[DeTomaso] Paint job cost

[P. Rimov]

To have your car painted to a very good level repaint as you describe you
are looking at $8,000 to $10,000. Just the paint,primers, sealers, plastic
filler, sand paper and other supplies will set you back about $2,000 to
$3,000 now a days. Paint has really gotten expensive and if you go with 3M
or Glasuit add an extra $1000. Also figure any where between 6 months to 2
years for the shop to complete the work. For some reason once some one has
mastered their craft they are so brain dead from the toxic fumes they are
unable to work on the project without taking on several other jobs while
working on your car and become quickly distracted by every imaginable
interruptions conceivable. I can appreciate that there are cheaper shops
depending on your location and yes there are exceptions to the time it often
takes to have your car painted, but keep in mind that you get what you pay
for when it comes to having a car painted and a lot of the detail work is
often overlooked with thrifty budgeted repaints.

I did all my disassembly and stripping myself. I then worked under the
supervision of a very competent body man that has been doing street rods and
customs for years.  I did not spray the car myself but did all the prepwork
before each and every coat of sealer, primer,  base coat and clear. I
enjoyed the disassembly and stripping the body to bare metal and enjoyed
much of the metal work but sanding and cutting the skim coat and spraying
the car was not very enjoyable.  Check out what a $250.000 paint job
involves http://mototechnique.com/250GTO_p1.php

Cheers

Paul
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> I'm thinking of having my car stripped to bare metal using blasting and
> then repainted both done professionally.  Provided there is no major
> rust or body work needed and I want a street use paint job, what kind of
> dollars should I ballpark?  I realize that there are no way until the
> paint is stripped to know how much body work it will take.  Just looking
> to get a figure of what kind of money I am looking at.
>
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> Thanks, David
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Perry Lindsey" <nckzck at yahoo.com>
To: "David Gordon" <dgordon100 at cox.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Paint job cost


> David,
>
>  What part of the country do you live in? That is a huge determining 
> factor as to price. In California, prices for a windows out, media blasted 
> paint job can easily run $10-15K , while next door in Arizona, prices are 
> generally $2-4K less. I have heard of very nice paint work in the South 
> and Mid-West costing $6-8K.
>
>  Unless you are Paul Rimov or Weldon Brown (amongst a cast of capable 
> others), and are willing to tackle the job yourself, it is not a 
> inexpensive proposition.
>
>      Best Regards,
>
>                Perry Lindsey (saving pennies for paint work someday too)!
>
> David Gordon <dgordon100 at cox.net> wrote:
>  I'm thinking of having my car stripped to bare metal using blasting and
> then repainted both done professionally. Provided there is no major
> rust or body work needed and I want a street use paint job, what kind of
> dollars should I ballpark? I realize that there are no way until the
> paint is stripped to know how much body work it will take. Just looking
> to get a figure of what kind of money I am looking at.
>
>
>
> Thanks, David
>
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