Where To Get My Car Sprayed? How Much?

[SLO-W32]

Hi can some one tell me where i can get a re-spray or just the outside pannels of my car sprayed in sydney?

and what kind of price will i be looking at. i own a black r32 gtst with no dents just faded paint .

Thanks

[SECURITY]

lucky for you black is easy to paint, you'll be paying around 1500 for a re-spray in the same black.

my mate owns exotic smash repairs in milperra, give them a call (i dont have the number on me so try yellow pages). just head down there and he'll give you a price. tell him joe with the yellow skyline sent you and he'll take care of you.

i got some other guy to spray my car and i paid $2500 and its the shittest paint job ive ever seen. i'll be taking my car down to exotic soon to get it all fixed up properly.

[Abo Bob]

Unless it's a friend doing you a favour a $1500 or $2500 paint job will always be shit compared to a proper job.

I recommend Louie at Xclusive Colours. He is cheap (not as cheap as above) but does show quality work.

[SECURITY]

i'd be suprised if he gets quoted over 1500 for a cut back and re-spray.. he's spraying his car the same colour so it isnt really that much labour involved. if you said you'd cut the car back yourself you'd be saving even more.

i recommend buying the paint yourself too.

[Abo Bob]

I wonder what the paint cost is? I suppose it depends on the colour and whether it's acrylic or two pack. I've got no idea.

[wrxhoon]

i'd be suprised if he gets quoted over 1500 for a cut back and re-spray.. he's spraying his car the same colour so it isnt really that much labour involved. if you said you'd cut the car back yourself you'd be saving even more.

i recommend buying the paint yourself too.

I very much doubt anyone will do a reasonable job for $1500 , especially in black, black shows everything.

A decent paint job should be around the $4 k mark. Don't forget you have to remove everything off to do a reasonable job, including windscreens, badges, door handles skirts front and rear b/bars etc. You have to tape inside the door jambs, guards so you dont get overspray there as well or better still remove doors and guards as well.

It doesn't take long to actually spray the paint on the car but a lot of work to prepare it and even after you sprayed it . Of course some people will do it for $999 but you only going to get a $999 job if that ...

[SECURITY]

4k for a full colour change is reasonable.

queen st. will charge 3-4k for a full colour change. i dont know where you're getting your prices from mate but 4k for a re-spray is pretty expensive.

[Beer Baron]

i agree with wrxhoon. there is so much work in painting it properly it's not funny. paint alone for good 2pac will cost around $700 for a skyline.

[wrxhoon]

4k for a full colour change is reasonable.

queen st. will charge 3-4k for a full colour change. i dont know where you're getting your prices from mate but 4k for a re-spray is pretty expensive.

Actually i can it done for $999 but if you want a half decent job with everything removed $4 k is the very minimum you will pay, for colour change it will depend on what you want painted, if you want the lot including R+R engine expect to pay at least $6 k.

Obviously you get what you pay for and my standards and yours are way different.

If i was to get a car painted i would be happy to pay $6k as long as they did as i wanted them to.

[SECURITY]

anyways..

all he wants is a re-spray on his exterior panels.

im sure you'll get quoted less than 2k for a quality job SLO-W32.

[wrxhoon]

anyways..

all he wants is a re-spray on his exterior panels.

im sure you'll get quoted less than 2k for a quality job SLO-W32.

Well if you call masking everything, a quick rubdown with 400 and a quick hit with the gun a quality job then sure he can get it done for that .

Adam, 2-pack is the only way to go these days, its not expensive for flat colours, it can get very expensive on some fancy paint though. Flat black would only be $200 for the sky, it's the labour thats the killer, if you want a good job it takes to long .

[MrAnderson]

my 2c - i hope your body work is straight - black is prob the hardest colour to get right... a mask and spray with some proper prep might get done for 2k.... i dont think people realise how much work goes into preping a car right...this is where all the cost is. i stripped my car myself, and reasembled it myself. basically everything off except the front door windows - everything else off and it was 2.5k at mates rates (i had some panel work and rust done as well) was from a gold silver to blue silver - heres the before and after... you can get good results not using 2pac (mine was sprayed) but 2pac is longer lasting

[wrxhoon]

If i was to paint my car, i want 2-pack, cutback and buff. Acrylic is very good but more preperation work ( you have to use finer grade paper to rub the paint) and you must cutback and buff. It doesn't stay shiny for as lond as 2-pack so you have to keep polishing it more often ..

