mkmike103

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I'm looking to get the hood and the roof of my car re-painted as both show sun damage and the clear coat is starting to peel on the roof. Starting to drive me nuts!

I was just inquiring as to what you guys thought a decent estimate would be for both to be painted? I will be shopping around this week but don't know much about painting and cost.

So, in your eyes, what do you think a reasonable amount would be?

Thanks,
Michael

chino0314

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id like too know as well

9krpmrx8

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Same color should be around 3k for a quality job.

rxwarrior

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Wouldn't you want to have the whole car repainted to make sure that it's all color matched? I'm sure the rest of the car has faded to some degree.

rx 8speciale

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find a experience shop in ur town and go ask them , probably 2 to 3k for the hole car

mkmike103

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Don't have the money for the whole car to be painted, Just looking for the hood and roof.

mscamp02

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maybe 1- 1.5k for a good shop....and thats with blending

Rotr8

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you could just try to find a used one the same color in the FS section people are always selling hoods because they went CF, and you could just paint the roof a satin black or flat black,,, would be alot less than trying to blend everything back in,,,

RawrX8

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+1. That would prob cost you like $500+ if you found someone locally with a hood.

mkmike103

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Thanks for the responses guys - Like the idea of maybe just getting a local hood. Will look further into this.

invasion08

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To get my hood repainted was 300 bucks

RyansRx8

Money that would be better off spent gettin that 1.3L a good spool

Atilla

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well...so much for getting a ballpark figure

it might cost any where between $300 to $3000

mkmike103

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I ended up paying $600 flat for the hood and the roof. It looks phenomenal. Had work done at this shop on my Stealth a few years ago and am very happy with their work from that. My dad knew the owner from way back so I got lucky and they took care of me.

My dealerships' body shop gave me an estimate of $1300 with employee discount, so as stated by others, actual price will vary greatly depending on where you go.

Thanks for the input gentlemen.
Michael

carbonRX8

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My paint is costing me just over $4k. But that is with the doors and panels taken off, custom paint everywhere but the engine bay, with many coats and wetsanding or buffing between every second coat (or somesuch.) I did get a quote for the full car in VR (which is a three-stage paint) in the high threes.