A friend of mine said that if your car is repainted the paint job will not be as good as the one from the factory. Is this true?

 

Factory paint jobs can have alot of "orange peel" in them. I would think if you didn't go the cheap route you could probably get a paint job far better than a factory spray.

 

I'm sorry he said something about it not being as good because GM "bakes" the paint onto the parts or something. He said that is what a body shop told him.

 

SO TRUE. I made the mistake of doing that and a few months after having the paint job the car looked like total POOP

 

Ok, thanks guys. If someon is paying 3k or more for a paintjob I sure as hell would hope it is just as good if not better than factory!

What is this "orange peel" you speak of?

 

orange peal is little ripples in the paint.

a paint booth or as u guys put it an oven only makes the paint cure faster it doesnt make it stick to the parts beter. the prep process to the car is whats inportant and when being painted. the car has to be spotless nothing on it dust all rust has to be removed missing a little spot will come back and bite u later. also when painting u need a perfect mix of humitity and tempeture the paint booth controls these things