How much should it cost to get a fiberglass hood painted?
05-07-2008, 03:55 PM
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How much should it cost to get a fiberglass hood painted? I bought an ebay fiberglass SS hood and I'm wanting to get it painted. I was thinking it would cost around $400 for a pretty good job. The car is black, and I just want the hood painted(I could care less about blending the fender). I just went and got my first quote from a shop and it's $605 to prep and paint the hood and do a quick spray underneath it. Painting a hood doesn't seem like that hard of a job to me, but I don't know a lot about body work so maybe I'm talking outta my ***. I understand it's fiberglass and needs to be prepped a certain way, but $605? What is the average cost to get a fiberglass hood prepped and painted?
05-07-2008, 05:08 PM
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I'm in the same boat with my WS9 hood..just want the top and bottom painted..I'm goin on Saturday for an estimate to paint and align it perfectly so i'll keep ya updated as to what they tell me.
05-07-2008, 09:32 PM
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I got quotes this week for bumper cover and blending onto fenders and hood. $950-$1310. 2-stage process. I just can't believe what they get for paint and prep, but there seem to be many more hours of prep involved than I can understand. Some colors cost more than others, black is the cheapest.
05-09-2008, 12:02 PM
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I bought an ebay fiberglass SS hood and I'm wanting to get it painted. I was thinking it would cost around $400 for a pretty good job. The car is black, and I just want the hood painted(I could care less about blending the fender). I just went and got my first quote from a shop and it's $605 to prep and paint the hood and do a quick spray underneath it. Painting a hood doesn't seem like that hard of a job to me, but I don't know a lot about body work so maybe I'm talking outta my ***. I understand it's fiberglass and needs to be prepped a certain way, but $605? What is the average cost to get a fiberglass hood prepped and painted?
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05-09-2008, 01:25 PM
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Here is where your cost comes from. first its an aftermarket fiberglass hood. they will have to test fit and make any corrections to the shape of the hood to get all body lines straight. Top of the hood will have to be sanded and then primed. Once primer is dry they will block the hood out to make sure all minor flaws in the fiberglass are gone. I imagine they will just scuff and shoot the bottom, and while this sounds like a "quick spray" it still takes at least 1-2 hours for this process alone. next they will flip the hood knock off any overspray and then seal, base, and clear the hood, 1-2 hours. Once the paint is dry enough they will nib any dirt out of the clear (hopefully) and then install it on the car. While it sounds like an easy job there is plenty of man hours as well as cost of supplies that go into painting a hood. Once you get your hood painted if any problems arise to shrinking of the fiberglass guess where the first place you are taking it. Back to the paint shop, hence the cost to do it right the first time and not cheap leaving you with issues.
05-09-2008, 05:33 PM
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we paint new hoods off the car this way we can just get both sides done at once. personally i thinks its the best way. and heres the thing no matter what company you get a fibgerglass hood from its gunna need work. either it needs to be trimmed around the edges or its going to need some blocking and primer and then more blocking before paint. i mean who the hell wants a wavy hood especially if you have a black car because you'll see it in black more then any other car. i think 600 or 650 sounds about right to do it right the first time. also in my opinion if he said there might be spider webbing in the finished product they arent diong it right and thats not a shop i would take my car too. it might speder web 10-20 years down the line depending on how much stress is put on the piece and so forth but there should be no spider webbing in the finished product the day its done being painted. try a different shop imo.
05-09-2008, 05:50 PM
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I bought an ebay fiberglass SS hood and I'm wanting to get it painted. I was thinking it would cost around $400 for a pretty good job. The car is black, and I just want the hood painted(I could care less about blending the fender). I just went and got my first quote from a shop and it's $605 to prep and paint the hood and do a quick spray underneath it. Painting a hood doesn't seem like that hard of a job to me, but I don't know a lot about body work so maybe I'm talking outta my ***. I understand it's fiberglass and needs to be prepped a certain way, but $605? What is the average cost to get a fiberglass hood prepped and painted?
05-09-2008, 10:51 PM
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Here is where your cost comes from. first its an aftermarket fiberglass hood. they will have to test fit and make any corrections to the shape of the hood to get all body lines straight. Top of the hood will have to be sanded and then primed. Once primer is dry they will block the hood out to make sure all minor flaws in the fiberglass are gone. I imagine they will just scuff and shoot the bottom, and while this sounds like a "quick spray" it still takes at least 1-2 hours for this process alone. next they will flip the hood knock off any overspray and then seal, base, and clear the hood, 1-2 hours. Once the paint is dry enough they will nib any dirt out of the clear (hopefully) and then install it on the car. While it sounds like an easy job there is plenty of man hours as well as cost of supplies that go into painting a hood. Once you get your hood painted if any problems arise to shrinking of the fiberglass guess where the first place you are taking it. Back to the paint shop, hence the cost to do it right the first time and not cheap leaving you with issues.
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$600 sounds about right only if all you gotta do is spray the back side and and prime and block the top surface. But if you have to do an extensive amount of filler work you will be looking at up wards of $200-300 more.
05-11-2008, 07:43 PM
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I got quotes this week for bumper cover and blending onto fenders and hood. $950-$1310. 2-stage process. I just can't believe what they get for paint and prep, but there seem to be many more hours of prep involved than I can understand. Some colors cost more than others, black is the cheapest.
but then again, my car is black
05-11-2008, 09:14 PM
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Mine is costing $850 for them to paint the top, bottom and align it perfectly. And thats with a discount
they're pricey but they do a damn good job with my last two cars so I'd rather pay for perfection.
they're pricey but they do a damn good job with my last two cars so I'd rather pay for perfection. 
05-13-2008, 07:06 PM
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OK, well I went and got another estimate today. This body shop spent a good 20 minutes inspecting the hood with their body guys to see what it would need. They pointed out things that I hadn't even noticed about the hood. Turns out the hood is really thin in some spots, so thin that I can press my fingertip against it and it will give almost an 1/8 of an inch. So they would be doing a lot of prep work to the hood before they paint it, but they really can't guarantee their work because of how cheap the hood was made(the thin fiberglass may cause bubbling which is they can't control). I agree with them on that part. So the quote I got was for $750, but my family has gotten work from them before and I will be getting it for a little under my other quote. So it looks like it will cost $600 to paint this hood and it could end up looking like crap in a year from now. I'm starting to think if I should just unload this hood to someone that wouldn't care about little imperfections and get a "real" hood.
05-13-2008, 10:28 PM
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i agree with your last statement. i have a glasstek hood and its awesome quality in my opinion. vfn i hear both good and bad but i dont think with either company you can go wrong.