Initial vs final mod cost
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Initial vs final mod cost
Some mods are fairly straight forward and easy to do, and your initial cost is all you invest in it. Others are a different story. I recently bought a Caravaggio rear spoiler for my 02 vert. $530.00 for the spoiler. Add $214.00 to ship it from Canada to Indianapolis. Now it needs fitted to the car which required adjustments to the sides and the 3rd brake light area. The side spears had to be heated up and bent in so they would hug the car better, to avoid them pulling away from the tape. The 3rd brake area light needed opening up on one side because it was off center. I was made aware by the vendor that these adjustments may be necessary, before I bought it. I had the paint shop do this along with prep and paint. I wanted the paint to be right, no orange peal or other crap. I used a shop in Avon Indiana by the name of Kustom Kolors. Quint guaranteed the paint to look like the factory paint on my car. All this work ran me $657.00. So, at the end of the day the entire cost was $1401.00. The spoiler came out great and looks like it was supposed to be there all along. No disappointments.
I've said all this to say that initial cost looks do-able, but be ready shell out much more to get it right. I've seen Corvettes with after-market body parts that don't fit right, and paint that don't match. These are really nice cars and are worth doing our mods well, if we can afford it!
I've said all this to say that initial cost looks do-able, but be ready shell out much more to get it right. I've seen Corvettes with after-market body parts that don't fit right, and paint that don't match. These are really nice cars and are worth doing our mods well, if we can afford it!
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That seems like an insane amount of money to paint and prep a spoiler. With how expensive that spoiler is it should barely need any prep work before paint. Some of you guys are the reason why the "Corvette Tax" is in effect.
-Eric
-Eric
