How much have you paid for a good paint job on your FB?
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"Paint won't make your car go faster, won't help your reaction times, or increase cornering ability - but it will make you look at your car differently - it is money well spent, IMO. "
I agree and $1500 is the most I will spend on getting my RX7 repainted black. When I saw someone paid $8k for a paintjob I went LAWD! I then got in my maxima that currently books for around $8k. I started it up. I drove it and went LAWD again!
I agree and $1500 is the most I will spend on getting my RX7 repainted black. When I saw someone paid $8k for a paintjob I went LAWD! I then got in my maxima that currently books for around $8k. I started it up. I drove it and went LAWD again!
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Banned. I got OWNED!!!
purple82: The car might be worth that much to you but insurance fraud is the only way you'll ever be able to recover your investment if you need to.
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Banned. I got OWNED!!!
It's not tough to get a car appraised and insured for a higher dollar value than you could ever sell it for.
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...94% correct.
It's also not that tough to get it insured for that dollar amount if your willing to pay the premiums.
What? Do you think someone driving a $50,000 fully restored GT500 is gonna settle for the $3000 the insurance company thinks it's worth?
What? Do you think someone driving a $50,000 fully restored GT500 is gonna settle for the $3000 the insurance company thinks it's worth?
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Originally posted by Rutnick
I agree and $1500 is the most I will spend on getting my RX7 repainted black. When I saw someone paid $8k for a paintjob I went LAWD! I then got in my maxima that currently books for around $8k. I started it up. I drove it and went LAWD again!
I agree and $1500 is the most I will spend on getting my RX7 repainted black. When I saw someone paid $8k for a paintjob I went LAWD! I then got in my maxima that currently books for around $8k. I started it up. I drove it and went LAWD again!
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It is legally insured at $17,500. No fraud involved. This still doesn't cover all the money I've sunk into it, but it's reasonable.
It's a third (right now fourth) car, it's in storage all winter and gets less than 3000 miles a year so premiums aren't too bad.
In any case, I feel the paint job is absolutely justified.
It's a third (right now fourth) car, it's in storage all winter and gets less than 3000 miles a year so premiums aren't too bad.
In any case, I feel the paint job is absolutely justified.
#35
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1 Day Auto Body & Paint chain's 'top of the line' $1400 paint job does include some bodywork and they will sand down the existing paint, prime, sand, mask off trim windows mirrors etc no removal of stuff, 3 coats paint, 1 coat clear. Including doorjambs.
That's the route I'm going for my REPU. I am removing everything including the rear window and will have them remove the windshield, paint, and put my new gasket in. I've done a TON of bodywork myself (see sig) using POR-15's top notch Straightline body filler. 40% stronger than BONDO and feathers better.
That's the route I'm going for my REPU. I am removing everything including the rear window and will have them remove the windshield, paint, and put my new gasket in. I've done a TON of bodywork myself (see sig) using POR-15's top notch Straightline body filler. 40% stronger than BONDO and feathers better.
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Originally posted by David88vert
For $1500, all they will do is tape up and paint. Any GOOD body shop will dissasemble a lot of the car - mouldings, window trim, bumpers, all the door jam items, etc. Then prep and paint. You won't get that for $1500. $8000 sounds correct. PM r71 and ask him - he owns a body shop.
For $1500, all they will do is tape up and paint. Any GOOD body shop will dissasemble a lot of the car - mouldings, window trim, bumpers, all the door jam items, etc. Then prep and paint. You won't get that for $1500. $8000 sounds correct. PM r71 and ask him - he owns a body shop.
Heck, I had my Intrepid's door painted and blended for less than $200 and it looked like factory.
You just can't believe how much a couple of cases of beer will get you when you get bodywork done by friends.
Another friend painted a car that is on loan at the Corvette museum and he charged about $2k for the job.
This weekend my RX7 goes into the shop to have the underside sandblasted, new metal welded in in spots and undercoated. It's going to cost me $250 and two cases of beer. They don't get the beer until AFTER the work is done.
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Performance Mazda here in town wants 4000 canadian pesos to do my car, bumper to bumper (not inside the engine bay or anything) with the original gold metallic-with-sunbeam-silver setup.... Hopefully that'll be a good paint job, I *know* I don't wanna spend 6k-8k on it, but I definitely want a showroom job, which I thought I could get for 4k!
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