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I have just recently brought a skyline r33 GTS 1993, don't get me wrong i love the car its just the paint is not the colour i want, its white and i want to get it painted black.

Only problem is i have gone to about 4 or 5 places and there quotes have been all over the place i've had anything from $1800 down to $600, Ive asked a couple of mates and they reckon that the cheaper places do a dodge job and your better paying good money to get it done well. I'm sure a few of you have had this done and i wanted to know what price range should i be looking in?

Also what is a good black colour code.

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I believe GV1 is the nissan code for black ..looks nice but I'm not sure about changing the colour of the car so dramatically ... $1800 is pretty cheap if they're gonna do it properly incl. all doors frames, engine bay etc

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$1800 is what i would consider cheap, a mate of mine just paid $1800 to paint his bonnet, front + rear bars and to blend into the front door and a full cut and polish. That was through another mate of mine who normally only does resto's so the quailty of the work in 2nd to none

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yeah man..For me $1800 is cheap,very cheap..maybe its different in cairns..I paid $1000 for painting only my boot lid and blend into the rear and some chip at the front bumper in sydney.

$1800 was the guys next door's quote he owns a smash repair shop, and i got some really cheap quotes of other places and thats was why i was curious...

Looks like the really cheap ones would be a majorly dodgy job!

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i work in a custom paint shop who only do show cars, if you want a really good job then your looking at around 7k + worth every cent once its done, only use house of kolor to, the paint alone cost around 2.7k

Thanks for that mate, thats really interesting?? maybe hes using a shit paint, is that a special sort of paint for $2.7K?

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I believe GV1 is the nissan code for black ..looks nice but I'm not sure about changing the colour of the car so dramatically ... $1800 is pretty cheap if they're gonna do it properly incl. all doors frames, engine bay etc

I would call it way to cheap. Just got quoted for a insurance job through some road works for 2400 dollars for front bar and front quater panal

:P 10k ? make sum panel beater friends dude...

your an idiot mate. That is what a good job costs.

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