[The dude]

First off- I painted the car. It is speed yellow and I simply repainted OEM speed yellow.

Here is the news.... After hearing ridiculous quotes.... As much as $10,000. I decided to do it myself. I have done some painting before, but not to this degree or a job that would need to be perfect. When getting quotes, a nice guy offered to let me spray the boxster in his shops spray booth.

I didn't go cheap.... Big bucks on paint materials. About $2000 with sand paper and incidentals. PPG Deltron paints. I learned a TON about auto body, paint materials, paint mixing, prep work, painting, buffing, etc. it has been a good project.

I am almost done, but I have been apparently ultra picky. I got a couple little flicks of primer in the yellow and I thought maybe it could be sanded out, but I couldn't get it out. I brought it to a body shop and the guy said I would probably be the only one to notice. He said the panel looked beautiful and asked how I got the paint o lay like that. He said I could work there. A nice compliment. The car has zero orange peel. I sanded the clear coat completely before buffing.

All in all..... The point of this post is to say a perfect paint job, for those that do not know, takes forever. Now, I know why quotes were $10,000


Also, another poster used 3m dynoc on some door handles. It is basically a carbon fiber sticker. I used it to wrap the metal retractable wing mount. It looks nothing short of bad ass. An idea I am passing to the rest of you.