Spraying Price

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

hey all, just curious if i could get some rough prices on spraying a full bodykit, and for spraying a whole car (r33) im still deciding whether i should spray just the kit as im getting a new one, or spraying the whole thing.

if someone could give me some rough prices on both, or some websites for workshops in vic that i can browse that would be great

PS ive tried searching, but no luck.

peace

[SS8_Gohan]

tried searching? isn't there a sticky at the top of this section?

anyways, DT Panels. I won't quote as every car is different. You're prob better off getting everything done at once

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

the one at the top of this thread dosent have any websites, i dont really have time during the week to visit all the workshops

yes it would be definatly better if i spray the whole car at the same time, but more expencive my current paint job bar a few things here and there is pretty decent. so yea

[RBLUV]

depends on the condition of the car as that determines the prep work needed for it

more prep = more $ labour

[MP_R33]

search

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

search

awsome...

[SS8_Gohan]

i checked the sticky, only DT panels didn't have a #, everyone else did.

depending where you are, if you're on a budget, DT Panels or Primal Garage (don't have personal experience) - one is east, one is west.

seriously, search harder... panel beaters/spray jobs/body kits, etc... those threads pop up with regularity in the Vic section.

[Bec]

Call Mick at Micolour - phone number on whitepages.com

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

how much they usualy charge bec? i sore around 800 -1500?

[R31Nismoid]

... 800-1500 for a full respray + kit. I know some places thats all they charge... but you pay for good work. I'll just say that much.

Micolour will be substantially more than that, but then the work is without fault.

Also where is the kit coming from?

If its a copy kit... A lot of the time it isn't going to fit. There will be work required to make it fit correctly.

Hell even transit can warp body kits etc. So its highly likely.

Id' budget 3k at the bare minimum. If it was my car, i'd be budgeting 5k.

As ive said before... any spray can look good. Its 5-10years later that the really good work shines when the cheaper jobs fail due to poorer materials, prep and so on associated with low cost.

Oh, and most places dont have websites... its hard to quote anything online without seeing the car. Always best to take it for a visual.

Cheers

[llama_au]

If you want DT Panels contact details PM me. Vu is the man for a reasonably priced (but good) job

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

ok, kool thanks guys

and whats ur oppinion on spraying the whole car as apposed to just the kit? i can fix the parts of the car that are damaged easy enough, i just dont want to do the whole car if i dont need to...

[llama_au]

That would depend on your budget more than anything else. And if your car has a pearl paint it'll be harder to match.

[R-SPEC]

if you want all the panels to match up then do the whole car...

why do some shops ask 10k+ for a paintjob?

dont matter how good a job they do unless they dip your car in gold or something its just way too much

[R31Nismoid]

Put a 10k paint job next to a 1500 paint job... fast forward a few years, you'll see.

[R-SPEC]

is he planning on keeping the car for that long....

[R31Nismoid]

Question or a statement?

[sloutch]

i checked the sticky, only DT panels didn't have a #, everyone else did.

depending where you are, if you're on a budget, DT Panels or Primal Garage (don't have personal experience) - one is east, one is west.

From the two shops you mentioned, i would recommend DT Panels and not the other one.

Some panel shops create an orange peel effect on your panel. This shows the quality of the work. Experience from many people showed that we shouldn't be too anal about the cost, it is the effort put into the spray painting.

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

lol yea im not going to swap my house for a paint job on my car, if, IF the paint starts to look dodgy after 5 years, ill get another paint job, it will still be under 5k or 10k$

it might look dodgy but maybe i should just get the panels that have the damage on them sprayed? im just afraid the colour will be to different, i mean, the origional paint on the car hasnt faded bugger all, so perhaps im in the good!

PS its not a show car, its my everyday car, there will be stone chips etc, so im not gonna be extremely anal about it, aslong as its a decent job with no paint variations or bodgy paint spraying...

[Bec]

If your not fussed, then just search the yellow pages for panel shops in your local area and pick one.

Im sure they'll all do the same job and you'll get it in somewhere close to home.

Problem solved.