87 crazy Paint job?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Magnolia Mississippi
St. Jude '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
Painting is such a wide open listing, alot to decide before you get estimates: How much prep/body work needs to be done. What quality of paint. How many coats. How many clear coats. Wet sand. Buff out... and the list goes on and on... to get a repaint theres a lot to decide on before...
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Conyers Ga
Painting is such a wide open listing, alot to decide before you get estimates: How much prep/body work needs to be done. What quality of paint. How many coats. How many clear coats. Wet sand. Buff out... and the list goes on and on... to get a repaint theres a lot to decide on before...
You can save some cash by doing some of the prep yourself such as mask and or remove the trim pieces, marker mights, headlight buckets etc. But in the end.......Cash = outcome
Team Owner
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From: Lacey WA RVN 68-69
NCM Sinkhole Donor
When you go for estimates, ask to see examples of similar work and ask if you cn get names of customers who will give references and/or let you look at the work that was done.
Re-paints can vary widely in price as can the overall quality of the work. You can do some of the prep work yourself if you have the time, energy and basic skills for sanding. You can remove as many of the exterior pieces and trim as you can (or want to) and that will save some.
Ask the paint shop if their quotes are for single-stage( cheaper) paint or base coat/clear coat (costs more but overall better quality and durability) and how many coats will be applied.
If you won't do any prep or any bodywork, ask how much time the shop wil spend in doing that. Labor makes up the majority of the cost of a paint job, so the more work that is done to get the body smooth will cause the price to go up. For example, basic sanding of the old paint can be done in a short time with power sanders, but hand sanding to insure a very smooth surface can take many hours.
You can get Joe's Auto Re-paint and Fencing Supply and to give you a $1000 price or go to a high-caliber shop where a good show-quality job can run into 5 figures.
Re-paints can vary widely in price as can the overall quality of the work. You can do some of the prep work yourself if you have the time, energy and basic skills for sanding. You can remove as many of the exterior pieces and trim as you can (or want to) and that will save some.
Ask the paint shop if their quotes are for single-stage( cheaper) paint or base coat/clear coat (costs more but overall better quality and durability) and how many coats will be applied.
If you won't do any prep or any bodywork, ask how much time the shop wil spend in doing that. Labor makes up the majority of the cost of a paint job, so the more work that is done to get the body smooth will cause the price to go up. For example, basic sanding of the old paint can be done in a short time with power sanders, but hand sanding to insure a very smooth surface can take many hours.
You can get Joe's Auto Re-paint and Fencing Supply and to give you a $1000 price or go to a high-caliber shop where a good show-quality job can run into 5 figures.
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: crystalriver Florida
I agree.....Find REFERENCES of customers with the work done by the shoppe....Usually you get what you pay for, I've got friends who do pay around 15k for a paintjob on a single classic car--but that entails alot, I paid 5000 for mine and had alot of body work done too (gx effects, hoodscoop etc) I wish I'd gone to someone else and paid more for a more superior job but I didn't do my homework 1st, my young age and lack of experience with paint deprived myself.....
Racer
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 393
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From: tx
My vette has been repainted. The previous owner had it done. The paint work is great. The prep work was sub-par. You can see all kinds of sanding marks and poor feather edges. I find myself just shaking my head wondering what the heck they were thinking.
You just can't polish a turd.
You just can't polish a turd.
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"In honor of jpee"
When you go for estimates, ask to see examples of similar work and ask if you cn get names of customers who will give references and/or let you look at the work that was done.
Re-paints can vary widely in price as can the overall quality of the work. You can do some of the prep work yourself if you have the time, energy and basic skills for sanding. You can remove as many of the exterior pieces and trim as you can (or want to) and that will save some.
Ask the paint shop if their quotes are for single-stage( cheaper) paint or base coat/clear coat (costs more but overall better quality and durability) and how many coats will be applied.
If you won't do any prep or any bodywork, ask how much time the shop wil spend in doing that. Labor makes up the majority of the cost of a paint job, so the more work that is done to get the body smooth will cause the price to go up. For example, basic sanding of the old paint can be done in a short time with power sanders, but hand sanding to insure a very smooth surface can take many hours.
You can get Joe's Auto Re-paint and Fencing Supply and to give you a $1000 price or go to a high-caliber shop where a good show-quality job can run into 5 figures.
Re-paints can vary widely in price as can the overall quality of the work. You can do some of the prep work yourself if you have the time, energy and basic skills for sanding. You can remove as many of the exterior pieces and trim as you can (or want to) and that will save some.
Ask the paint shop if their quotes are for single-stage( cheaper) paint or base coat/clear coat (costs more but overall better quality and durability) and how many coats will be applied.
If you won't do any prep or any bodywork, ask how much time the shop wil spend in doing that. Labor makes up the majority of the cost of a paint job, so the more work that is done to get the body smooth will cause the price to go up. For example, basic sanding of the old paint can be done in a short time with power sanders, but hand sanding to insure a very smooth surface can take many hours.
You can get Joe's Auto Re-paint and Fencing Supply and to give you a $1000 price or go to a high-caliber shop where a good show-quality job can run into 5 figures.
BTW when looking at references from paint shops, try and find older ones (at least one or more years old) to see how it held up. I've also seen 4-year old $3K jobs with paint falling/chipping off and/or fading out. And they looked good when I saw them just done.
It is labor intensive, high quality materials cost money, and expertise costs money, not to mention the cost of a high quality work environment.
In the end, it's your money, your decision and what you can live with. Good luck.
