Cost of a paint job Options

[Harpo]

Good afternoon everyone,

How much should I budget for a paint job? My car was origionally blue and one of the previous owners repainted it red. I would like to go back to the factory blue. I was thinking about sanding down to the origional blue paint or should I just let them add another layer.

Thanks

DAvid

[wingnut86]

David,

A repaint with just a good cleaning and wet sand prior will still run you $1K at most all-in-one paint shops, and that's if you do all the prep yourself, wrap wires, etc.

The others are correct that it varies greatly based on your dream. Scotty, Brad in Chicago and Rick918 (Rick, you paint?) would base it on how much rust you have to deal with prior, or not.

You can even go way off the scale and strip it bare and ship it to a chemical strip and treat facility. I'm not sure of that cost, but the car will usually be gone for a few months as they dip and pickle it, and even galvanize somewhat (I'm not sold on the need for that as there are so many modern chemical coats that can get you similar results). Texas and Michigan have many of these facilities due to the manufacturing businesses located there.

Dave B.