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Hi I recently bought a 2004 Toyota Celica GT and it needs some paint because it is starting to peel on the hood as you can see in the first picture so I went to my local advance auto parts shop and the guy told me I only had to send it down to the base coat with 400 grit and then apply a new basecoat and then apply clearcoat I prepped the car and everything like washing it etc... then it turned out terrible as shown in the second picture. I've only did it to one side just to see how it would turn out but as you can see it is not shiny as the lower left side with the peeling paint any tips to make it brand-new again I don't want to pay a local print shop a lot of money just to do a simple paint job.
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Poor Celi frown

I believe that to get a perfect color match, you may have to take this to a professional. They will buff down the entire part. Then prime and repaint it with professional grade materials. You're not paying them just to have them pass over a few prays of paint. You're paying them to professionally prep, color match, paint and polish a hood part thats probably been discolored by being exposed to hot temperatures, having water left on it, having the clear coat/wax dry out and peel...etc, all causing discolor to the rest of your vehicle's paint.

A professional painter will take all this in to consideration, and do what their years of expedience has taught them, to give you a good looking final product in exchange for your money.

As I'm quite sure that you already know very well, a hood is also a removable part, which only takes two bolts on either side, to remove.

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Its worth it.

As an alternate, you might look in to purchasing a carbon fiber hood for less than $500, or replacing it with another red Celica hood from the junk yard or locally for under $300.

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I think I might do what you said get a carbon fiber hood on a red celica that would look kinda sick.

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