when my car goes off the road (3 weeks) its copping a 10 grand job and its going to take at least a month
taking it back to bare metal body, engine bay, interior and all, repairing a few dents and changeing some panels and some custom work then hi-fill (im letting the hi-fill sit for at least 2 weeks)
then paint
but then again ive seen some jobs my mates have done which cost less than a grand which look great too but there are still small faults which very few ppl notice
250 for labour (painter)
500 for paint, hi-fill, bog, etc
all prep work done by all the boys and the car came out pretty good
however i would rather spend the money though and get the best job possible
just keep in mind that a paint job is only going to be as good as the panel underneath and you get wat you pay for
just my 2c