Earl Schieb, Macco Anyone, Anyone??
02-23-2017, 01:43 PM
#101
Le Mans Master
Yeah, but what would you get? A $20K Toyota Tercel with a new paint job or a used Corvette with a ten plus year old paint job...
I dunno... $5K seems like a lot, but it's an isolated charge. If you have your car the way you want it and need to spruce up the color, doesn't seem horrible.
I dunno... $5K seems like a lot, but it's an isolated charge. If you have your car the way you want it and need to spruce up the color, doesn't seem horrible.
02-23-2017, 01:44 PM
#102
Le Mans Master
I had a friend who had his car painted at an Earl Schiebs in the late 70s. It was one of those "in and out in one day" jobs. While he was driving from Columbia SC to Florence on I-20, people were driving along side and pointing at his car and making gestures. He thought they were just impressed with his "new" paint. He later found out that the force of driving at 60+ mph on the freeway was causing the paint to come off in sheets. He literally had half a paint job by the time he got home.
Shakey
Shakey
02-23-2017, 03:20 PM
#105
Le Mans Master
02-23-2017, 03:22 PM
#106
Safety Car
Most technical body men do side work. If you befriend one and help their family out...
**** gets done! You can get good body work for $3,000. You just have to have a few friends.
**** gets done! You can get good body work for $3,000. You just have to have a few friends.
02-23-2017, 03:50 PM
#107
Safety Car
This is the fastest car in the world and it is American. It has a twin turbo Corvette engine, a LS7 V8. It runs on bald eagle ****! They did this run at Kennedy space station.
It's not a Corvette but it is a Corvette engine.
With a 427 LSX it beat the Bugatti Veyron with only half the cylinders.
It's not a Corvette but it is a Corvette engine.
With a 427 LSX it beat the Bugatti Veyron with only half the cylinders.
02-23-2017, 04:12 PM
#109
This is the fastest car in the world and it is American. It has a twin turbo Corvette engine, a LS7 V8. It runs on bald eagle ****! They did this run at Kennedy space station.
It's not a Corvette but it is a Corvette engine.
With a 427 LSX it beat the Bugatti Veyron with only half the cylinders.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWAavCjVQvM&t=7s
It's not a Corvette but it is a Corvette engine.
With a 427 LSX it beat the Bugatti Veyron with only half the cylinders.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWAavCjVQvM&t=7s
02-23-2017, 04:13 PM
#110
Drifting
This is the fastest car in the world and it is American. It has a twin turbo Corvette engine, a LS7 V8. It runs on bald eagle ****! They did this run at Kennedy space station.
It's not a Corvette but it is a Corvette engine.
With a 427 LSX it beat the Bugatti Veyron with only half the cylinders.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWAavCjVQvM&t=7s
It's not a Corvette but it is a Corvette engine.
With a 427 LSX it beat the Bugatti Veyron with only half the cylinders.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWAavCjVQvM&t=7s
02-23-2017, 06:00 PM
#113
Melting Slicks
Friends is something else, I will do anything for my buddy pertaining to my trade, I never charge him a thing. That way he owes me. But I would not do this for a complete paint job. There is way too many things that could go wrong and put me in an awkward position not wanting to complain, small work is fine.
I feel like a "side job" of this scale could be a disaster to a friendship, plus...unless its the shop owner where is the work being done? Some garage not set up to paint cars?
it could work out great but I would not do it at this stage in my life on my corvette.
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02-23-2017, 06:33 PM
#114
Safety Car
I would trade out retail for retail only on barter work. Other wise someone gets screwed. Its the only way to be fair to both trades IMO.
Friends is something else, I will do anything for my buddy pertaining to my trade, I never charge him a thing. That way he owes me. But I would not do this for a complete paint job. There is way too many things that could go wrong and put me in an awkward position not wanting to complain, small work is fine.
I feel like a "side job" of this scale could be a disaster to a friendship, plus...unless its the shop owner where is the work being done? Some garage not set up to paint cars?
it could work out great but I would not do it at this stage in my life on my corvette.
Friends is something else, I will do anything for my buddy pertaining to my trade, I never charge him a thing. That way he owes me. But I would not do this for a complete paint job. There is way too many things that could go wrong and put me in an awkward position not wanting to complain, small work is fine.
I feel like a "side job" of this scale could be a disaster to a friendship, plus...unless its the shop owner where is the work being done? Some garage not set up to paint cars?
it could work out great but I would not do it at this stage in my life on my corvette.
Priceless!
02-24-2017, 03:13 PM
#115
Intermediate
While I was reading this thread I got this email:
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02-24-2017, 04:13 PM
#116
Drifting
If it isn't a color change and there is little to no actual damage, than a reshoot of the existing color from a quality shop should be less than $2k (no door jams or trunk or under hood).
02-24-2017, 07:13 PM
#117
Melting Slicks
To me a quality job means as good as or better than factory. I personally have not seen a result like that for that kind of money. This is not an attack, I just have not seen it.
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