a quality paint job if these area are only masked off.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Jeff