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I'll throw in the plug for PPG. Every high quality painter that I know shoots PPG and the results are telling. Not to say there that some of the other systems aren't good... as long as you stick with a quality product it is more about the painter than the system. I have seen repetitive issues with Dupont.. especially the clear. It gets a cottage cheese reflection that you can cut and buff out but it comes right back after sitting in the sun.

250-300 hours for final body prep on a high end paint job is probably average of for a good shop to fit all of the panels on a stock bodied car, make adjustments, set all of your body gaps, fit windshield moldings and body parts as needed, prep, primer, block, and paint your car. The result of your final finish will depend greatly on the prep, and blocking. Cut corners on blocking out the body and you will have a clarity in the reflection and no matter how much you spent on the car it will be diminished by what will appear to be a cheap paint job. Average body rate across the country for custom body shops is going to be around $65/hr. If you are lucky to find a good shop that will do it for their collision work door rate expect to pay around $45 an hour. Figure at least another $2500 for paint and body supplies. So given a good quality shop that is going to be fair with you expect to pay between $15,000 to $20,000 from where you are right now.