I tend to agree with his original prices. It cost me $254 to have my hood
repainted the first time. Some kids at school though it would be funny to
throw a huge roll of carpet on my hood, and I made them pay for the hairline
scratches, at the dealer of my choice (the one my friend owns.)
Robert (unlucky hood) Trottmann
Jerry Jackson wrote:
> Sounds a bit high, maybe $200 to $300. You are probably paying
> an upcharge for his notoriety. It cost me $100 to get a fiberglass
> tonneau painted in California (high cost of labor area) for my 97
> Dakota, and it matched the factory orange peel perfectly, and this
> is a black truck. Two years ago I got a quote from a painter who
> does show car paint jobs (granted I was not looking for true show car
> quality) to paint a full size ('89) Blazer. Remove all trim, fiberglass
> cap, bumpers, insignias, glass, etc., and get it down to bare metal
> first (factory paint too poor then to paint over) -- labor, materials,
> everything $2000. This included inside the doors and jambs.
>
> Where do you live, maybe his prices reflect high cost of living area,
> i.e., Hawaii? Maybe he just thinks very highly of himself. When I get
> all mods done to my truck, I'm taking it to the guy in Houston for a
> custom paint job. I live in Dallas now, but the round trip drive and a
> round trip airline ticket is worth it. There are guys in the Dallas area
> who paint vehicles that appear in car and truck magazines (i.e., Truckin
> and Street Rodder), but they want at least as twice as much and do
> not appear to care much about one's project. I guess 'fame' and all that.
>
> ----------
> > From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: DML: Painting... How are these prices?
> > Date: Saturday, February 21, 1998 12:59 AM
> >
> > I've got a set of bed rails that I'd like to get painted, and I
> > also am thinking about getting a fiberglass toneau cover, and
> > eventually, a cowl induction hood. All this stuff will have to be
> > painted, so I asked around and the owner of the local detailing
> > place recomended a guy (who had recently touched up a panel on
> > his BMW). So, I figured I'd check him out.
> >
> > I pulled into the lot, and the first thing I see is a bright
> > yellow 440 'Cuda. (Good sign #1?) :-) Beautiful car,
> > even if it was an autoatic. ;-) Turns out that this guy
> > is just finishing a complete restoration of that car (for a
> > customer). He showed me the "before" pictures, and they were
> > NOT pretty!!! (Car looked like a rolling junkyard). He has
> > 3 years and $12,000 worth of labor into the car (I'm not sure
> > what the parts costs is.) He drives a Chevelle SS which
> > he also restored himself (has about 30 grand in it). Also
> > a very nice looking car. ...for a chebby. ;-)
> >
> > Anyway, before I ramble on too far... I asked him for
> > some prices, and as it turns out, it is cheaper to get a lot of
> > stuff done all at once than it is to come back each time.
> > (Due to costs involved in setup, paint change, cleanup, etc.)
> > He said that he would paint a tonneau, the bed rails, and a
> > cowl induction hood for $600. That's for sanding all the parts
> > down, primer, base coat, and clearcoat. These would be
> > matched to the truck; he even said he would match the "orange
> > peel" of the factory finish. Apparently, the factory doesn't
> > go as good of a job as they could, so when stuff gets re-painted,
> > they look richer and better than the rest of the car, which
> > looks funny, of course.
> >
> > This guy appears to be a perfectionist, and very good at what
> > he does. Both he and the guy who recomended him to me said that
> > he is not the cheapest in town, but that his quality can't be
> > beat.
> >
> > So, if I do decide to get a tonneau and get my bed rails
> > painted, I might as well go ahead and get the hood too.
> > (Painting all that together would save me $125 over having them
> > done seperately.) That would coe out to be about $1400-1500,
> > a pretty hefty chunk of change. :-( (Depressing when you
> > think that $1000 more would buy me a Vortech)
> >
> > Anyway, does anyone have a handle on painting prices?
> > How does $600 sound for color (and finish) matched, clearcoated
> > bed rails, tonneau, and hood?
> >
> > Thanks very much in advance!
> >
> >
> > -Jon-
> >
> > .--- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu -- http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/
> ---.
> > | DoD# 1038, EAA# 518210, NMA# 117376, USUA# A46209, KotWitDoDFAQ,
> RP-SEL |
> > | '96 Dodge Dakota v8 SLT Club Cab, '96 Kolb FireFly 447 (#FF019)
> |
> >
> `-------------------------------------------------------------------------'
> > I do not speak for the SUNY College at Fredonia; all opinions are my
> own.
> >
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