Cost of full re-paint?

[alt+f4]

Hell! If it were up to me I would say bring it up to sac and we can get it painted! (we have 3 cars in the slot for paint, but it can take forever because this is sunday only stuff...Must be out!....got bit in the ars by a friend too).


You can find somebody local! just keep looking!


Yes autobody shops like to rape.. You prep, $500-700 for paint, and maybe 10hrs max for labor....

[speedy]

the best advice is probably to prep the car yourself , bodyshops tend to quote on a whole job prep etc , just a top coat and laquer i doubt will be a fortune , if you are paying for a top dollar paint job nearly all the cash will be on prep work because without the groundwork the paint will look cr**p .
So cheap gun and filler primer are the way to go

[djmatio]

Honestly, i think prepping it myself (including primer) would be impractical and possibly illegal here in CA. It's also unwise unless you really know what you are doing. 90% of a great paintjob is in the prep. Plus you'd need to use a compatible primer for the paint system your shop guy will be using. Example, if it's PPG then you'd need to go to a paint place that uses that specific PPG paint system. Otherwise you will run into trouble. Good paint places typically recommend you do not do extensive prep yourself.

My garage is way to small to get sanding dust everywhere and dirty to paint in. In addition, purchasing quality tools including an air compressor will cost too much. My garage is in the middle of the suburbs. If it were a more rural location, then having space for tools and might be less of a burden.

I have found one place called the spot shop in San jose that will do it for an estimated $6k. They actually came out and took a look. They were also talking about a new "paint blasting" method using baking soda. Apparently this works quite well without any warping damage, and will not hurt things like chrome.

I am still looking around. I also found evil-wheels.com, a custom body shop in Santa cruz. I'm going to give them call and see what's up.

[jrinlv]

Well if you mean in the last 10 yrs. yeah soda blasting is kind-of new. Is it me or dose $6000 still sound high? but if you are talking stripping and paint I guess that fair. What work dose the quotes include? JR

[djmatio]

Yes, we are talking stripping and painting. You actually bring up a very good point. I did not get a paper quote, only a verbal regarding the ballpark of how much it'll cost to paint the car after the guys looked it over.

No specific work was mentioned, although they saw and commented that some welding, rust removal and minor body work needed to me done. I told them i wanted the outside and inside painted. The interior i have not thought through fully yet. Will I do with a stripped down race interior, or bare bones including carpet, headliner and door panels. Option 2 sounds better right now and they will not need to put more paint into the interior. That could knock off $1k.

Downside is these guys will not do a pan off because they have no rotissiere. I assume you could paint the body without one, but what do I know.

They also kept talking about how red is the most expensive color; the one with the most pigments. Ferrari red (rosso corsa) is what i'd like my car to be.

[zeroaxe]

Well, I for one can tell you that it IS possible to paint a shell, off the chassis, without a rotisserie. I have done it at my old work. It sure isnt all that easy, but then again it is not THAT hard either. A rotisserie just makes it easy getting 'under' the car. :agree:

[Kafer_Mike]

Yep. The body shop prepped mine on a large flat dolly and painted it on saw horses...