Tims 88GT

Fair paint job 2500-3500. great paint job 5000-10,000

5.0 MPG

amen!

MidNite27

What prep work done at home can help lower the average paint job price?

Steeda1716

Are you serious?


Sanding,bondo if needed,rust removal,prime,wetsand, ect....

Materias

not to high jack but waht about touch ups?

kartracer55

Touch ups wont be that much, but it will never look great.... your trying to match brand new paint to faded 10 year old AT LEAST 10 years old depending on what year youve got.

Usually, the more you pay the more you get. Most of a paint job is LABOR!!! For example, My dad got clipped while he was parked about a month ago. Small dent in the front fender and an ever so fiant scratch on the door because of it. They ordered a whole new fender for a whopping 150$ or so, and shot that along with the door. Total cost came to just over 1100$. So, you figure 100$ for supplies and another 150 for the fender leaves you with 850$. Yup, thats 850$ worth of labor. Of course, this was a top notch body shop, and the paint is AMAZING!!!! Absolutly ZERO orange peel and it has depth like you wouldnt believe.

Jim

ScottY94GT

$2500 for my paint job...including the door jambs, uderneath hood and trunk....bondo'd side skirts filled with foam....$2500

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ScottY94GT

^^^ PPG paint , 3coats of black, 1 clear...looked immaculant when I picked it up...make sure they do a good job of wet sanding...it makes a whole lot of difference