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posted on December 14th, 2009 at 04:22 PM
Painting cost guide
Hi all,
I'm new here and this is my first post, so be nice :-)
I've joined as I'm hoping to purchase a Karmann Ghia to play with, although may go for a Beetle first as it's been a long time since I worked on a
car (hobby experience only).
Anyway, to the paint question...as I look at costs, etc, can anyone give me a ballpark figure for respraying a KG, assuming I do all/most of the prep
work myself?
I will look into doing it myself, but in case I decide to go metallic or chicken out, wanted a sense of what I should budget for a complete
respray.
Thanks,
Darren
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posted on December 14th, 2009 at 04:32 PM
how long is a piece of string. how good a job you want, what type of paint, etc. the panel shop i used to work at it was a min of $3-4g for a shut
door respray. but that was a little while ago.
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posted on December 14th, 2009 at 04:57 PM
$10,000 to $50,000 depending on the quality of finish required and the quality of your prep work.
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posted on December 14th, 2009 at 06:58 PM
Hi,
I forgot to add "it's a 'how long is a piece of string' question" to my original post...I figured as much.
Thanks for the replies though - gives me a sense of what's required...if it's just exterior or whole shell I guess. Depends what I buy!
Helbus, someohow I can't see me spending $50K on painting a $10K car :-) As much as I'd like to! We'll see, I may end up doing it myself - I
build wooden boats/kayaks now so my prep work for doing clear varnish and painting is pretty good, and I've painted a Land Rover SIIa before which
came out fine.
If I know I'm up for at least a few grand then I can factor that in (and not buy a pink Beetle at least!).
Thanks,
Darren
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posted on December 29th, 2009 at 07:52 PM
10,000 to 50,000 to spray on already pre-prepped car?
So how does a guy get a 3,000 beetle resprayed then?
You can do better than that. I have heard a lot about quality, u get what u pay for etc, fact is that there is a sucker born every day.
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posted on December 29th, 2009 at 08:06 PM
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10,000 to 50,000 to spray on already pre-prepped car?
So how does a guy get a 3,000 beetle resprayed then?
You can do better than that. I have heard a lot about quality, u get what u pay for etc, fact is that there is a sucker born every day.
what they are talking about is what it really cost from start to finish with a decent painter doing all the work.
i know helbus knows what he is talking about as he is in the trade.
personally when i was getting quotes for my bug i got everything from a case of beer to 15000 and thats with me doing the prep work.
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