damn !!! $235 for a gallon of smaragdrun metallic !!

[F34R]

It has to do mostly with the metallic mixing that drives the price up. Also PPG is quite expensive but one of the best on the market.

I have three colors I have been mulling over for the last three years.

Techno violet, Sepang and Rustoleum Oil Rubbed Bronze. For the latter I would just get the paint code and have my buddy mix it up for me at Colours.

[woodisgood]

same thing with my Henna here in Illinois. Quoted $5500 for a respray. Gravity gun here I come!

That's not paint, it's labor making it so expensive. It seems like body shops don't really want to do much body work any more. I also think that is why ours and other older cars are so quick to be totalled.

[JesseStacks]

ill spray a e30 for 800.

not a show car but people tend to be happy with the results

[Farbin Kaiber]

With factory paint?

[Eric]

Thought of you, eh, I even thought of myself.

4 years later you remember this thread? You sir, are impressive.

[e304me]

ha thats nothing. It was a like 435 for a gallon of muguello. Not the same type/brand paint though I am sure

[Keith M]

PPG Royal Blue is about $800 for base/clear plus hardener. Plus primer, sandpaper tape, new seals, ect.. I figure I'll have around $2000 in material plus a about 100-200 hours in labour on mine. Just don't have space in my shop to start on in yet.

[bastianshaw]

Yes paint is expensive ask me how I know

[JesseStacks]

I use OEM colors all day.

Check out my little thread on the matter

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=223186

[Farbin Kaiber]

4 years later you remember this thread? You sir, are impressive.

There is a lot of r3v stuck in the dark corners of my mind. It just flashes into my minds eye when I see an obscure reference to something.

[Eric]

There is a lot of r3v stuck in the dark corners of my mind. It just flashes into my minds eye when I see an obscure reference to something.

Same here, but 20 minutes of searching without results usually happens, and I just give up.

[bastianshaw]

thats only $60 a quart...thats actually REALLY cheap.

[Stanley Rockafella]

There is a lot of r3v stuck in the dark corners of my mind. It just flashes into my minds eye when I see an obscure reference to something.

I do the same with porn


but seriously, does anyone have a pic of a car in that color?

[bastianshaw]

I do the same with porn


but seriously, does anyone have a pic of a car in that color?

in for pics

[BoxDriver86]

thats only $60 a quart...thats actually REALLY cheap.

Dirt cheap. I just picked up some PPG Silver for a friend's car with the homeboy hookup at $300...and still don't have enough to shoot the car. Paint is out of freaking control. Don't get me started on clear.

That's the main reason I haven't resprayed my car yet. I can't justify the $1K I'll have in materials alone.