How much does a really good paintjob cost?

[ddrass]

I have a fiberglass tub that I need to have painted. How much should a qualty job cost? This would include the hardtop (also fiberglass), and the spraying of a liner in the engine bay, under the body, the passenger compartment, and the interior of the top. One color for the body, differnet color (black) for the top. I've heard fiberglass is hard to paint.

 

[crab]

Just my opinion based on experiance.......
undercaoting $500
Line-X inside tub $1500
Engine bay $500
Exterior $5-$7K depening on how much prep is needed.
You COULD get it a lot cheaper and there are good shops out there that are cheap and do good work. Just be sure to see what the shop has put out and check with customer satisfaction. You could easily dump $10K into by the time you buy all new window felt and seals, lenses, moulding, weather stripping, ect...
I did all my own paint and body work on my '70 and had around $3K in materials.

 

[thegreatjustino]

Define "really good" my definition of that term means that you're looking at $5000 minimum. Several years ago I got a few quotes to paint my '65 Mustang. Any reputable body shop that would consider touching it quoted me around $3000 for what they considered a daily driver quality paint job. They further told me that a show quality paint job would run around $10,000. So to me "really good" falls inbetween those two.

 

[YelloTx73]

The sky is the limit with paint jobs! We had a customer in colorado send us (the shop I work at) his 57 T-Bird to get some work done and have it painted, he spent right at $20k on just the paint and prep. Its a beautiful custom pearl white, I'll have to try and snap a few pics of it if we still have her up there

 

[bowhunter]

ddrass - I am not a painter, but Gordon Bailie is....20 years to be exact and he is a hellofa painter.....He charges $5500.00 + materials to paint an entire EB and that is doing it right (taking out handles, mirrors, removing glass, etc.). I would assume a quality shop would be $500-1000.00 more than that!

Good luck and be sure to post pics of the finished product.

 

[ddrass]

ddrass - I am not a painter, but Gordon Bailie is....20 years to be exact and he is a hellofa painter.....He charges $5500.00 + materials to paint an entire EB and that is doing it right (taking out handles, mirrors, removing glass, etc.). I would assume a quality shop would be $500-1000.00 more than that!

Good luck and be sure to post pics of the finished product.

Where is Gordon located?

 

[HotWheels]

I did my last bronco with rattle cans...I was gonna do this one like that too...easier touchups and no fear of scratches/damage.

 

[JRS77]

I came from the show car world before I got into broncos and the last time I had my 56 truck repainted,(after the battery leaked acid all over the engine compartment). It ran around $12,000. Now that was them taking every piece off and being able to shave in the reflection quality. Most quality places it will be anywhere from 3K-5K for a good job. Anything less I would be concerned.

 

[Sbolt19]

My dad's 56 Chevy stationwagon got a $9k paint job, show quality. He paid $400 a gallon for "custom"/original paint colors and that was 6 years ago.

 

[ddrass]

What's the differnece between show-quality and a good daily-driver quality? Basically, I'm looking for a job that would look like a modern-day new-car paint job. I would think that your every-day new-car paint would be less than show-quality?

 

[Sbolt19]

Yeah, show quality typically has 2x the layers of paint on it to give it that "deep" look. I think I remember hearing somewhere that new cars have between 3-5 coats of paint and I know the paint on that 56 of my dad's has 8 coats.

 

[Broncobowsher]

Just had a new car painted. OEM quality paint job. Entire car, james ect. Everything except engine compartment. $3k. This was a brand new car with a perfect body that needed no prep other then to scuff the old paint. When it was done, it looked like a factory paint job on a new car (a little nicer in places as they did spray clear on the inside of the trnk as the factory does not. They pulled the body panels, windows, doors, everything.

 

[trailpsycho]

An important thing to consider in any contracted job is the amount of time in labor. If you have a bare tub; ie, nothing to remove---and as a result you dont expect them to reinstall anything, you can cut most of these figures in half...especially with a FG tub...there will be some surfacing needed, but not as much prep as removing paint or prepping after media blasting. If you are expecting to pick up a ready to drive truck when the paint dries, then the figures mentioned above still apply, if not more.

I am approaching the blasting/painting stage...and this is what I have found...however, some shops will still not want to due a full paint job as it is still not as lucrative as insurance work...%). If you are planning on lining the tub, then the glass should only have to be properly primed--entirely, with jsut the paint on the major panels with some overlap where the delineation with liner is to be so the paint that there is a proper paint-liner overlap/seal...again not as important with glass, whereas VERY important with steel (or so I have been told/foudn in my research). Good luck.

 

[AKAJOKER]

I am paying around $8300 for paint and body work in San Diego. About $3500 grand was for the paint job to include taking it down to bare metal (I had 3 layers in some places) painting the jams, dash, and engine compartment, as well as acid etching the seams. It also included welding up some exterior holes like the side mirrors, spare tire carrier etc...

As for the body work, the entire cowl / windshield area was replaced along with kick panels, door post, inner fender wells etc....

 

[mkaenel]

I am paying around $8300 for paint and body work in San Diego. About $3500 grand was for the paint job to include taking it down to bare metal (I had 3 layers in some places) painting the jams, dash, and engine compartment, as well as acid etching the seams. It also included welding up some exterior holes like the side mirrors, spare tire carrier etc...

As for the body work, the entire cowl / windshield area was replaced along with kick panels, door post, inner fender wells etc....

Akajoker,

Where are you having this done...I am getting ready to paint mine also.

Thanks,

Matt

 

[Bart]

You didn't state and no one asked you (as far as I read) what you want to use the Bronk for. If it car show go ahead, if you intend to wheel it don't waste your money. At a minimum, it'll get scratched. I have a very presentible '57 Fairlane 500. My Bronco is the other side of the fence. I use a flat white primer to cover up any desert pinstriping (or worse). So, before you deside on the paint job deside what you plan on doing with it and go from there. Trust me, if you do a high dollar paint job you won't take it off the pavement.

 

[AKAJOKER]

mkaenel

I am using Eastons Auto Body in Lakeside/Santee area. They have mostly older classics that they work on. There are on the slow side but their overall work has impressed me. My Bronco as well as another are being worked on right now. PM me for more info

 

[ddrass]

Its not a show truck, but it will be a daily driver that will see weekend action, though no rock crawling.