Can You Help Me Out? -- I Need A Paint Job

Dutafox! · Feb 1, 2018

Wow. All these beautiful fox bodies I see, just on this site alone!

I thought all these cars were repainted?

These cars are 25 years and older, how do you guys get your cars to look this good. There's only so much a good wax and detailing job can do.

If a good paint job cost $10,000, I would say only 2% of foxbodys are repainted.

I don't even see rock chips in the hood in most of these cars or chips in the rear quarter panel.

Davedacarpainter · Feb 1, 2018

For actual cost of individual colors, reds are the priciest.

This is if you're buying it yourself to spray.

A shop won't charge a premium for the color unless you want something special like a three stage color or mystichrome black.

Paint and body is expensive, but it is a lot of work. A tech that can do the work properly is worth his wages though.

You should weigh the amount of money you can put into this project with the amount of work you're willing to do yourself.

Fox bodies are still a hobby car, not an investment car. You WILL put more money into it than you will be able to ever recover from.

Bright side is, they're fun to work on. If you need any help I'll do whatever I can to help you out.

I have a thread here somewhere about painting too that will have some answers for you.

If you'd like to do some of the paint work yourself, here's my paint thread. Ask anything you need and I'll try to help out.
https://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/fox-body-painting-101.890084/

Dutafox! · Feb 1, 2018

@Davedacarpainter

Thank you. I'll find your post and read through it.

I'm a bit discouraged searching for a Foxbody now with knowing how much it cost to get the car painted and keep the body lines correct.

I definitely knew I would put more money in then the car would be worth.

Thanks again for your Insight.

BlakeusMaximus · Feb 1, 2018

Don’t get discouraged, there are nice stangs to be had out there. Sometimes it takes a little while. What part of the country are you in?

Davedacarpainter · Feb 1, 2018

Dutafox! said:
@Davedacarpainter

Thank you. I'll find your post and read through it.

I'm a bit discouraged searching for a Foxbody now with knowing how much it cost to get the car painted and keep the body lines correct.

I definitely knew I would put more money in then the car would be worth.

Thanks again for your Insight.

Yeah, paint and body cost are a bit overwhelming. I dig that.

"Nothing's easy", one of my favorite sayings.

Your mustang can be really rewarding though. Don't let the details suck you down yet. Don't shoot for the concourse restoration at first, get a nice daily driver that you can enjoy as you work on it.

Enjoy the driving experience as you do a little here and a little there. This is a fun hobby that produces a neat hot rod.

In the end, that's what it's about. Hot rodding.

BlakeusMaximus · Feb 1, 2018

Davedacarpainter said:
Yeah, paint and body cost are a bit overwhelming. I dig that.

"Nothing's easy", one of my favorite sayings.

Your mustang can be really rewarding though. Don't let the details suck you down yet. Don't shoot for the concourse restoration at first, get a nice daily driver that you can enjoy as you work on it.

Enjoy the driving experience as you do a little here and a little there. This is a fun hobby that produces a neat hot rod.

In the end, that's what it's about. Hot rodding.

Yes sir!!

Noobz347 · Feb 1, 2018

You are in a rough area for Fox Bodies my friend. You need to get on car sites in Texas, and Arizona, and Florida.

Plan on spending $500 to ship it or going to pick it up. Your weather in your neck of the woods is rough on vintage cars.

BlakeusMaximus · Feb 1, 2018

Noobz347 said:
You are in a rough area for Fox Bodies my friend. You need to get on car sites in Texas, and Arizona, and Florida.

Plan on spending $500 to ship it or going to pick it up. Your weather in your neck of the woods is rough on vintage cars.

Where is he?

Dutafox! · Feb 1, 2018

Yeah I don't know. Fox bodies are expensive by me.

Maybe I'll find a nice old lady who has got a 4-cylinder fox body that's been garaged in vibrant red. Instead of 10 grand on paint, I'll buy the coyote crate engine and transmission combo for $15,000 and throw it in.

BlakeusMaximus · Feb 1, 2018

Dutafox! said:
Yeah I don't know. Fox bodies are expensive by me.

Maybe I'll find a nice old lady who has got a 4-cylinder fox body that's been garaged in vibrant red. Instead of 10 grand on paint, I'll buy the coyote crate engine and transmission combo for $15,000 and throw it in.

Where are you, I missed it

Davedacarpainter · Feb 1, 2018

Dutafox! said:
Yeah I don't know. Fox bodies are expensive by me.

Maybe I'll find a nice old lady who has got a 4-cylinder fox body that's been garaged in vibrant red. Instead of 10 grand on paint, I'll buy the coyote crate engine and transmission combo for $15,000 and throw it in.

Where are you located?

BlakeusMaximus · Feb 1, 2018

Noobz347 said:
You are in a rough area for Fox Bodies my friend. You need to get on car sites in Texas, and Arizona, and Florida.

Plan on spending $500 to ship it or going to pick it up. Your weather in your neck of the woods is rough on vintage cars.

Don’t forget abou cars here in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We are a state by the way. Just as dry and hot as Arizona.

Noobz347 · Feb 1, 2018

BlakeusMaximus said:
Don’t forget abou cars here in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We are a state by the way. Just as dry and hot as Arizona.

I always forget about those "new" states.

Dutafox! · Feb 1, 2018

I live in the Chicago area. Yeah a Red car in a blue state!

BlakeusMaximus · Feb 1, 2018

Noobz347 said:
I always forget about those "new" states.

You know what’s funny? People have inhabited this place way before the pilgrims came. We have a church in Santa Fe that was built in the early 1600’s. The church in Old Town Albuquerque was built in 1706. But, new state, yes. 1912.

BlakeusMaximus · Feb 1, 2018

Dutafox! said:
I live in the Chicago area. Yeah a Red car in a blue state!

Yeah, I’m sure there is some slim Pickens on stangs up there.

billison · Feb 1, 2018

Real question for the po. How old are you?

General karthief · Feb 1, 2018

He's in his mid forties according to his profile

Dutafox! · Feb 1, 2018

Like a lot of people, the fox body was my high school dream car.

General karthief · Feb 1, 2018

Dreams can become reality if you work hard enought at it.
Or in the case of our hobby, a nightmare.
Welcome to the madness

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