bead blast sand substitute

Rice Nuker said
... I found a similar place 50 miles away or so from me that would chemical dip the car, blast it then "e-coat" (dip or powder-coat, I am not sure) for about 2K. ...

E-coating is wayyyy different than powder coating. Here's some info in case you're curious.

http://www.epw.com.au/ecoat.html