View Full Version : What did you spend on paint and bodywork?
fitnessguy08
02-24-2011, 10:12 PM
Just curious if i'm getting an ok deal. What did everyone spend on paint and bodywork? or did yourself?
Sergio
02-24-2011, 10:35 PM
I voted.
fitnessguy08
02-24-2011, 10:45 PM
Did you do your own paint and bodywork?
Sergio
02-24-2011, 10:55 PM
No, I didn't
Bobasaurus
02-24-2011, 10:59 PM
I did my own after practicing on my Dad's 67 Bronco!
efnfast
02-24-2011, 11:12 PM
14k - my body was pretty bad. I didn't do anything (didn't even set the doors, heh) related to the body. Also a few pennies in there for grafting on the supersnake hood.
RoyBoy
02-25-2011, 07:58 AM
What happened to $7000 - $8000. Put me down for $7,600
Someday I Suppose
02-25-2011, 08:25 AM
Voted as well, I didn't do stripes but more then made up for the cost of stripes with the body work to flare the rear fenders.
-Scott
JGPierce
02-25-2011, 08:27 AM
How much more do stripes add to the paint costs?
Indy Shu
02-25-2011, 08:33 AM
I did all the seam repairs, fitting of doors, hood, trunk, rolled the edges, and got the filler work close. Paid the painter $4400 to finish (with stripes). With materials and tools that I used, I probably had about another 1k in it.
Woo hoo, my first post here!
Someday I Suppose
02-25-2011, 09:03 AM
From the pricing I have seen listed, anywhere from around $700 - $1200 depending on if its a single, double, or double with pinstripe.
How much more do stripes add to the paint costs?
Racer 28
02-25-2011, 09:42 AM
Poll seems pretty accurate this is what we charge...
For the new Mk4's we charge $6,750 this includes;
*All the Body work and fit-ment of panels
*Any color other then Tri-coats and candies
*Stripes are included with pin-stripes(unless you don't want them)
*Also included is the painting of the underside of the hood and trunk
Pierre B
02-25-2011, 11:11 AM
My son did the bodywork in its entirety, so I cannot speak to the labor cost. I did use Glasurit paint materials, and my car is red: the most costly pigment color. My materials costs for bodywork products and paint fell in the range of $2,600.00 to $3,000.00, and that's figuring the Glasurit component at wholesale cost.
riptide motorsport
02-25-2011, 01:30 PM
I paint so its only materials for me..............Steven
MHCobra
02-25-2011, 01:50 PM
$7500 for me. Not in the poll.
Mike
LARRYVEGAS
02-25-2011, 02:24 PM
I did all bodywork and paint .Material cost around 1500.
Johnny Suede
02-25-2011, 02:40 PM
I did all of the body work, paid $2000 to have the spots i missed cleaned up and painted viper red. Turned out great, no regrets
Art Totten
02-25-2011, 03:10 PM
Hi,
Under $1000 actually 829.00. Artic white #10, one color on my spec racer. Is it a good job........it is a 50:50 paint job. Means that @ 50 MPH and Fifty feet it looks good! It is easy to repair too.
Art
South Dakobra
02-25-2011, 04:13 PM
$6,500 from beginning to the end with stripes and wet-sanding and buffing included. $2,200 in itemized materials down to $1 items. $4.300 for 175 hours of labor, which at $25 per hour I think is pretty good from an experienced hotrod body-man. http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p121/dakobra/IMG_1144.jpg
Steak
02-25-2011, 06:38 PM
So where is 7k-8k?
rich grsc
02-26-2011, 12:01 AM
Under $4500. I did the gaps on the doors hood and trunk, painter did the rest. About 125 hrs total, body work, paint and buff.
F5RSN8K
02-26-2011, 07:40 AM
Right at 7600.00 for body work, paint and transportation to and from my house.
Big-Foot
02-26-2011, 08:28 AM
You should have 4 different polls... MK1 - MK2 - MK3 - MK4
Each body series has gotten progressively better from FFR.. The MK4's that I've looked at so far are easily 40 hours less work than the MK2's & 3's that I've seen...
JerryV
02-26-2011, 02:15 PM
I did an MK3 for the cost of paint and materials. Around $1200 for PPG Vibrance Red candy. It was alot of work but I'm not new to automotive body and paint so it was managable. The painting was one of the more challenging aspects escpecially since I did a candy. There is not a flat or parallel panel on the car which makes getting the tint even extremely difficult, especially with the doors and hood, trunk removed.
My advice would be to stick with a non candy color and it will be alot easier and cheaper.
Jerry
$5K. My painter did everything. I dropped the car off, he removed everything(my car was already street legal), he did all the bodywork, paint, then put it all back together and dropped it off at my house. It's not the best paint job out there, but it's good enough, because after 6 years on the road, it has dings all over it.
Rob