cjlehrmann

Hello, all! I hope you all are having a good day. Currently, I own a white 2001 Acura 3.2 TL (as seen in the thread title) and am wondering how much a paint job would cost? When I got it, the paint on the bottom of the car was already peeling - showing yellow - and has gotten worse. The rest of the paint was rusted, and has one "deep" mark (only showing black) on the front bumper. My question is, if I go to a shop, how much would the cost be to fix it? Just a rough estimate; however, I am more than willing to paint the car on my own, but if I feel like I might mess up on one of the processes, I'd rather go to a professional.

P.S. I do not have the pictures right now, but I will post them if asked for.

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

depending on what you want; it can get expensive, quickly.
if you just want the car presentable; MAACO would be the cheapest place at around $1000-2000 depending on package and or prep work.
here's where it gets expensive...
prep work isnt cheap. it's hundreds of hours of labor.
a great prep job and paint job will cost in excess of $5k.

in other words; you'll need to visit shops to get quotes of the work and details of what the work entails....
because there are wide variances in prep work...some can do half ass jobs for less than $5k...

frankjnjr

FWIW: As justinspace says, a quality paint job is not cheap, in my area, minimum, $3,500.00, A quality re-paint, on a 17+ year old car, would likely not be worth the investment, unless perhaps, you did it yourself. If your drive train is sound, and you want a really nice looking car, a cheaper alternative might be to buy another 2G TL with a great body and trim, but a bad transmission, or engine, and swap the drive train from yours, than part your car out to recoup some of your costs. In my area, I can buy a pristine 03 TL, or TLS, with a bad trans, for under $1,000.00, Retail cost for such a swap, would in the $1,200.00 range, so for less than $2,500.00, you could have a really nice car with original paint. JUST A THOUGHT.

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

^cool way of thinking about it!
with plenty of cars in the $3-5k price range; it def. wouldnt be worth it to repaint the car...when you can scoop up something cooler and or better.

Arkady

You can always swing by the store to grab some sandpaper and plastidip and do it yourself! Won't look like oem at all but it'll be very presentable of done right!

MidoriTL