Repaint a different color?

[FastEddie]

Wrap it up B!

[stand-al0ne]

Trade or wrap it.

[KIZE]

You should list mods and post pics. You could find someone to trade.

[CRChevy]

Call kandyland in Miami they will paint it under 3k door jams included my friend just got painted there

[Synyster]

Originally Posted by swagled

Factory paint goes on with multiple clear coat layers and is baked at 1200 F degrees. You cannot obtain an equivalent aftermarket paint job.

The "good" news I suppose is that the factory paint makes a good base for your new color, if you insist on doing it. The car does not need as much prep work as is normally the case with repainting.

If I repaint my car, it'd be so I don't have to deal with the shittastic factory paint...

[Big Rob]

Black up top and Inferno Orange on bottom. Still have to re-clear the entire car but it will bad a$$. Looking around 4 to 5k but really cool. Just my .02

[The_cartoonist_88]

[QUOTE=1up5dn;3142701]I was looking into a paint job for an older Camaro and the shop I deal with said a decent paint job would start at $6,000. Then he asked what color we wanted and we said we wanted it to be black to match our 2011 Camaro. Then he said "oh, black starts at $10,000!

Black shows everything and must be perfect. Don't know who thought black was the cheapest?

black does cost less. its cost is less because it hardly has any toners in it

[The_cartoonist_88]

Originally Posted by CamaroFreako

Warp the car in black vinyl

cheaper and better

cheaper? yes, better? no.
vinyl compared to paint is far weaker and has no natural uv protection the the paint gets from the clear coat.Vinyl will fade, dry out, and will start to breakdown and pit.
but if you cant afford paint it is a good alternative

[robertgss3]

Originally Posted by cab2g

The paint job may cost more than the loss in a trade in. I mean if they're going to paint in the door jams and everywhere to hide the orange, it will probably be a several thousand dollar paint job!

Take it from someone who did do a full color change all parts off; it will be over 10K for a quality job that will hold up and look good close up not just from a distance (mine was 12K). I saw cars at local car shows and when I saw a great paint job I asked the owner for the name and contact of the shop. I then went and met with and got 5 quotes from shops and asked them how they would do the work. I did not pick the cheapest (you do get what you pay for) but also did not get the most expensive. Have not been sorry at all with the quality and the finished product and very happy I made it what I wanted.








Robert

[Indpowr]

Originally Posted by robertgss3

Take it from someone who did do a full color change all parts off; it will be over 10K for a quality job that will hold up and look good close up not just from a distance. I saw cars at local car shows and when I saw a great pain job I asked the owner for the name and contact of the shop. I then went and met with and got 5 quotes from shops and asked them how they would do the work. I did not pick the cheapest (you do get what you pay for) but also did not get the most expensive. Have not been sorry at all with the quality and the finished product and very happy I made it what I wanted.

Robert

+1
My last full color change was 15k (the HOK paint alone was 4500)

[The_cartoonist_88]

Originally Posted by Indpowr

+1
My last full color change was 15k (the HOK paint alone was 4500)

very nice, if youre on the vette forum you should take a look at what im doing to my father inlaws vette. He has titled it "Project Z51 Extreme" haha. we are putting +1.5 super vette fender kit on it and some other custom stuff.

[Indpowr]

Originally Posted by The_cartoonist_88

very nice, if youre on the vette forum you should take a look at what im doing to my father inlaws vette. He has titled it "Project Z51 Extreme" haha. we are putting +1.5 super vette fender kit on it and some other custom stuff.

I will look it up. I am a 10 year member on the Corvetteforum. I have a C6 now that is fully modded.