Paint Job??

[mikey060 10+ year member]

Funny I should see this today because I had a friend go by maaco yesterday to get a price on painting his car. They quoted him $550 for single stage. He said they took him to the back to show him how they prepped it and they had a car completely stripped down to the metal. They told him that is how they do their paintjobs. I just don't believe it for that price.

Yea, ive heard some pretty bad things about them. like when they spray they dont even cover the tires and sometimes the windows with paper. like wtf is that hah. so theres overspray all over... they must keep a car like that there to mislead people into thinking they are getting quality work for next to nothing. or who knows, maybe their legit crazy:

Wow, body shop labor rates around here are $40/hr.

i guess i should have stated thats a normal rate where i live. everything here is very expensive //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

There is a HUGE difference in paint prices. Some are way overpriced and some you get what you pay for. Any reputable name such as DUPONT, SPIES HECKLER, PPG, SHERWIN WILLIAMS, etc will be fine. As for the house of kolor, i used it on my other truck but bought it from http://www.hokpaint.com and it was about half price of what a store would charge you. If you are going a single color Nason makes a very inexpensive black, white, and red.

yea ive been told house of kolor is some of the better paint if your going with a custom candy type color. and i will need a custom mix done. do you happen to know if i can get the local dealer to get me a custom mix code or whatever it is and then have the factory mix it and send it to me? that would save me a lot by the sounds of it

If I were you I would go to some shops and ask to see their work and go from there.

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[xtremekustomz 10+ year member]

yea ive been told house of kolor is some of the better paint if your going with a custom candy type color. and i will need a custom mix done. do you happen to know if i can get the local dealer to get me a custom mix code or whatever it is and then have the factory mix it and send it to me? that would save me a lot by the sounds of it

Yeah HOK has some nice candy's. Most of the people around here will just buy the colors they want and mix them themselves before they spray. All house of kolor paints can be mixed with each other. Be sure that whoever is spraying your car has sprayed candy before cause it isn't like normal paint. You've really gotta know what you are doing. Same goes for pearl. Funny thing is that there are some white pearl paintjobs that you just can't keep from being blotchy. Go look at the new pearl white escalades. If you really pay attention you can see dark spots where the paint didn't blend.