SHORTZ A KILLA

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Hey -looking to paint experts to give me an idea what the TOTAL out of pocket $ expense to have my 00 Camaro prepped & painted by a competent body shop in House of Color -ShimrinŽ Designer Pearls -Tru Blue . My car is being built by Xtreme HP in Texas, so I need to start looking at paint. Also any suggestions on shops on the east coast that have experience in House of Color paintTHANKS TO ALL IN ADVANCE

BLULS1Z28

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it all depends on weather you want motor taken out and engine bay under side and inside painted complete color change show quality top of line clear look to spend around 10k and it isnt gonna be a over night turn around it will take some time

dubga

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There are questions like this on the forum all the time. You will get people giving you figures from $1,000 - $15,000. Prices seem to be much higher in northern states than the south. Best thing to do is just go get your quotes from some shops with good reps.

JohnnyBz28

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My body shop quoted me a starting price of $4,000 for a color change, then it all depends on how expensive the paint is, how in depth you want to go with the color change, and if your car needs and body repairs. Chances are if you want it done 100% correct, it will cost close to $8.000. Your best bet is to just go to a reputable body shop and get a quote.

Blackhawk777

good lord 8K?? You gotta be up north.... Here in Nebraska I'm looking at $3,200 for body work and a respray to HOK black.

pillarpod

does that include door jams? For the whole car, no engine bay and no door jams for our shop is around $3800

Blackhawk777

Yup, door jams and engine bay, hatch area.... the ENTIRE car.

SOMSS

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Cost me $6K for a show quality repaint in SOM (original paint color), that included 5 coats of clear, color sanding the entire car, buffing it out and sealing the paint. HOC paint is very expensive, you might want to look at some alternative paints. Paint alone cost over $1000 for my car.

Smoke Em

cost me 5K + for a professional shop to change my color from black to red and it is damn near perfect, that included all the door jams, hatch; everything but the engine bay which was left black

CNTLOSE2

If this is my old Cobb County car I had an estimate of $4k to do it correctly. Pulling all the panels off and removing the glass. Now this was a buddy price as the guy went to HS with my father. I would guess $5k for changing the color and no "buddy" discount. Also as stated above will depend if you are going to do it 100% and pull the motor out. The only major thing that needed done on the body was pulling the door dings out of the rear quarter panels.

SHORTZ A KILLA

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not going to pull the motor, just want it to look good, i'll be racing it not showing it but i do like the HOC blues-may go with the GM C5 Corvette Electron blue or the 5th Gen Camaro blue

Screamin_99

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I got quoted 1000 dollars just to have my damn front bumper and the W68 pieces taken off sanded painted and put back on.

Yeah **** that.

Firechkn01

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Yeah I was quoted $1k just for painting my new hood. Thats why I am now saving up a bit and just going to get all the little scratches taken care of with a new paint job.

pillarpod

i would have said the same thing

yodas little brother

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man those are some high *** prices i guess we should charge more your looking at around $3500 or less from us.i say less because same color job would be around $2k now we wouldnt take the glass out or doors off or paint it in pieces for the reason that you dont have to on a car your going to drive and it just make way more work