Who had their car painted a different color by a shop? Cost?
07-19-2011, 09:11 AM
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Who had their car painted a different color by a shop? Cost? I'm interested to see who changed the color of their 4th gen and how much it cost to have a shop do all most of the work? Obviously this involves painting in the door jambs, under hood, trunk, etc. Please only respond with:
Make, and model
Original color
New color
Cost
How it turned out and how it is holding up.
Thanks!
Make, and model
Original color
New color
Cost
How it turned out and how it is holding up.
Thanks!
07-20-2011, 01:02 PM
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The shop I work at would charge 6-8 grand for a color change even more for something custom like a two tone,flames ect. It's not cheap, you may get lucky and get it done for 3-5,or if you can find someone good that does side work. Just make sure you get a good shop or person to do it.if you do all the body and prep work it can save you a lot.
07-20-2011, 01:35 PM
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I haven't had mine done. I was quoted a SAME color replacement for $2500 on a whole car, but when I asked on here I was told a stock quality paint job, even same color, should run $4-6k. So.. I'd assume a color change, which would mean cutting in the engine bay, door jambs etc. would be a good bit more than that.
07-20-2011, 05:21 PM
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The shop I work at would charge 6-8 grand for a color change even more for something custom like a two tone,flames ect. It's not cheap, you may get lucky and get it done for 3-5,or if you can find someone good that does side work. Just make sure you get a good shop or person to do it.if you do all the body and prep work it can save you a lot.
This sounds about right for a factory type finish on a car with almost no body work, maybe a door ding or two.
Price is going to change depending on location, type of paint,etc,etc.
Doing a color change correctly takes some time.
07-21-2011, 01:46 AM
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I had my '93 Z28 painted BMW Black Sapphire Metallic. Because my car lived its life in the rust belt, we found quite a bit of rot once we dug in. To the tune of $5700, I supplied the following materials:
-new GM quarter panels
-new GM fenders
-new GM front bumper cover
-Trufiber SS hood
-thespoilercompany SS spoiler
-new windshield and side window glass
-all new GM weather strips
-DuPont paint
-POR15 (for the underside)
First, I stripped the interior and all suspension, brake, exhaust and fuel components from the underside of the car. The shop charged me $1000 to sandblast the underside, patch all rust in the floorboards/wheelhouses and paint the undercarriage with POR15. I then installed all new undercarriage components and the shop charged a further $9000 to replace the panels, repair the rust and paint pretty much every surface on the car.
If you don't need any extraordinary repair work or panel replacement, $7-8000 should get the job done right.
-new GM quarter panels
-new GM fenders
-new GM front bumper cover
-Trufiber SS hood
-thespoilercompany SS spoiler
-new windshield and side window glass
-all new GM weather strips
-DuPont paint
-POR15 (for the underside)
First, I stripped the interior and all suspension, brake, exhaust and fuel components from the underside of the car. The shop charged me $1000 to sandblast the underside, patch all rust in the floorboards/wheelhouses and paint the undercarriage with POR15. I then installed all new undercarriage components and the shop charged a further $9000 to replace the panels, repair the rust and paint pretty much every surface on the car.
If you don't need any extraordinary repair work or panel replacement, $7-8000 should get the job done right.
