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Paint Job Costs 1800 1969

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posted by  matt b on  Thu May 22 05:27 CST 2003
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Well, first...yes, to mask things right, changing the color should cost a bit mroe, but if you stick with a white based pearl, it should come out fine...

The only car I had painted is my Jag, and it had zero trim, zero rubber, and I had done most of the body work and primer. I paid ~$1200 and got what I thought was an excellent value. The shop did about 4 hours body work. They did do the door jams, but...as I said, no rubber moulding or even interior, so that didn't add much.

That price also included sandblasting and painting 4 wheels. There are a couple runs in the paint, but overall it was an excellent job, and high quality paint was used.

If you just drop a good clean rust free car off, and have the shop fix any blemishes... I would count on about $2k. Pulling all the trim and light fixtures etc... will save a good amount of $, and that is fun stuff, because you get the rewarding project of putting all that stuff back on and watching the car transform from a freshly painted shiny body shell to a beautiful new car as you get as you put each trim piece back on...

-Matt






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