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socal1200r |
Jan 13 2017, 05:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 26-September 16 From: Virginia Member No.: 20,432 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
So I had a little free time this afternoon, and on a whim, took the car to three different paint shops to get an estimate on getting the exterior repainted. Man was I NOT prepared for the estimates! Can you believe between $5K to $6K for a fricking paint job?! WTF, over?! This isn't Gas Monkey Garage, Counting Cars, Unique Whips, or Bitchin' Rides for chrissakes! I'm thinking more like Wheeler Dealer! Maybe I should've told them this is not for a PCA Concourse event, or to take out the liquid gold in the paint mix. There's NO WAY I'm paying that much for a fricking paint job.
I was straddling the fence as to whether to keep this car or not, guess I know which way I'm going now... |
r3dplanet |
Jan 17 2017, 10:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 679 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 4,741 Region Association: None |
I can sympathize. A couple of years back I went to paint my 914 and all I could find were $10,000 quotes. Except for one douchebag who wanted $50,000. I understand that it's a huge amount of labor to prep/paint a car and therefore expensive. But I didn't have $10,000.
Well, I did, but wasn't willing to spend that on something as minor as changing the color of my car from wrong orange to correct orange. I asked around and finally met a retired guy that used to run the auto restoration program at a community college. He worked out of his own home shop and worked on one car at a time. We struck a deal where I would do half of the labor for a few hours every day and more on weekends. In return, I got half off the price. I think mostly because he wanted to work on something else. I ended up paying $4k, he ended up buying his own 914. That's probably the best deal I'll ever get, and the work he did was amazing thanks partially to having open access to the college paint shop / booth. Now it's correct orange. Enter my Barracuda. It needs paint and bad, but thankfully it hasn't rusted. Like you I've also been running around town getting quotes and just can't justify spending $10,000 on a $5000 car that maybe I could sell for $7000. We need a new plan. Plan A: I found a guy in Seattle that does dry ice blasting and if you remove the glass and trim yourself, the car can be stripped without leaving any media behind and won't deform the sheet metal. Cost is about $500 and takes two to three hours. If you do this, you have to get it into primer right away. I figured by doing that and buying some good materials and finding someone to do a good job of shooting it can save a lot of money and have good results. Plan B: Enroll part time at another local community college and spend a year doing their auto-resto program. You can do your own car and here the tuition is about $2000 overall. Yes, it takes a year (but so does getting a car painted by a shop) but you can pay as you go for materials and what-not. That lessens the blow. The main problem for me is that I hate sanding. I'd rather pop out my eyeballs than do that much sanding. Just a couple of alternate plan ideas. Food for thinks. |
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