Dave,
As Adam explained below, it's quite costly for the "Good" paint job.
A friend in the know told me that the materials to paint a car, from sand
paper to paint, cost $1,000. add the labor @ $75 per hour an you'll have a
better estimate. Do your own labor, as much as you can, and you'll lower
your total.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Bradley [mailto:ambradley@attbi.com]
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 2:32 PM
To: David Totah; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Paint Jobs
You are far below where the price really is unless you know the guy and are
getting the labor for a discount. For that price Earl Sheib, Miracle or
Maaco should do an OK job if you don't have any rust. And good luck
getting the $29.99 special even if you want that, although I did get my
RL411 painted by Earl back in 1987 for $49.99.
The bottom price I've heard for a reasonable paint job is $1,500. Expect
to spend way, way more than that to give the car to someone and tell them
"fix it". Expect to pay even more if you want a showroom quality paint
job. I was looking at $5,000 easy and I've got a minimal amount of rust
bubbling and no major dents. Needless to say I'm not getting it painted
any time soon.
At 02:06 PM 5/3/2002 -0700, David Totah wrote:
>Does anyone know of an excellent place to take my 69' 2000 to get it
>painted? I live in the S.F. Bay Area and I'm looking for a good job to be
>done on it. I am going to take off all the chrome, and parts before taking
>it into the paint shop. I need all the highs and lows on the body evened
>out. Can anyone tell me what to expect to pay before I begin looking? I
am
>certainly not looking for the Earl Scheib 29.99 paint job. Is $1,000
>reasonable, or am I far low of where the price really is?
>
>Dave
>69' 2000
>San Jose, CA
>
>
>
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