Who's red 2010 SS? Full repaint
09-03-2010, 10:24 PM
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There is a factory green one driving around here and it looks ok I guess, definitely not something I would buy though. I love this car though because it's so different yet not obnoxious like those crazy colors or kandy cars. It looks exactly like a car that came off the factory floor. I wonder what it would look like with some bad *** wheels .
09-03-2010, 11:48 PM
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It's all in the prep and the cleanliness of the application. just because it didn't cost three nuts and a leg doesn't make it bad. Man it sure is clean gm should have offered it in that color I'd buy it. If I didn't need four extra doors and a bed for kids and wife.
09-04-2010, 10:20 AM
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09-04-2010, 10:30 AM
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Like everybody else has been saying, just because a "renowned" shop can charge a **** ton for a paint job, doesn't make it amazing quality. And just because a less known shop doesn't charge a lot, doesn't make it a bad job. Yes, you usually get what you pay for, but when a shop is trying to get customers and isn't "prestigious" they can't charge out the *** for labor on a paint job.
09-04-2010, 11:49 AM
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i saw an SS last night. they had just picked it up last week and had ordered it back in july. IIRC they had a white on red 2010 ss and sold it to buy the green one. That color is now available on SS's for '11
09-04-2010, 03:24 PM
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The shop doesn't even look dirty, idk what everyone is bitching about, the only thing I see in the picture are some tires leaning up against the wall. It only takes 1 average car to completely **** up a clean shop. Now once you get into the rusty *** cars where you have to sandblast and what not, the amount of trash generated from that one car is just insane. It's impossible to keep the whole shop clean at once so we just do sections at a time.
I know y'all aren't going to believe this but the car actually looks really good, a completely different green than what I had in my head.
I know y'all aren't going to believe this but the car actually looks really good, a completely different green than what I had in my head.
for 1500$ this guy got a scuffed down prep job. no grills or lights were removed. not the the mirrors or door handles. not the xm antenna on the roof. none of the window moldings were removed. i doubt they back taped the wheel openings. for 1500$ this "quality" job consists of scuffing down the car, taping the windows, grills and lights up, putting wheel covers on and painting the car a different color. who even know the quality of materials. but for 1500$ for materials & labor, i can guarantee you this guy didnt get a "quality" paint job or even a "quality" product applied to his car. im not saying a quality color change, or even a regular paint job has to cost 5-10k. im not even talking about a show quality paint job. but lets use some common sense here people
09-04-2010, 11:22 PM
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When I was quoted for painting my 2010 Hugger Orange it was going to be $6k to be done "right." The painter is a friend of mine also. Said normally for a "full" color change he'd charge 8k, and pretty sure he mentioned pulling the engine to paint the entire engine bay.
09-05-2010, 08:37 AM
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for 1500$ this guy got a scuffed down prep job. no grills or lights were removed. not the the mirrors or door handles. not the xm antenna on the roof. none of the window moldings were removed. i doubt they back taped the wheel openings. for 1500$ this "quality" job consists of scuffing down the car, taping the windows, grills and lights up, putting wheel covers on and painting the car a different color. who even know the quality of materials. but for 1500$ for materials & labor, i can guarantee you this guy didnt get a "quality" paint job or even a "quality" product applied to his car. im not saying a quality color change, or even a regular paint job has to cost 5-10k. im not even talking about a show quality paint job. but lets use some common sense here people
I'm 100% sure they got what he paid for. I know several managers of paint and body shops and they all will tell you that when a customer comes in for a quote they cry about the price for the job to be done right. I was at GRC and Kelly told a customer the price to paint a truck. when Kelly told him the price he about fell out. Then he asked Kelly what can I get for about 2k and Kelly told him a scuff & paint, no body work. 2 weeks later the truck was at the shop getting scuffed and painted... These shops are only going to do what they are getting paid to do.
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09-05-2010, 12:12 PM
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how do you spend $30k on a brand new car and then only have $1300 for a paintjob?
too bad you couldn't order one unpainted and save yourself a few grand and then get it painted your own color
too bad you couldn't order one unpainted and save yourself a few grand and then get it painted your own color
