what did your paint job cost?

[73RRA VR4]

Also MC Racing (read Mr CRX) does resprays including pearls for $1500

[NISMOgemini]

yeah all these cheap "resprays" always turn out shit....
a respary for $1500.. come on. i paid $1800 just for the paint and undercoat and its still in the tin/not on the car yet.. u get what u pay for i know that much.. im just trying to compair prics here

[piss98]

Forget these timewasters.......

All I need is -

1xlarge paint brush/roller - $10-20.
1x4 litre tin of Wattyl Solaguard.

Oh hang on you said you had the paint didn't you......well that will just be $20 for the brush plus labour so.............let's call it $3k. :D

[Jag7799]

Mine is going in 3 weeks for its spray job.
Its getting a decent ammount of rust work and body straightenning aswell, full bare metal in a pearled white for 1.5k. this is from my gf's dad and supposedly he does JESUS work.... he is knocking a few thousand off the price for me though :-)
ill see how it turns out

[piss98]

If he does a shit job get his daughter pregnant and dissapear as a payback! :p

[NISMOgemini]

lololol

that'll learn him

[mirage]

I have spent $4k so far which has included:

cutting out rust
replacement panel fabrication and welding.
chassis rail extension fabrication and welding.
sand blasting to bare metal on a rotisserie top, bottom, inside out.
coated in 2 part epoxy primer
underneath and interior floor pan stoneguarded
engine bay and interior painted in 2 pack glasurit colour.

I stripped the car to a rolling shell myself and will re-assemble it myself, so not included it that cost.

[Spammy]

All the cars I have owned have come with paint already on them.

[hamish]

Originally posted by Bozz
Complete bare metal respray, straightening body, about 200 hours total labour, $800 (not a typo)

That's about what I spent on my last one, more hours spent fixing the body though , & doesn't include cost of equipment (purchased previously) it was in acrylic laquer done at home so it's not quite be to show standards, but it will buff up pretty well. Price difference compared to a pro job gives an idea of labour involved.

[HoonBoy]

My respray was $1,700

The panel beating, getting it to bare metal then primer, roughly $4-5,000.

Having another panel beater asking for contact details as he thinks it is an excellent job - Priceless :D

[Paddington]

Nothing - got screwed over last time my car was getting worked on at a panelbeaters so im just letting the doors rust and the paint get worse and driving the bloody thing instead.

[Datto-Zed]

sv_i: Ditto

[fury]

yeah.. i think most are tired of getting ripped by paint and panel shops. Some are good, but others

If you don't have "mates rates" or un-naturally lucky you are basically stuffed.

Most shops are so used to cashing in from insurers they couldn't care less about the bloke who wants to pay their own cold cash to get it done

[73RRA VR4]

The reason alot of shops, including where i work, cant be farked doing these kinda jobs as it takes up too much time and space in the shop. Thats why we rarely do private work.

[SpaceCowboy]

Originally posted by Spammy
All the cars I have owned have come with paint already on them.

LOL

I just about fell off my chair laughing when I read that. (I was thinking the same thing):rotflol: