Hey guys, i wanna get a rough idea from you what i should b paying to have my berlina resprayed in its original colour (a freshen up) of champagne gold from the plastics up (bonnet, roof, boot, front and rear pillars <not the black around the doors> nose cone and the sides to the bumpers and plastic but NOT the bumpers or plastic or below) the acrylic paint on it now has no cracks, its just blemished (oxydisation) badly but not through 2 metal, it has 2 shallow dints in the nose cone and afew <read 4 or 5> tiny "supermarket" dings in the doors. i was quoted - Place number 1 - wouldnt even touch my car to paint, but would roll my guards for $25 per side but wouldnt do anything about split paint (if it did) <$100 total with maybe crap paint on the guards> - Place number 2 - $2500 to have it done in 2pac and then another $250 to have the gaurds rolled <$2750 total> - Place number 3 - $1000 to be sprayed in acrylic by a bloke at work (supermarket) that does it for a hobby, in his back shed, thats removal of the dings as well, and he'll probably do the plastics for an extra $200 but havnt seen any of his work so i dont know how credible his jobs are. <$1000 total without guards rolled> - Place number 4 - $1200-$1500 to have it sprayed in acrylic and have the guards rolled at the same time and major dings removed <$1200-1500 total> - Place number 5 - $1200 to have sprayed in acrylic without dings removed or guards rolled. <$1200 total> thats how far i've gone so far with quotes, what sort of price should i b paying?? seriously?? i really don't care if its in acrylic instead of 2pac because i just want the car to look clean again and just shiney really, dont want it show car quality, just 'new car' quality with the dings removed and the guards rolled. And it only has to last like what, 5 - 10 years coz i dont plan to have the car for more than maybe another 3 or so years now (already owned it for 3 years), and if i do, in all seriousness, i must have big plans for it and b getting a decent paint job to go with them! so what do u guys recon?? ush

well for number 1.most people dont like rolling gaurds and paint can crack... so they cant garentee anything.. but good price. if youve got the money id go number 2, id say thats taking the dents out too... but it sounds cheap for 2pac. number 3. get some pics of the work hes done.. mines been repainted by a guy at my work (although he is a painter) he did a good job i think. might turn out nice like mine. number 4, if thats professionally done, and your only keeping the car for 3-5 yrs. might be good to go this way number 5, dont bother,if your gonna get it respayed get the dings removed, and roll gaurds otherwise tires might hit and stuff tha paint anyways thats just my opinion but hope it helps Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

2500 is pretty cheap 4 a full 2k respray, being champagne gold its clear over base so theres color and clear. if u strip the car urself and give it to the shop no lights, handles trims windows if ness etc then ur not paying labor for r&r. if ur gonna keep the car paint it 2k acrylics a waste of time in my opp.find a painter and get on his good side. i did my car 12mnts ago cost me 500 for materials. anyone off the street 3500.

How much would it cost (roughly) for enough paint needed ..(unsure how much you would need)?? .. to respay a vl. Thinking bout respraying myne wen i can get some cash flow, my brothers mate has spray gun. Cheers Mat

bump.. help will b much appreciated

think including everything.. eg primer paint, clear, sandpapers,bog, ect... bout 800 roughly i think... depending on the type of paint, eg metalic ect

Thanks for that.. I was thinking about painting it gun metal grey.. saw it on another VL looked pretty good. Do you know how many litres of paint you need? Cheers Mat

3-4 four litre roughly just for colour..

mate i can get your car looking shmick for around $3,000 this includes all materials (2 pak glasuruit, dismantle, repairs, gaurds, doors, bonnet, boot, roof, nosecone

That would be good mate but i live in WA and dont have that much $$ at the moment.. cheers ne way

Quote: Originally Posted by sikcalais mate i can get your car looking shmick for around $3,000 this includes all materials (2 pak glasuruit, dismantle, repairs, gaurds, doors, bonnet, boot, roof, nosecone if i was going show car i'd definately be in on that, or even if i had some huge plans for the vl... i only want it to be freshened up, thats all, make it look neat, tidey and nice... thanx for the offer tho!! ush

for the crash repairs to buy a top quality 2pak its $100 a litre for them.That will give u some idea why so expensive.

mate save your cash and do it right the first time, you'll be sorry if you look for the cheap way around things.

pick up a block and sand the biatch back yourself!

yer place number 2 sounds about right,here the tight ****s at work charage about 2g for a stock colour respray outside only and only re spray , what a ****in rip of ay

orange vl ur a painter and u say 2g's is a rip off for a respray? how r ya spost to make a living? its not like ya slap some paper on the windows, scotcy the car and gun it, there is actually work involved. mate wen u stop sweeping floors and rubbing bars watch the boys do sum work and ull see why they charge 2g's for a respray

Quote: Originally Posted by VLrally orange vl ur a painter and u say 2g's is a rip off for a respray? how r ya spost to make a living? its not like ya slap some paper on the windows, scotcy the car and gun it, there is actually work involved. mate wen u stop sweeping floors and rubbing bars watch the boys do sum work and ull see why they charge 2g's for a respray well for starters almost half that price is ya paint, if ya knew anything about paint ud know that it costs **** all the make the paint, they make it a x amount of dollars and mark it up 900 percent, rubbin down the car with 600 or whatever dont take long and dont take much effort, and **** ya get paid wat 10 bucks an hour, the workers hardly see any of that 2g's

Quote: Originally Posted by orange_vl well for starters almost half that price is ya paint, if ya knew anything about paint ud know that it costs **** all the make the paint, they make it a x amount of dollars and mark it up 900 percent, rubbin down the car with 600 or whatever dont take long and dont take much effort, and **** ya get paid wat 10 bucks an hour, the workers hardly see any of that 2g's cars gotta be stripped, repaired, primed, rubbed, cleaned, masked, painted, baked, cut and buffed, cleaned, fitted up then detailed. dunno what u blokes are doin, paint costs **** all, yeah right. dunno bout u but im on 18 an hour first year tradesman

if u can get a quality 2k respray under 2g's good luck 2 ya. ill cum round and pick the sh it out of it for ya

Quote: Originally Posted by VLrally cars gotta be stripped, repaired, primed, rubbed, cleaned, masked, painted, baked, cut and buffed, cleaned, fitted up then detailed. dunno what u blokes are doin, paint costs **** all, yeah right. dunno bout u but im on 18 an hour first year tradesman well i duno what your on about cos for a 2g STOCK COLOUR RESPRAY ya sand the old paint and lay new paint on, no need to prime, unless dents , and is ee ya must use ****ty paint or still using acrylic cos ya dont and shouldnt need to cut and buff it