wreck up-date-paint question
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Instructor
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From: Manchester Mi
wreck up-date-paint question
My 78 Silver Aniversary is in body shop and it can be fixed, Question? He is going to re-do body seams and all that and am going to have whole care repainted and clear coatedInsurance will pay for some of painting but how much is whole paint job cost these days?
Burning Brakes
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From: Vernon British Columbia
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the paint and decal job on my truck cost me 7500...Id say a decent quality paint job without any major bells and whistles should cost NO LESS than 3 grand. Paint is important.
Team Owner
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From: Middletown Connecticut
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The Painter will spray the entire front end of the car, and blend into the doors 
cost me 7 grand to get a new front end put on (minus a fender)
thats' WITHOUT paint mind you
cost me 7 grand to get a new front end put on (minus a fender)
thats' WITHOUT paint mind you
Race Director
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
$2200 got my buddy a fair paint job with no body work, down side was we had to do all the buffing since the painter was a jerk and walked away form the job crying he didn't charge enough
Heel & Toe
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From: SUN Diego CA
'82 Paint Costs
Hi, everyone. First time caller, long time listener here...
I just got my second quote to get my '82 repainted. The two quotes that I have are $7K and $9K.
Both places say they will replace both bumpers w/fiberglass (my request), both will remove doors to paint the jams, both will paint the window trim, one will replace the weatherstrip, and both expect it to take anywhere between 8 & 12 weeks to complete.
I honestly didn't expect the cost to be this high. Expecting $5-6K range.
Does this sound legit?
I just got my second quote to get my '82 repainted. The two quotes that I have are $7K and $9K.
Both places say they will replace both bumpers w/fiberglass (my request), both will remove doors to paint the jams, both will paint the window trim, one will replace the weatherstrip, and both expect it to take anywhere between 8 & 12 weeks to complete.
I honestly didn't expect the cost to be this high. Expecting $5-6K range.
Does this sound legit?
Safety Car
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From: NorCal
My problem as well
With paint, you definitely get what you pay for, but 8-9K seems a bit high. My vette and the BOSS both need paint, so I'm really looking at a big bill! I save quite a bit of money by removing all the hardware myself and I sand and prime them as well. I have also started to play around with the actual paint (on my kid's drag car), but I'm probably more dangerous than skilled at this point 
Hans
Hans
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Originally Posted by SteveG75
Paid $5k to go from:
To my sig pic.
To my sig pic.
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From: FL
Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
What kind of coatings were used on your car? I can see color difference in the bumper & the rest of the car, as if the rear was sprayed over dark primer or gelcoat and the body not.