Jump to content



SC430girl

Recommended Posts

What kind of paint job are you looking for?  Something basic to make your car look a little better or an OEM quality paint job?  Prices can range dramatically from a few hundred dollars to many thousands of dollars.  Preparation is everything.  I've largely stripped cars before I had their bodies painted removing all pieces that weren't going to receive paint, e.g. badges, moldings, headlights, taillights, fog lights, grills.  I even removed the windshield on one convertible.

Since you're in California, here is a link to an LA Times article about having an entire car painted:  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-02-fi-1447-story.html 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Original Equipment Manufactor as in the way they did it in the factory when producing the car. It can be done close to that where like "1990" said above, you remove a bunch of stuff instead of taping edges and covering areas they don't want painted. But $8800? Phew, that sounds pretty pricey. 

Are you just wanting to correct the flaws or are you looking to change the color from say blue to white? If you are changing the color then yeah 8k would not be so unreasonable since they'd have to disassemble all kinds of things to do it correctly. Some would call that a "frame up" paint job where the car is largely disassembled, painted and reassembled. That would be a true OEM paint job. 

If you just want to correct exterior flaws like chips and scratches it should not cost $8k. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 months later...

These cars have pretty good factory paint.   In order to repair a panel or paint the whole car, it is necessary to remove the clear coat.   That is one of the reasons modern boyd work costs so much.   In order to have a satisfactory paint job similar to the original quality it takes a lot of labor. 

$7-9 K is in the ball park for a quality paint job. 

Doing a front fender is around $900.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Quote

In general, a car’s value often determines whether you will pay $500 or $5,000 for a paint job. “You are not going to spend $800 on a $1,300 car,” said Kenneth R. Zion, professor of automotive repair at El Camino Community College.

I agree. Sometimes being able to see what a paint job looks like, 3 years after completion is just as important as scrutinizing the work immediately following completion of the job. Due diligence is important.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.



×
×
  • Create New...

Forums


News


Membership