has anyone gotten a paint job done on their car?

I am thinking about possibly getting my 97 3.0 painted black??

whats the average cost for a paint job and how do they usually come out?

 

i just got mine repainted nighthawk black pearl. i went thru insurance cuz my doors were fucked, so i cut a deal with the shop. basically, the paintjob with body work came to about 4500, but i only paid a grand for everything. so figure, 3-4 grand

 

you are looking at around 3-4.5 for a color change. My was close to 3K

 

i came very close to painting mine the same color as yours. i think your the only one with a charcoal 1st Gen.

 

yea, rumor has it there is another one out here on bronze rims too

 

I know red cost a little more though. It a harder color to control and match, along with yellow. Black should be the cheapest out of all the colors.

 

I'd think blackest is the hardest (shows the most imperfections), but I've never heard of one color being more then another unless it's special paint

 

i think they jut fawkin with u.

 

haha, my boy may of been, but I doubt it

 

This from my friend and what he showed me, black pretty easy to paint. They usually put the flat on first and then clearcoated. It also very easy to match with ajoining panels, but since this is a entire car it don't matter. But he did say black was the hardest to keep nice looking.

The color do range in price the most expensive he ever used was House of Kolor Kameleon paint like red to gold and that was 250 or something like that for a pint. Neons are like 30-40 something per quart. More normal colors are 20-30 per quart. Then if it need flakes or pearls then u gotta add that.

 

i almost kept my car flat before they cleared it. it looked bad ass.

 

i was quoted about 7g but that was to shave off the door guards, the rain gutters and mold on the lips and sides in a midnight blue color

 

good lord this is all too expensive for me, I guess I wont be painting my car anytime soon

 

y would u need to paint yours? it looks like its in good shape

 

all my work was about 6k. i mean, that woulda been the bill. but luckily i got the hookup. $0.

 

primer>*

 

 

Pigments in paints are the single most variable cost raw material. Reds are always expensive, organic, difficult to grind. Bright yellows are also nasty. The lighter the colour the more pigmentation required and the higher the cost of this raw material. (I used to formulate paint six years ago) Blacks require the least pigment, obviously and it's carbon black.

 

no, im just saying if like I wanted to paint my car a certain color, like gunmetal. I love clpowers color

 

We start paint jobs around $3000 with door jambs and hood and trunk jambs, wet sanded and buffed, price gets higher on some cars depending on how good the body is (dings, dents, rust, etc...) Go to a regular body shop and expect to pay $4,500 to $6,500 that's if they'll even do it, most shops won't touch a full paint job unless you know them or it's insurance work.

 

if your car is black why dont you get a red pearl in it....or something like that,.....or a plum color.....ive seen the mercedes with a purple-ish black...looks super clean man....from far away looks black but when you look at the curves you see a plum purple.....

 

I have like $800 to threw (which my bodyshop has), so I'll just let them keep my $$ and will add later to change the color I'm thinking black or charcoal...