how much to get a kombi painted?

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 15 Apr 2004, 12:27 pm

#161509

This morning my girlfriend asked me how much it would cost to get the kombi spraypainted - I don't think she likes the blotchy baby-poo colour it is now 🙁

So how much would it cost, roughly? It doesn't need to be anything special, just a basic respray.

1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

azz Officially Full-On Dubber

287 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 15 Apr 2004, 12:57 pm

#161520

3.5k if its the not a totally new colour

helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 15 Apr 2004, 2:38 pm

#161564

El cheapo having everything masked up not removed and no dents or rust you might get it as low as 1.5k
You will wish later that you had spent a bit extra and not have peeling paint at the edges of the rubbers.

3k will get you a basic respray without rust or major dents. This will also usually mean the car will look great from about 3 metres away, but if you look up close you will see minor bits.

You would have to spend 5-6k to start getting a real nice job.

Hope that helps. 🙂

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Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 15 Apr 2004, 5:27 pm

#161618

Thanks! When I said to her "I guess it would be about 2000" she didn't believe me at all. Now I can tell her it'll probably be even more, and she'll stop badgering me.
🙂

1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Apr 2004, 5:42 pm

#161626

yup, sounds about what i have heard. have seen advertised near us spraying from $600, but that sounds pretty damn iffy to me. good jobs are around what helbus said.

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5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 15 Apr 2004, 5:50 pm

#161634

Just the paint will cost a grand.... without any surface prep or dents filled...

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baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Apr 2004, 8:00 pm

#161700

just outta interest, if i was to do it myself (which i am planning to), what would the paint cost (just colour and clear coats, the rest is done)?

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pavelmac Casual Dubber

30 posts · joined May 2003 · 15 Apr 2004, 8:33 pm

#161714

So what sort of money for a change of colour outside & in ?

Would it be worth skimping and not taking everything out ?i.e. windows, headliner, pop-up, engine

Andy42 Insano Dub Head

709 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 15 Apr 2004, 8:52 pm

#161730

baybuscamperkid wrote:just outta interest, if i was to do it myself (which i am planning to), what would the paint cost (just colour and clear coats, the rest is done)?

Mate it realy depends on what type of paint you use.

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vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Apr 2004, 9:21 pm

#161761

testing

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3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Apr 2004, 9:25 pm

#161764

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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Apr 2004, 8:26 am

#161950

To do the insides adds considerably to the cost. Probably an extra grand for an average job, but because it is so fiddly it will cost heaps if you want it really good.

The most common items to be left in when doing an inside colour change are.
The headliner.
The Dash
The engine

Quite often these items are just too much work for the small extra they give.

On our beetle I painted in the engine bay and under the bonnet in satin black as that was easier than body colour.

pavelmac wrote:So what sort of money for a change of colour outside & in ?

Would it be worth skimping and not taking everything out ?i.e. windows, headliner, pop-up, engine

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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Apr 2004, 8:29 am

#161952

If this is hijacking.

I will never surrender. 🙂

vanderaj wrote:testing

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kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 24 Apr 2004, 9:53 pm

#166002

im going to remove all my dents rust etc and have it sanded ready for paint
external only no windows removed "a quik fix until ive got some serious cash"
a mate is going to spray it acrylic only two days labour $500 including paint, basic white and grey

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buzzbug Praise the lowered

1,992 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 5 May 2004, 8:55 am

#169828

in my experience, if i was to respray our bug again i would not go the cheapo option.

There is nothing sader then getting new window rubbers a year down the track to have a thin line around the new rubber in the old colour.

it may be a little extra but next time i respray i am pulling the bug apart guards and all.

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