How much did you guys spent on the paint job on your car and please if you could post the pics with it so I can see the quality.

When it comes down to paint jobs it's pretty pricey but there's an old saying -

"Good paint job aint cheap.........and cheap paint job aint good."

Just wonder if $1500 will get me a good enough paint job, not looking for an Import Showoff quality, something that would make my car look mint.

 

my dad painted my car for about 300 bucks. PPG version of bmw blue. Would show you pics but dont have any at the moment.

BTW... quality of a exspensive paint job. No orange peel.. great body work

 

man I wish my dad could paint my car........my cars got no major body work needed, just needs a fresh paint job since I believe it was previously "ghetto" painted but I didn't notice when I bought it but now it's chipping and there's a lot of flaws.

 

bump

 

where do u live?

 

it's all about who you know, you could easily spend up wards of 3k, but the price differences in paint would supprise you, most of what your paying is labor. So if you know anyone, they could cut you a deal on the labor but other then that, i'd say you'd be looking at like 3k for a "mint" looking painjob, 1500 would probably be alright, you just need to talk to the guys at the shop, see what kind of work they do. Make sure they their going to fix fisheye and orangpeel in the paint if it occurs. and you should be fine. good luck

 

I spent $1200 on a respray, with all dent fixed and new molding on. Haven't got to take any pic. yet

I read that Reza spend $1155 on a single stage, check his out.

 

^ hot

 

It's all in the prep time and quality.

I have seen $2000 paint jobs come out with more orange peel than you'd imagine. Of course I have seen $200 Maaco paint jobs the same way.

My $400 Maaco paint job: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1194591

 

$3300 (a lot of labor for shaving molding holes, emblems, squirters, front license mount holes, fixing some door dings, and fitting rear bumper)

Not the best pics. White doesn't show a good reflection like darker colors

If your not getting any body work $1500 should be a pretty nice job

 

panit

 

$485 maaco. if i remember correctly reza painted his car at maaco too. dont quote me on that


and again please dont mind the flowers. my girls moms house

my coupe was also painted at maaco when previous owner had it. dont mind the projectors. bought the car it was riced out. all that bull **** is gone. its all bone stock with amber corners thats why the front bumpers not painted

 

here's my $600 paint job with dents pulled (earl schieb)

 

also depends on who details the car after its done. Some are better than others such as wetsanding and buffing. A good wetsand can turn blurry paint into glass.

 

I took body shop class for a year, learned how to do all the work, and got 'r done. About 1k in materials

 

This is what $1600 at mobworks got me

 

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I had it done at my friends shop called " sdcs".

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Exactly, got mine done and it came out really nice.


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Exactly, got mine done and it came out really nice.


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Any specifics on wetsanding a single stage?

 

sheeit i plan on spending less than 400 bucks... paint it my self, bondo the needed dents my self, sand my self, and urrthang my self. singe stage... ill let you know how it comes out... cause im in the middle of bondo/ primering

 

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well i have 6 quarts of paint on my car...

we used 1000grit buffed..
then used a 2000 grit and buffed..

 

$2500

 

$1800 - dents pulled out, shaved, new color + all jams

 

^^^ You got a good deal.

Mine has 1 gallon of base and 2/3 coats of clear. It is in the process of wetsanding and buffing as we speak. I'm so ready to get it back and snap some pics.

 

here is my friend ben's hatch... he did a lot of the prep work himself ... i wanna say it was under $1500 for all of this since he knew the guy (does amazing work, painted the back half of my car too )





sorry alexander couldn't find any pics that did it justice besides yours

 

2300, all dents pulled, new weather stripping, wired up city lights, sidemarkers and painted most of engine bay