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Old Mar 25, 2007 | 06:08 PM
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I'm getting ready to have my 93 TA repainted. I was just wondering how much money I should budget for the job. It needs virtually no body work and I plan on using the same color. It's Sunfire Yellow, but I think it's called collector's edition yellow now.
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Old Mar 25, 2007 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by av8er77
I'm getting ready to have my 93 TA repainted. I was just wondering how much money I should budget for the job. It needs virtually no body work and I plan on using the same color. It's Sunfire Yellow, but I think it's called collector's edition yellow now.

Wow! That's a beauty!

If you want a nice job, look to be in the $2000 range, give or take a few hundred, depending on the area that you live in.

As with anything, you get what you pay for, so do your homework on the shop you are paying to do it.

I love those yellow TAs!!
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Old Mar 25, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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by "how much money for paint".. do you mean how much for materials? or how much to drop it off at a bodyshop have them paint it? If you want a quote on materials I can do that no problem. PM me and we'll work something out.... if you want a bodyshop to do it... expect anywhere from $2k-$3k for a good quality paint job... in my experience its always good to overbudget for these kinda things... **** gets expensive.
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It could be anywhere from $1000 to $5000 dependine on who does it, what they use, and how far they dismantle it to get a nice finish.
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if its a solid yellow, u can cut the costs in half by goin with a single stage urethane and a top coat clear. Compared to going base/clear. Now even as a single stage paint job ur lookin at 1k+
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