I've had this idea for several months, and I'm looking for some feedback on it. When I get the money, I'm planning on getting a black paint job with a red metallic flake, and possibly some red pinstriping. I would photoshop it if I had photoshop or knew how to use it, but, as of now, I'm just trying to get a rough guess as to how much it would cost. So, what do y'all think?

 

Really depends on what brand of paint you go with and how my sanding prepping and buffing is done on the car.

 

3-5K if you include door jams.

 

mine is in the paint shop now. should be done by friday. i'm having a slanted fade to black on the back of the car. going to cost me $2,450 w/my back window tinted. they just made it illegal here in mn too. o well.

 

what i have heard....probably closer to 5k with very good paints and finishing work

 

The cheaper the paint job, the ____tier it will be.

 

true....

a lot of times quality products all together cost well in to a thousand dollars...then the labor for good prep work and finishing....then the labor for painting....

 

Yeah, that's why I'm not flipping ____ about the price or anything. And it's also why I'm not doing paint just yet. I'm thinking turbo, first. Maybe a manual transmission swap, too.

 

hey all. got my car back (finally) took them 2 tries to do it how i wanted but it's done. it was around $2500 w/ my back window tinted and it's a really good job. just thought i'd let you know that it wasn't that expensive for a good paint job.

 

^^that still sounds like alot dude! a decent price would be around 1800 and thats topping it off, mine was done for about 1200 maybe less and even then the person that does paint jobs there for customer charges 1500 topps for a custom job (depends how custom) and includes jams check my pic thread out

 

sorry but a good custom job has that much just in supplies...you got hooked up and it may be good...but 2k for a custom job jambs and all is LOW

 

ok very much off topic but.....how do i customize the tc avatar? i made a topic about it in the web discussion forum but nobody replied yet.

 

not true i know a lot of people that have done it themselves and it cost less tehn $500 and came out better then some that i have seen that cost 5-10000. its all in the prep not the cost.

 

And prep costs money. I'm in an auto body class right now, the prep work and sealer are the most vital things in a paint job, and they're the reasons why so many paint jobs go south after a short period of time. And of course doing it yourself is going to save a huge amount, you're not paying for any labor. But if a shop is only charging you $2,000 for a full respray and you're not getting a 'deal,' you can expect that paint to start cracking very quickly.

I'm not doubting their work at all. I repainted my friends (Tom, I was at his house when you came over) stock WRX wheels gold a few months back. We spent hours upon hours doing the prep work, painting, etc and to this day, they're still in perfect shape, no rock chips or anything...and it only cost him around $100 in materials (paint, clear, primer, sand paper, etc).

 

i helped jon with that big post

 

I hate you, lmao

 

no you dont lol

 

i paid 350 for my car to get painted, took 2 months lol, saw my car being sanded, blocked, primed, sanded blocked primed, painted, pearled, cleared baked i think i got a 'deal' lol my paint job would have cost 4k but im glad i didnt pay that or id be seriously ____ed off.