Paint cost???
06-19-2015, 07:02 PM
#1
Le Mans Master
Thread Starter
Paint cost???
I am thinking to have my front bumper cover repainted. My 08 CRM is really called Claret Red Tintcoat. I have 2 questions if anybody can be gracious enough to give me the answer.
1. What would be a good price to respray my front bumper cover, if I took it off the car.
2. The "Tintcoat" part of this sounds like the clear coat is not actually clear but has a tint of some color to it. Is that correct?
I'm asking here because I do not trust that the shop will tell me the truth.
1. What would be a good price to respray my front bumper cover, if I took it off the car.
2. The "Tintcoat" part of this sounds like the clear coat is not actually clear but has a tint of some color to it. Is that correct?
I'm asking here because I do not trust that the shop will tell me the truth.
06-20-2015, 05:51 PM
#2
Race Director
I am thinking to have my front bumper cover repainted. My 08 CRM is really called Claret Red Tintcoat. I have 2 questions if anybody can be gracious enough to give me the answer.
1. What would be a good price to respray my front bumper cover, if I took it off the car.
Depends on the condition of the bumper cover. Small nicks and abrasions will have to be addressed...so giving an estimate is about impossible. A trained eye will see concerns that most people do not see and feel are important.
2. The "Tintcoat" part of this sounds like the clear coat is not actually clear but has a tint of some color to it. Is that correct?
YES...it can be a tri-stage...or a tint coat...but the factory paint code is really what needs to be known because it will let a person like me know if it requires a tint coat or not...when I look up the paint formula...along with the color coat and possible correct color of gray sealer...depending on what is need to re-paint it. And if it is a tri-stage...and painting the bumper OFF the car...this can be really tricky...because the number of tinted coats can and will effect the color when completed.....AND....the number of actual clear coats that are applied can also effect the outcome of the color because it can change the depth and make the color darker. Much like how when you look down on a swimming pool from hotels top floors....how in the shallow end is a lighter blue...but the diving end is a darker blue....but yet when the pool was painted the light blue on the inside it was all the same light blue.
I'm asking here because I do not trust that the shop will tell me the truth.
1. What would be a good price to respray my front bumper cover, if I took it off the car.
Depends on the condition of the bumper cover. Small nicks and abrasions will have to be addressed...so giving an estimate is about impossible. A trained eye will see concerns that most people do not see and feel are important.
2. The "Tintcoat" part of this sounds like the clear coat is not actually clear but has a tint of some color to it. Is that correct?
YES...it can be a tri-stage...or a tint coat...but the factory paint code is really what needs to be known because it will let a person like me know if it requires a tint coat or not...when I look up the paint formula...along with the color coat and possible correct color of gray sealer...depending on what is need to re-paint it. And if it is a tri-stage...and painting the bumper OFF the car...this can be really tricky...because the number of tinted coats can and will effect the color when completed.....AND....the number of actual clear coats that are applied can also effect the outcome of the color because it can change the depth and make the color darker. Much like how when you look down on a swimming pool from hotels top floors....how in the shallow end is a lighter blue...but the diving end is a darker blue....but yet when the pool was painted the light blue on the inside it was all the same light blue.
I'm asking here because I do not trust that the shop will tell me the truth.
DUB
06-20-2015, 07:41 PM
#3
Le Mans Master
Thread Starter
wow, thanx for the reply. So it is best to just give them the car and hope for the best?? as far as price goes.
06-21-2015, 05:34 PM
#4
Race Director
Instead of 'hoping' for the best....find someone who can do it and GIVE YOU their BEST.....there is a difference.
DUB.