Only dissadvantage of 2-pack, the off gun finish is not as flat, thats the reason i would want it cut and buffed .

[MANWHOR3]

I totally agree with wrxhooon. I'm in the process of getting one of my cars resprayed atm.

It's a colour change from lexus pearl white to black with a purple pearl. Calling around, I got prices ranging from 1k-12k.

I didn't just do a noobie phone book run. these are people that were recommended to me by people that know the people.

I have a belief that if you're gonna do something, do it right or don't do it at all. I want this car to be totally perfect. that is, As good as a factory spray. I don't want a single run or orange peel or dry paint or anything.

The place i've got it booked into is changing me 5k because I told him about how picky I am.

Like wrxhoon said, everyone has different standards. some people may well be blown away and really happy with the quality of a 1k paint job. For me personally, if the car had any imperfections in the paint, i would hate it. I've got a stone chip on the roof of my skyline and that alone drives me nuts.

for 1k, they'll just tape up around the windows etc and it leaves a really nasty line there. it looks cheap and shit.

[Beer Baron]

not that it needs any more reafirming but it's all true. just the dude to remove and replace all the windscreens and fit all the new seals in my car cost over $300. then there is the cost of the seals, if you want genuine nissan that will be $1000+ and that's not for all of them, just the main ones.

the prep takes a long time, and as wrxhoon suggested for his ideal job mine was all windows out, fully prepped body, bumpers etc removed, then done in 2-pack, with 3 coats of clear (instead of 2) and then cut back and buffed. and even then i have to admit there are tiny little things here and there i can spot, but on the whole it's a very good job. not flawless, but very good.

[wrxhoon]

not that it needs any more reafirming but it's all true. just the dude to remove and replace all the windscreens and fit all the new seals in my car cost over $300. then there is the cost of the seals, if you want genuine nissan that will be $1000+ and that's not for all of them, just the main ones.

the prep takes a long time, and as wrxhoon suggested for his ideal job mine was all windows out, fully prepped body, bumpers etc removed, then done in 2-pack, with 3 coats of clear (instead of 2) and then cut back and buffed. and even then i have to admit there are tiny little things here and there i can spot, but on the whole it's a very good job. not flawless, but very good.

Richard , there is no such a thing as a perfect paint job mate but with a lot of work you can get a decent paint job . You can look at any brand new car and find imperfections in the paint. Dont forget their paint plants are worth millions, how can a panelbeater that has say $50k equipment do a perfect job?

If you don't remove the glass you will always see where they taped it, same with all the moulds and whathave you on the body. A good paint job is one that you cant tell if the car has been repainted.

If anyone thinks they can it done for a couple thousand $ they are having themselves on.

Paint change is a pain in the ass, you have to take the engine out, strip the boot take doors off and so on it never ends.

[SECURITY]

im going off figures ive seen and got quoted myself. my paint job was for everything except the engine bay. the quality of the job isnt the best but the 2500 i paid was including a bit of damage that was on the car, completley strip it and to completley straighten the body.

the panel beating work was excellent, it was actually the primer he used that stuffed up the job (thats why i recommend to buy your own paint etc). ive got a few paint chips but its only minor.. here are a few pics of what it was stripped down to (front windscreen was removed later that day):

[MrAnderson]

damb dude - you nearly beat my alfa for rust!

lookin good now but

[Hayness]

I bought my car with a cheap respray done to it, it looks neat from a distance but once you get close and have a good look there are so many imperfections. From paint flaking and running to the dreadfull edges where its been taped and sprayed, I even have to be carefull when washing with the woolen mit as it can hook onto the edges where the paint is cracking/peeling. I didnt notice so many imperfections when I bought the car but I noticed more and more as days went by, was still a great buy though

If you really want I can take photos of the bad bits and you can make your own mind up.

[ylwgtr2]

If i was to paint my car, i want 2-pack, cutback and buff. Acrylic is very good but more preperation work ( you have to use finer grade paper to rub the paint) and you must cutback and buff. It doesn't stay shiny for as lond as 2-pack so you have to keep polishing it more often ..

Only dissadvantage of 2-pack, the off gun finish is not as flat, thats the reason i would want it cut and buffed .

I am a little confused here.....there is a few reasons why 2 pack paint is better 1 is its life span... and 2 and probably the most important one for us guys driving the spray gun is the way it comes off the gun....as long as you use the tools correctly and have a clean booth you can get it to go on as flat as a shit carter's hat no rubbing and buffing/cutting needed.....