Hey Paul, and welcome here! I do body work lately, the full job... removing everything, all black trims are painted black, an here, up north, i have to deal with rust issue. This job: http://www.benplace.com/88rouge.htm I charge 3700$, the van had rust issue and the front end was dammage (2 base coat and 3 clear coat) For a non-rusty van and no dents, i would probably charge around 2500-3000 and still paint everything that is black on the car, also, we use expensive windows masking tape by 3M: http://www.benplace.com/84westy/brune%2058.jpg http://www.benplace.com/84westy/brune%2060.jpg Expensive stuff, but it make such a nice job around the windows, ask for it!!! It's almost as fast to remove every trims, grills, handle and so on than to mask everything. Just find a good body guys, not the corner shop but the behind!!! Understand that a super cheap job... like 1000 is a shitty job, it will not last and it will show up close! some people care, some don't Good luck, Ben http://www.benplace.com/bjp_travaux.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ I’m a new member and hope you can respond to two topics that I am considering for my newly purchased 1991 Vanagon: 1) Painting – The interior and mechanical condition are very good, but the paint is awful (no rust, just faded badly). I have received 2 quotes, one from Maaco ($1700) and another from a local guy who paints show cars and would take off the bumpers, etc and make it look new, but he wants $3,000. What is a good range fore the costs? I do plan to hold on to the bus. |
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