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Nov 10, 2010 | 03:26 PM

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how much was YOUR paint job

i have been getting quotes around to get my car painted and so far the high i have gotten was 3200.00 this is to do the whole car and door jams am i crazy to think is is accurate?

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Nov 10, 2010 | 03:34 PM

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Nope. $3200 sounds a bit on the cheap side if anything.

Nov 10, 2010 | 03:37 PM

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^^^agreed it does sound a lil cheap. around 3200 would be a price for just a respray without door jams, engine bay exc..

Nov 10, 2010 | 03:40 PM

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Since I see you are in WI, you MAY not be in a major city. Your prices can reflect the amount of business they get to deal with.

Nov 10, 2010 | 03:40 PM

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just cause its more money doesnt mean it'll come out better.

all depends on whose painting, so inspecting their previous cars would be more important imo.

but if u go with the Maaco $800 special then obviously that wont last u that long nor look as nice.

Nov 10, 2010 | 03:49 PM

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na bro just asking around the shop i wnt to i was going to work as a tech but i think im getting outof the autobody game. so when the guy told me 3200 i gasp! i was thinking of taking the car to chicago to get painted

Nov 10, 2010 | 04:06 PM

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That is really cheap every where I go it's like 5,000 7,500

Nov 10, 2010 | 04:09 PM

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wow.... thats a dope price was that for a re-spray or color change

Nov 10, 2010 | 04:16 PM

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wow.... thats a dope price was that for a re-spray or color change

I was going from factory Onyx Black to the Acura Nighthawk Black Pearl. It was pretty much a re-spray since it's already black. I never got it done because everybody said my paint looked brand new as it was

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It would've been a lot more if I went to Royal Sapphire Pearl or Platinum Silver though.

Nov 10, 2010 | 04:19 PM

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i want to go to rsp but from black is a pita. i was thinking of just wet sand buff and bu that will only get u so far

Nov 10, 2010 | 04:51 PM

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i was quoted $1200 for the whole car including door jams.

Nov 10, 2010 | 04:54 PM

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I think 3000 is an average price...

I got my paint job for 800 2 stage...It pays to have friends in the business

Maaco / ****ters paint in 1 stage
An average body shop paints in 2 stage
The dealership paints in 3 stage / high end body shop

Nov 10, 2010 | 05:02 PM

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i want to go to rsp but from black is a pita. i was thinking of just wet sand buff and bu that will only get u so far

Yeah, that's one of the reasons that I didn't go with a new paint job. At the time, my SC was bone stock so it wouldn't have helped anyway. If you can get a good deal on the whole car though or even do part of the prep work yourself, go for it.

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i was quoted $1200 for the whole car including door jams.

Now that's cheap! If I could get one that cheap, I'd go for it

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I think 3000 is an average price...

I got my paint job for 800 2 stage...It pays to have friends in the business

Maaco / ****ters paint in 1 stage
An average body shop paints in 2 stage
The dealership paints in 3 stage / high end body shop

That's a good deal!

$3,000 does seem to be the average price. I would pay $3,000 for a super nice Ferrari quality paint job.

Nov 10, 2010 | 05:30 PM

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Well if I were you I would make sure good paint was used like ppg material

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