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Jim
Jun 03, 2018Explorer
Had a '94 Bounder that was faded pretty bad, took it down to Mexico for paint work. Here's what it looked like to begin with, kinda looks like yours as far as the vinyl striping goes:

And after:

Looks pretty nice. Did have trouble with the painters of course and over 3 years and visits to different painters, did finally get everything done to my satisfaction. First two jobs were in Mazatlan, the last one was in San Felipe, Baja.
Total cost, not counting travel expenses because I would have gone there anyway, was around $2500. Well worth the trouble.
Here's the back treatment:

I'm not talented with paint to do my own work so I admire what you've done so far and hope you keep posting as you progress.

And after:

Looks pretty nice. Did have trouble with the painters of course and over 3 years and visits to different painters, did finally get everything done to my satisfaction. First two jobs were in Mazatlan, the last one was in San Felipe, Baja.
Total cost, not counting travel expenses because I would have gone there anyway, was around $2500. Well worth the trouble.
Here's the back treatment:

I'm not talented with paint to do my own work so I admire what you've done so far and hope you keep posting as you progress.
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