cost of paint job

[MarkRHayes]

what is it costing people to paint their opel gt? i have a 72 and i want to paint it the original enamel fireglow.

[spdkilz02]

just remember one important thing...You Get What You Pay For!!!

a good paint job could cost anywhere from 2K-4K

[soybean]

There's a bunch of threads searching under "Painting" and "Paint jobs" etc. It seems to me that it depends on what you want to do. If you can do a lot of the work youself that will help.The cost depends on what part of the country you're in too. Happy reading, there is quite a bit on it.
Jarrell

[coolchrisp]

Qr you can be like me, go to a really good place thats busy, get ur car back in 2 months after they messed up 3 times and get a $2000 paint job for free because they feel so bad. .

haha but those 2 months were killers..

[GTJIM]

Here is an excellent thread about a good quality DIY paint job:

http://www.opelgt.com/forums/2d-body...ghlight=rattle

Dean did his first job on Celeste with ... rattle cans! This is a thread about cleaning it off and getting a better job done.
The 'rattle can' job was a remarkably good "10-foot" paint job - BTW !!

[Mike Trout]

PM me and I can get in detail with you about it. I am a PPG Certified painter and I get get you a pretty good estimate thought up for you give me the details of the body and such and I will help you
Mike

[jtb]

I just bought some PPG paint for my opel today: with reducers and such, it was over $600, and I'll still need more clearcoat. Add to that a shop's overhead and supplies (sandpaper, etc.) and you can see why good paint jobs start at $2K

jtb

[rowdygt]

Paint4cars.com would have saved you $530.00....Name brand-high profit paint can be expensive....sand and prep the car yourself and save $$$...

[hustlerzlife]

1 Day Paint and Body does a good job on the PLUS 4. It looks like factory when its done. It costs about $1400. http://www.1daypaint.com/1daypaintsystems.html It was recomended to me by a guy that restores cars for a living. He also said that if you tip the supervisor before the job and a little after then he will more than likely put a little extra work into it. Definately try to bring the car in stripped so they can do a better job, even if they don't charge you less.

[Mike Trout]

Correct Paint jobs are not cheap especailly good quality one im doing Neuropels Manta and GT soon, They are going to be beautifull when we get finsihed My GT will eventually get paint

[jtb]

Paint4cars.com would have saved you $530.00....Name brand-high profit paint can be expensive....sand and prep the car yourself and save $$$...

Well, I took a look at that site. I don't think I would have saved quite that much... maybe I did pay a bit more for the PPG name, but it is Deltron DBC base/clear system, not acrylic enamel as on that site. I'm not an autobody guy, but perhaps someone out there is? (besides Mike)
What is really frightening is their paint 'kits' - in the picture it comes with a cheap-o dust mask!!! I hope nobody actually just uses that when they apply auto paint!

jtb

[rowdygt]

Try Paintforcars.com....It is acrylic enamel..it can be cleared...and the same as DuPont Centari...only 1/4th the price....P.S. Dont use the mask...