My 2008 c6a6 is an outdoor car winter and summer. The paint around the edges of the hood has cracked and begun to delaminate. I wonder if any of you have had paint work done and if so would you post your cost when no body work was involved. I also wonder if the presene of new paint will indicate to a new buyer that the car has been wrecked (not) in the past and therefore gets a big deduct. Thanks for your posts

 

Keep the paint job receipt for history records. There will always be bodywork involved in a paintjob, I'm assuming no bodywork as in no panels to be repaired/replaced, etc.
If there is no disassembly, not door jambs, etc. you could be looking at anything from a $1000 Maaco job, to around $2.5k-$3.5k.

But this is one thing that it'll show how much you didn't want to pay afterwards. Around here, to do the job with little bodywork, removing bumpers, etc can be done for around $5k, same color. So many variables to play with that can affect the final price though.

 

$750 to R&R + paint a rear bumper that required some sanding.
$200 to paint and install a rear spoiler that was primed for paint when it was brought in.

I'd hazard a guess of about $750 to R&R, sand the damaged areas, and paint the hood.

 

In the S.F. Bay Area I had two cars painted beyond the MACCO $800 job. The first was my '69 BB Corvette that was done by a friend who was a professional body man and painter. The car had some minor body work involving cracks around the seams between major body panels. This car got the full treatment, being stripped to bare fiberglass and then brought back up with lots and lots of blocking. It cost $8,500 and the car actually won a best paint award at a huge Corvette show in Los Altos, CA.

My second experience was with my '69 Mustang convertible that had been blasted by a down burst of wind, driving rocks and mud at the car at over 100 mph. Spring time in the Rockies. Anyway, I had the whole car stripped down to bare metal and completely repainted in the factory color. That paint job was done by a Miracle shop that specializes in vintage cars. It was recommended to me by a friend who restores Mustangs for a living. It cost me $5,000 and the car came out looking great. BTW, when you add in the new windshield, re-polishing all the stainless trim, replacing all four headlights, replacing front and rear bumpers, etc., the total butcher bill was $7,200. Thank
God for Hagerty 0 deductible insurance.

 

Whether you get the full monty, or just spot-painting, if you are concerned that a future buyer will wonder if there was a problem, have the paint manager write "No damage to vehicle, paint only" on the invoice. The prospective buyer can call and verify such.

 

Just wondering if you have a cover over it when you aren't driving it. My 07 sits outside in San Diego, and although there isn't any "winter" to speak of, the sun does shine on it a lot. the original paint was good enough for 1st in class at La Jolla Motorcar Classic in 2014.

BTW, I managed to crack the fiberglass/paint on the right front wheel arch when I parked to close to the wall in my garage. Since the front bumper had some stone chips a few scratches, I had the right frt. fender and the bumper re-painted-cost was $1500 in San Diego. Only another paint/body man can tell its been repainted.

http://www.lajollaconcours.com/2014-winners

scroll down to the Motorcar Classic and there is my car

 

Thanks for the posts. Very helpful information.