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Mihlrad -> Cost to paint a car? (7/27/2006 9:52:59 PM)

Anyone know what a general cost would be to paint a sports car a solid color, like black or red? The entire car.

  
live4motocross11 -> RE: Cost to paint a car? (7/27/2006 10:24:41 PM)

depends if u do it, a ****ty place does it, or a nice shop does it, a basic easy paintjob could b from less than 500 (yourself or maaco) to a couple thousand bucks

Mihlrad -> RE: Cost to paint a car? (7/27/2006 10:30:53 PM)

well , basically i found a cheap car, that might be purple... like...gay purple.... its a great price, im not sure of what the actual color is till i see it, i was just told, its a dark metallic purple... and i want to get that painted into a black or red. Or white.

Stang9946 -> RE: Cost to paint a car? (7/28/2006 12:39:08 AM)

To CHANGE the color of a car and to do a good job will cost you MORE than if you just had the car repainted the same color.

Brandontyler65 -> RE: Cost to paint a car? (7/28/2006 12:42:10 AM)

actually i know quite a few custom painters and people come in wanting something decent not show quality they say go to maaco and its better than factory but not as good a an 8k-10k PJ

MustangChris04 -> RE: Cost to paint a car? (7/28/2006 4:13:11 AM)

Lexus painted my neighbors supra for 4000.00.
The paint job looked better than factory. I would recommend it!

sandcracker21 -> RE: Cost to paint a car? (7/28/2006 7:04:54 AM)

it sounds like macco would be a good option for ya,

there jobs are from 500-1500$ and offer a decent warranty


other places will do a lil better job for x2 / x3 the price

StangChik -> RE: Cost to paint a car? (7/28/2006 8:58:05 AM)

I had a maaco job on my camaro, i changed it from red to black, and it looked great....after a couple of months and a real good wax job, i was taking it to local car shows. nothing spectacular, but the car looked clean!![;)]

Crystal -> RE: Cost to paint a car? (7/28/2006 10:17:43 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Mihlrad

well , basically i found a cheap car, that might be purple... like...gay purple.... its a great price, im not sure of what the actual color is till i see it, i was just told, its a dark metallic purple... and i want to get that painted into a black or red. Or white.


Please reconsider your choice of either white or black because they show a lot of dirt and imperfections. We have cars in both colors. Never again. If you do, you will be spending a lot of time washing it every couple of days. Black water spots badly, even from rain, and white just shows everything.

If you are going to keep the car for a very long time, then put the money into it for a really good job. If not, just repaint it in the original color because when you go to sell it, potential buyers will wonder why you picked another color. I was looking at used cars 7 months ago. I found a beautiful blue one, but the paint was chipping in so many places that you can see it was originally a white car. More questions came up in my mind. I figured it was in an accident and got a really cheap paint job and it probably would get worse. I passed on it because to me it wasn't worth an additional $2-3K to fix it down the road.


corvetteguy -> RE: Cost to paint a car? (7/28/2006 12:33:19 PM)

You did not mention what is the sports car....
I got a great deal on a 72 911T that had
kissed the wall on exit from the pit.
I used IMRON paint (@$200) one stage
Air compressor (@$200) Paint Gun (@$25)
Primer and thinner (@$100)
A lot of sanding and surface filler,
Painted under a tent as IMRON will Kill your
Lungs .
Paint job came out as good as pro after 6
years.
Depends on how much work you want to
put into it.
Otherwise MACCO or Earl with you doing
the prep work would do.
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Mihlrad -> RE: Cost to paint a car? (7/28/2006 9:07:40 PM)

the car is a 3000gt, from 1996. The guy told me the color is "amaphist" or something, im havign trouble finding a color chart for it on the net, can anyone gimme a hand with finding what color amaphist is? Im not sure if thats how its spelt, im just assuming.

corvetteguy -> RE: Cost to paint a car? (7/29/2006 4:36:27 PM)

There should be a metal tag in the engine area
that has the numbers of the orriginal paint
code. A trip to the nearest auto paint dealer
will have the color charts. I take it you no
longer like this color?

  

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