I believe what he is getting at is doing the metal work and paint. Just paint and materials will probably be 3 to $4,000. Body prep, panel replacement, cool custom mods...the list goes on and on, and so does the money spent.
So with all of that said, when you ask how much for a paint job you need to qualify that with what level of quality and what needs to be done. I am sure that you can find someone to scuff and shoot the outside of the car for $500 at one of those Earl Shives kind of places.
We'll from my stand point of owning a shop and being a painter! Here is a budget figure to go by!
Show/Driver paint
$1500 in material
$1500 to spray
$1500- $4000 labor (cut/buffing, prep work, etc)
The paint I did on my car I would not do for less than $7500, yeah that would include the minor body work, blocking the car, priming, blocking again, base, clear, cutting the clear and buffing it.
Were a bit more pricey, you'll spend at least $10,000 for basic, strip, ding repair, and paint. The normal Camaro needing quarters, door and fender patching, original or repo panel massaging, some floor work, rotisserie, under, over, inside and out, rolling, will go right at $20K.
I do not know exactly what the cost was to do the paint and body but at 100k that would 1/3 of the amount of money put in the car total.....I do know how much they paid to have paint and body work done on the chicayne because they sent it to one of the best guys in the country...I will PM you
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