jason350z

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I’m about to get a body kit painted I have 2 places about the same price one place used PPG and the other DuPont paint, which one is better???????/

Apanther

I think a lot of it has to do with personal opinion. But a friend of mine who has been painting for about 20 years thinks that the new PPG clearcoat is better than Dupont's.

But I believe that if you get body work, make sure that its done at a shop that guarantees their work for the life of your car. Then you dont have to worry.

Cabot

I actually work for DuPont Performance Coatings. Obviously I am Biased, but as long as you take it to a well qualified shop that uses the Premium product line of either paint line (ie. DuPont Chromabase or Chromapremier or PPG's DBU and DBC) you'll be fine. I'd stay away from economy clears.

SuperBlack350z

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I prefer PPG products. i've used it on three cars so far, one was show car. PPG old's 2021 Clearcoat was good and now its even better. PPG has great primer too. My hood and aerosync bumper was sprayed with PPG.

JasonCA

I know Jason350z is going to get a body kit painted, but I've had a friend who got a new car and brought his car into a shop to have a clear coat put on the entire car. Is that even a good idea? All new cars have clear coat, so why put another one on it whether Dupont or PPG's? I'm not really sure the entire process he put it through, but the car came out very nice!

jason350z

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thanks
I went to a new auto body that looks really good and they use Glasurit. He said ppg its bad. said that glasurit its used by manufacturers of European cars

So now its down to glasurit and dupont

Which one should I go with??????

Eazzy

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An after the fact Clear coat will give it more protection and add some depth---But if the ENTIRE surface isnt preped so the CC can get a "bite" on the old, the car will be shedding its skin like a snake within a year----Both PPG and Dupont are good---Im not crazy about Sherwin Williams and there is a Paint made in Europe called Sikens ? Siekens ? Thats awesome

jason350z

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Glasurit vs dupont??//

SuperBlack350z

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the only time to put new clear on is when the car is brand new. Any flaw, rock chip, any sort of that will show very well in the paint. Aftermarket clear is way more durable and they can take out all the orange peel in the paint.

Cabot

DuPont. Ask them to use Chromapremier Clear 72500S. Make sure they add flex additive to the primer/sealer and clear. Trust me. I've been with them for 15 years.

03Zilverstone

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I really like how people "know" all this stuff.

To start off take your car somewhere else. We all have our preferences, but to say that PPG is bad is completely ignorant. And you can't compare one brand to another. You have to base it on the line made by each brand. PPG makes some low grade cheap lines, but so does Dupont. They both also make some higher grade lines that are awesome. Another brand you might look at is SPI (Southern Polyurethanes Inc.). And there's no sense in spraying another coat of clear on a new car. Do that and the finish will be more brittle. All you need to do to the get orange peel out is to cut and buff the car. Also you can reclear a car whenever you feel like it. You just have to sand the old clear down to get all the factory orange peel and spots out. You don't have to do it as soon as you get it. Lastly flex agents are a load of crock. I don't know of anybody that uses it. Paint and clear naturally have some flex abilities to begin with. Not to mention that the flex agents ability will only last a few days. It's designed to allow flex while installing the plastic parts. And to tell you the truth if your bodyman can't install a bumper cover, rocker moulding, etc. without flexing it then he shouldn't be in the business.

jason350z

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I’m having a hard time making up my damn mind. The one place that uses glasurit it’s an autobody/collicion they fix all cars that have been into accidents, he’ll charge 1200. Though the first time I spoke with him he told me to see another guy that specializes on bodykits and custom paint. He’s the guy that uses DuPont. But when I got there the place is very small in the back of a Getty gas station, he did have a mustag,camaro an other cars but I don’t know. It didn’t look like a professional place, though people say he is very good. He charges 1100, said that all work is warranty by DuPont and if it peals dupont covers it..

Now I don’t know what grade of paint he uses.
i kind want to go with the “dupond guy” cause he does body kits+ good painter, but I don’t know the place looks getto.
Which should I go too, I have an appointment with both next Tuesday

Eazzy

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Smell the coffee---the best Motor Builds and Paint jobs come out of places that dont look "Professional" Im leary of places that look professional

If you havent aquired the street sense to face a man and tell if he's on the level, you need to start working on it

Z1 Performance

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what you use is FAR less important than the attention to detail the painter does with his prep and technique. A good painter can have "inferior" paint look amazing....and a bad painter can take the best stuff out there and make it look like you did it yourself with a paintbrush.

Don't overthink it....look at examples of each of their work in daylight and decibe based on that, and recommendations from customers

Devil Z

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My entire car is painted black in PPG now!!! All new paint!!!