looking to paint tacoma?

so I was originally looking at vinyl wrapping my truck, but my friend has a buddy that can paint it for pretty cheap, I wanna consider painting it now, but I'm not sure about what kind of paint and how much I should get, its an 05 double cab short bed, Id really appreciate help, thanks!

 

i was thinking valspar paint but i dont know where the hell you actually buy it

 

Ahh the good old "A buddy of a buddy" hook up. How much do you care about your truck? Coz thats exactly what you're gonna get, "pretty cheap". But hey, your truck.

 

my friend just vinyl wrapped a full car damn well, he was gonna do it for me but then he reccomended painting it, his friend has a full paint room and guns so it's not like hell be rattle canning or anything

 

I painted my wife's car with Valspar and it came out pretty good if I say so myself. Pick up the primer/base/clear at your local pro auto paint store. Be prepared for sticker shock, the stuff is expensive. I did the whole job myself with about 1/2 gallon of base coat. You'd probably need about a gallon for your truck.

Here is the first wet sanding



and fresh from the paint booth, it will never look better than this.

 

I didn't know how much I'd need so I bought 1/2 gallon of primer, 1 gallon, base and 1 gallon clear for around $500. Like I said the stuff is expensive. I used all of the primer and 3/4 of the clear. I wanted the paint to be really deep looking and that's why I used so much clear. I did the project as part of the local high schools adult learning program. You could use their tools and the instructor was there to help with any questions. It was worth every penny of the $140 fee. In the end I figure I got a $3000 dollar paint job for about $800 and a whole bunch of my time.