firstRX-7

what do you guys think it would cost to repaint my car? just a guess

nimrodTT

One Million Dollars.

cpt_gloval

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depends...you want a same-color respray or a full color change done right?

Jerm982

I'm no expert but it really depends on how good of a job you want. If you want to respray it the same color then the *minimum* work would just be to rough up the paint thats on there already. But if its starting to fade and deteriorate on the roof you might risk having your new paint peel off in a few years.

If you are going for a complete color change as I am doing, you'll need to pull the engine and get the whole engine bay painted if you want it to be a good paint job.

Good luck

ScruffyChimp

I can't help you with the cost of a full repaint. I know there was a thread discussing the merits of the places that do the super-cheap repaint with no warantee. You should be able to find it with a search.

My car that had a lot of primer patches on it when I bought it. I'm in the process of repainting these bits as we speak. I took off a panel and had a couple of spray cans of paint matched to my car. It was a custom colour so I couldn't just buy the same colour in a pre-existing can.

It cost me $NZ50 for two cans. It wasn't quite right, but I've had some more made up that's just about perfect. I'm really pleased with the result. I don't know what your situation is, but I've had enough paint to redo the doors, half the roof, some of the bonnet, the front grill and other misc areas. And it only cost me $100 + sandpaper and primer. It would probably be even cheaper if I had one of the original Mazda colour schemes.

I'm really pleased with the result, although it took a lot of effort.

Bye,
ScruffyChimp

WackyRotary

You can save a lot of money if you do a large portion of the prep work. Ofcourse if you are not good at that, you should get a friend who is and follow his lead. I believe the paint suppies I bought costed $450. THis was high quality enamal. Two layars of black and two layers of clear. A primer surfacer & sealer. Only trouble was that we ended up with some excessive orange peel due to high humid conditions that didn't help. Wet sanding was expensive to get it nice and smooth looking afterwards.

Jerm982

What is a bonnet???

peejay

What American folk call a hood.

I'm curious as to whether anybody's stripped the rest of the black paint off of the window trim (you all know what I'm talking about) and left it shiny polished.

Thinking about doing that, since re-painting it black would just come off again.

jeremy

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plastikote has paint especially for those trim pieces. might have to rough them up a bit before applying it though. i thought about going shiny but i've never been a fan of chrome. i'll stick with red and black.

MIKE-P-28

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When I paint a car it takes me maybe $200 in total materials. Thats primer, reducer, hardner flex additive etc. It takes me roughly 3 1/2 quarts of paint... I lay it on in about 5 thin coats I like a good build of primer so it takes me 2 1/2 quarts of K-36

MIKE-P-28

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Ooops on my window trim I used SEM trim black with primer. Its been sitting in the sun on my 80 for almost 4 years, its yet to come off yet. Of course I roughed the surface up quite good ...

riffraff

hey mike.. want to come out here to cali and paint my car.. i will pay for materials and beer

PraxRX7

$2200 US for a real nice paint job

speckamp

<wonders how much it'd cost to get his car to Mike>
hmmm, wish I had local friends that could do paint work.

--matt

MIKE-P-28

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I can paint a car but Im nowhere near being the best... Give me a place to do it, thats nice and clean with good ventilation and I can put some paint on one... I just bought the paint for my firewall today, a quart of tender blue mettalic (i dont like that damn color but I dont feel like painting EVERYTHING required to do a 100% color change) and the hardner. It was 20 bucks. Takes 4X that to paint the whole thing. The major work in paiting it is the prep work, after that lay 3-5 good thin coats on it, try not to get many runs and the wet sanding will be a breeze. But remember you can screw a car paint job up pretty bad and wet sand it out and it will look perfect

riffraff

the hardest part about mine is that i want to change the color, so a lot more is going to have to go into it..
i am thinking about, after i get the body work done, going down to the local comunity college (they have an automotive department and an auto paint class) and see if they will paint it.. that way i would only have to pay for materials... just not sure how good it will turn out being that it will be done by a bunch of students who are learning

Richard Miller

I am doing the complete change. from grey to black. My original plan was to have the engine bay shot with the rest of the car. but I have decided to paint the engine bay first, I would hate to scratch my shiny paint while doing a swap . I rattle canned the engine bay and I am very pleased with the results. I used a 500 degree gloss enamel engine paint. This is the only part that am doing this way. the underpart of the hood and the rest of the car is going to a body shop. I am doing the prep and they are shooting cost to me 600 clams for a base/clear. I will post some pictures when I get a chance.

nimrodTT

I did. It looks much nicer than scratched off paint, was easy to do, and stays shiny.

theNeanderthol

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What is 'wet sanding'? Sorry, don't know much about painting cars.

82streetracer

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I wanted to get my car painted but it is sounding very expensive. what kind of a job can I get for like 800 bucks or less. I just want a quality respray of the original color. I am in the process of fixing rust on the doors.

riffraff

if you are doing the same color, and donot need any body work done, then you should be able to get a decient paint job for 800.. they will not sand it down all that far though.. just enough to make it smooth to shot over...

82streetracer

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What do you mean prep. Like sanding and priming. I could do that, It doesn't seem too hard.

AS for the crap paint. it is silver. I have seen a "bad" silver paint job and I couldn't tell the difference.

Redwood

Hmmmm, I just posted a huge reply in the other paint thread. Well, here goes.

Do the prep yourself and buy the paint yourself, it's the only way to make sure that both are done right. Having someone spray it shouldn't take more than 1000 (even that's pretty high) for a quality job, I'd try for the 600 range though.
Taking it to a community college is a really good idea. It's usually the instructor who does the actual work and he (or she I guess) usually comes from an extensive body shop background. My auto body teacher (in high school) painted cars his whole life so when someone needed something painted, he'd just do it quick and tell us what he's doing. Best part, you only pay for supplies (and a tiny labor charge, like $5 an hour). Also, they do a good job on prep and wet sanding, and can get a moderate discount on the price of paint, at least around here.
Good luck.