who's doing east coast paint jobs!?

[Kershaw]

if you have a gt2, $20k probably does not mean a whole lot.

it's like us replacing our is lip.

[FunfGan]

if you have a gt2, $20k probably does not mean a whole lot.

it's like us replacing our is lip.

Hah... Yeah, I can afford an is lip...

[Madinthe717]

ok well we got the shop it needs to be cleaned up a little but the booth is in there the lift is in there so within the next week we are a go... contact me on here or text me 717-579-6177 should be about $800 for a 30. between everyone theres is like 30 years of painting experience and like 20 years of mechanical, we can make manifolds roll cages what ever...

[Madinthe717]

bump things are a go 3 guys garage is now open for business.

[shEck3lls0]

Will be in touch.

[Cong405]

bump things are a go 3 guys garage is now open for business.

What does this $800 paint job include?

[md-va]

What does this $800 paint job include?

Interested in hearing that as well. My vert could use a fresh coat.

[Kershaw]

i'll let someone else be the guinea pig. i'll have to see an e30 done first before i hop on board.

[Boomer73]

It might be helpful to have very low expectations about what kind of paint job you're going to end up with if the most you have to spend on a new finish is a several hundred dollars.

I'm not in the paint business (yet) but a very good friend is and has been for a long time having painted over 4000 vehicles and we've talked many times about opening our own shop. I'm not sure how anyone gets a good paint job for $800. Just the materials for a good paint job (factory quality or better) is going to be at least $1000 (Dupont, PPG, Sikkens, etc). Once you add in the labor it takes to properly prep the car, remove or fill any dings/dents/superficial rust, detrim, mask, paint (three coats), clear (two or three coats), cure, wet sand any orange peel, polish, and put it all back together you can EASILY add another $3K-6K. And that's not going to get you a concourse finish mind you.

Don't discount color matching capabilities of various manufacturers either unless you don't really care whether or not your car's new paint matches the old paint or, if you are doing a color change, if it accurately matches the intended color. Good luck rolling into Maaco and having them match your original diamond schwarz metallic.

Frankly, for $800 I would expect a 20ft paint job. Or I would expect you did ALL the prep work and reassembly work and that price is for the painter to roll your car into his booth and shoot it with a middle of the road base/clear - nothing more.

I have an '89 E30 with a cheap paint job. Looks fine at 20 feet. Standing next to it, it looks like shit - maybe worse to me because I know what to look for. I also have an '06 E46 M3 that took a bunch of pea gravel to the front end (thanks dump truck). I can assure you there is absolutely no chance I'm going to try to get the front clip repainted for a few hundred bucks because all I would be doing is ruining the car's value.