A good paint job can be $$$, my buddy got a $4k paint job and it looks factory. Well he said it was a $4k job that he got for 2k with a barter deal with someone he knows; but anyway it looks great.
I've seen good paint jobs that cost less too, around $1500- $2000; its the prep work thats going to make or break the quality of the job. If you remove the headlights and other body stuff yourself before you have it painted that will save you $; and maybe find a local guy that can do prepwork on the side then it might save you a little cash too.
Then you have to take the door jambs and color change (?) into consideration.