Paintjob time Options

[NaderG]

I know this question been asked a million time , but i still need to ask it :
How much should i expect to pay for a good paintjob ? i dont want o pay over 2k and i dont want to paint it somewhere too cheap ( maaco , earlscheib) .... so how much quality should i expect for the price ...etc

[Valo666]

a decent /good paintjob will cost around $1500-$3500. It all depends on the quality of workmanship, prep work, paint, amount of time put into it. My paintjob cost me $2000 with repairing my 1/4 pannel after my accident. So, replacing 1/4 pannel, full sanding down, 3 layers of paint, 5 layers of clear and doing only the door jams, not under the hood, or under the hatch. I got a quote for sarah's coupe gettin painted at my buddies body shop and he wanted $1200 for full colour change, gettin rid of any rust and re-painting the entire car including every thing except under the hood.

[NaderG]

a decent /good paintjob will cost around $1500-$3500. It all depends on the quality of workmanship, prep work, paint, amount of time put into it. My paintjob cost me $2000 with repairing my 1/4 pannel after my accident. So, replacing 1/4 pannel, full sanding down, 3 layers of paint, 5 layers of clear and doing only the door jams, not under the hood, or under the hatch. I got a quote for sarah's coupe gettin painted at my buddies body shop and he wanted $1200 for full colour change, gettin rid of any rust and re-painting the entire car including every thing except under the hood.

CHANGE OF PLANS : i backed into a car and now i have to pay my saved money to the guy i hit !!! so .... car has to wait , i also been turned down by a bunch of body shops because the car was worked on ( and messed up) already..... i am thinking of doing my own body work and paint prep to insure myself of good results.... so i need help with that ... ALOT of help..... i am just hoping the estimate on the dent i put into the guy's bumper doesnt cost me too much


Explanation: my budget for paint is cut in half now .... i can only spare 1-1.5K .... i dont want to get a maaco or earlscheib paint job due to hundreds of people telling me not to !... so i will have to go to a "better" place where they do it right and spray good paints..... but in order to cut down costs , i need to do my own body work and paint prep .... so can anybody tell me a list of things that needs to be done ? i will buy one of those lil books that explain body work and try to learn as much as i can from the internet and then give it a try ... i cant make it worse and if i get frustrated then Maaco it is !! thnaks for you help everybody

This post has been edited by NaderG: Oct 4, 2007 - 10:44 PM