Paint/body work needed -- any clue about price?

[Alexlind123]

Getting your car or parts of your car, does not come cheap, dont listen to the $300 paint job ads. I got my car repainted and body work included for $7,000, and that was because I was best friends with the guy who owned the place, It normally would have cost me $10,000. An overall ok paint job with bodywork cost around 4,000-6,000, just doesnt include as many coats and paint sanding. But for your hood, front fenders and front end, I would approximate around 2,500 to 3,000.

I disagree, its just a matter of how good the paint is and how skilled the body man is. The price has little or nothing to do with those two things, it is possible to get a good paint job for less than your prices.

[632 Regal]

I should just get a good spary gun and do mine myself, just afraid of the paint not matching other than that I painted dozens of cars...the only one I didnt paint is the bimmer.

I disagree, its just a matter of how good the paint is and how skilled the body man is. The price has little or nothing to do with those two things, it is possible to get a good paint job for less than your prices.

[Jay 535i]

Only the grille surround needs work. Maaco will do it for ~$200, and it'll look good for about two years. IMHO that's long enough. You can always paint it again in two years.

Proper, 'good' paintword is very expensive. I would never use Maaco for a big job, but I've used them before for little jobs like this when I wanted to save money. I've been happy with the results.

[Jon K]

Getting your car or parts of your car, does not come cheap, dont listen to the $300 paint job ads. I got my car repainted and body work included for $7,000, and that was because I was best friends with the guy who owned the place, It normally would have cost me $10,000. An overall ok paint job with bodywork cost around 4,000-6,000, just doesnt include as many coats and paint sanding. But for your hood, front fenders and front end, I would approximate around 2,500 to 3,000.

I got my car fully painted for $2000 blocked and primered. If you want hi-res pics let me know - it's sure to ruin your day

[CharlesAFerg]

I got my car fully painted for $2000 blocked and primered. If you want hi-res pics let me know - it's sure to ruin your day

Not bad
Send me a pic via Email
charlesaferg at hotmail

[Jon K]

Big pic - you can see, it's quite nice

[Russell]

Check with Dent Wizard or detailers
My local Dent wizard has access to other services. For example, He told me of a local mobile detail specialist who uses an air brush to touch up scratches and chips. Just a thought

[rob101]

Big pic - you can see, it's quite nice

No thats crap
did you use a bmw colour for that? The other day i was looking at dupont's site and found that they supply the amounts of tints to mix etc. for all the BMW colours.
Might get the friendly painter a work to do mine, he's quite good and no shop overheads to pay for!

[blackpawn5]

I got my car fully painted for $2000 blocked and primered. If you want hi-res pics let me know - it's sure to ruin your day

Please dont tell me you primered right over the old paint, and then repainted. Was the old paint stripped then the body primered sanded, then painted sanded, and again painted sanded. If you painted over the entire car you will have some serious problems when the paint starts bubbling up. Im interested to know, post some more picks either here or via email to 9282tangle@msn.com

[Jon K]

the car was scuffed up, dents pulled and filled, primed and painted. I've had it now for 2.5 years.

Do you have experience painting? Because every painter I know (quite a few) firmly believes that factory paint makes the best primer. No one acid baths/media blasts an entire car down to the sheet metal except for full $250,000+ hot rod frame off builds... Unibodies are not done this way. I hvae no issues with the paint - I don't really think it necessary to post any more pics though, that shows the quality fairly well. But, here are some more.





and one from the old school: