How much should this cost?

that seems like he's raping you without lube. laser red is next to impossible to match and its an expensive paint but for that price he better be painting it with solid gold.

Im shocked that the insurance company is putting money into it. My damage got to be over $6,000 and they just totalled it out.


Is he gonna do the jams/engine bay if u change the color?

95Vert383AOD said:

Insurance gave me $3700 for the damage....im paying the rest out of the pain and suffering money. The $6700 total would be to have the damage fixed and the whole car painted. So i wouldn't have to worry about matching anything.

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Not worth it... $3700 is fine... a decent paint job is about 3k here and $700 to fix the damage is fine. If he finishes it and its not to your standards contact your insurance company.


Id go redfire metallic thats what im doing

Adam95GT said:

Not worth it... $3700 is fine... a decent paint job is about 3k here and $700 to fix the damage is fine. If he finishes it and its not to your standards contact your insurance company.


Id go redfire metallic thats what im doing

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The insurance company is now out of the picture. They paid out the $3700 to the owner (95vert383AOD). If the shop doesn't do the job to his standards the only recourse will be to small claims court if they disagree about the quality of work. #k for a paint job is cheap. In my neck of the woods one is looking at a minimum of 5k+. It just cost me over $500 to prep and spray 1/2 of my rear bumper (also laser red).

toyman said:

The insurance company is now out of the picture. They paid out the $3700 to the owner (95vert383AOD). If the shop doesn't do the job to his standards the only recourse will be to small claims court if they disagree about the quality of work. #k for a paint job is cheap. In my neck of the woods one is looking at a minimum of 5k+. It just cost me over $500 to prep and spray 1/2 of my rear bumper (also laser red).

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If the quote of the shop is what the insurance check came from they are liable. My dad had to go to court with a shop over something in this nature.

Front bumper and hood were messed up.

He had them replaced the shop returned the car covered in orange peel and he called the insurance company. The car went to some where that fixed it right. Insurance company cut another check and went after said shop.

Week later the first shop owner and some goon came in to my dads work and assaulted him and landed him in the hospital.


I personally think its not a good idea to have paint on a car more then the value of said car.


Also laser red is not a cheap paint... fall back to a 2 stage and that might save you some $$

All in what you want and are willing to spend. Some people spend 50k+ on a paint job and some are happy with a $200 one. This guy has to cover his time and overhead to make a living. Sure, you can find someone to do it on the side for much cheaper, but that's not the body shops fault so hopefully they won't get blamed for the estimate they gave. Everone knows a friend of a friend who's friend got a hookup on the side for nothing or someone who's done something in their back yard, but this was the estimate this particular shop gave, so it's ultimately up to you to decide weather or not you want to go for it. If a paint job was so cheap or easy everyone would have one. Sure there are shops out there who don't operate under any moral codes and there's ones that do, but it's all up to your impression of their work and what you're willing to spend. Sometimes shops even give racers higher estimates to cover themselves against any complaints and such vs a regular run of the mill insurance job that really pays their bills. If you're happy with the guy so far and have the cash why not, otherwise shop around if you're not. Any way you cut it it's still a good chunk of dough in this economy, but unfortunately that's the price of our car hobby. Whichever route you go, looking forward to seeing the finished pics of it.

$6700 for paint and body work is not unreasonable. But you should be getting a VERY NICE paintjob for that money. I'd ask the guy to put you in touch with several customers who had gotten similar quality level paint jobs, that you can talk to and look at the work. If he won't, walk. Keep shopping until you find someone who has good references, that you like the look of. Ask the dude who just spent a year getting his white and blue car done--bargains normally aren't.

And like someone else said, make sure you're ready to live with a high-end paint job. Tends to make you a little socially dysfunctional, like wanting to kill people who wear riveted jeans, park 40 miles from the door, and go postal on drivers who have rocks in their tires.

My 95 has helped me recognize that I don't want a show-quality paint job on my 67. Because I'm going to drive it, and if you drive it, it's going to get chipped, dinged, etc.

Husky44 said:

And like someone else said, make sure you're ready to live with a high-end paint job. Tends to make you a little socially dysfunctional, like wanting to kill people who wear riveted jeans, park 40 miles from the door, and go postal on drivers who have rocks in their tires.

My 95 has helped me recognize that I don't want a show-quality paint job on my 67. Because I'm going to drive it, and if you drive it, it's going to get chipped, dinged, etc.

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Good advice... and where you are living man you are gonnna get people scratching as they walk by in parkin glots, the driveway, etc... Go basic.. Talk to the owner of the shop to do the whole car for the $3700... I know I wouldn't put a $3k paint job on my car. I have about $400 in my paint job including all materials (not that my paint is nice). I am due for a re-paint and at that time I am probably going with the Summit two stage system. Probbaly cost me another $400 this time...