So life threw me a few lemons today, and I spun out on some black ice and did some pretty serious damage to my 2000 V6 on the front and rear bumper, the drivers side door and side skirt, and the exaust. I decided I am going to make lemonade out of the situation by getting a body kit like I have always wanted, but I want to know how much sugar I'm going to need before I get myself into situations. So I have a couple questions, if anyone would be able to help me out I would really appreciate it:

1: Say I get a body kit, front and rear bumper and two side skirts. I can do the installation myself, but I need to get it painted. Does anyone have an estimate of how much it would cost to get a kit like that painted?

2: My exhaust also got ripped off. Seeing as most body kits have bumper cutouts for dual exhaust, I may want to consider getting one of those. For a V6, what kind of options do I have in this area? H pipe? X pipe? How much might it cost and how hard is it to install?

3: Lastly, I'm going to need a new drivers side door. Could I save any money by buying a door myself and installing it, or should I just let the body shop take care of it?

Thats all. If you have any helpful information, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

 

Good luck with this. What color is your car because I know you can get some panels pre-painted in stock colors. If you have to paint the panels and replace the door you might want to consider a complete repaint so everything matches correctly.