I am going to paint my body kit + spoiler next week. I want to know how much did you paid for all stillen body kit................ Should I get a very good paint or just go with the cheap one.

 

Take from FAQ's at maximadriver.com

Q: I'd like to paint _____, how much should i expect to pay?

A: Here's a short list:

Front Lip $100
Side Skirts $100ea
Back valence $50ea
Spoiler $100
Scraped bumper $150 Keyed Car (360°) $3000
Hood $500
Door $300ea
Shave door handles $100ea
Shaved Antenna $100

 

One way to cut the prices down to almost half would be to get it done at your local technical HS. The work is usually just as good as a regular garage since they are being graded on it and have teachers with sometimes over 20 years of experience guiding them. Plus (I know this is the case in MA) since they are not being paid for labor the school can not charge it. So all you pay for isthe parts, ie the paint. So where a garage is gonna rack up the hours on labor you can save quite a few bucks here. Sometimes it takes a bit longer but if you drop it off and have to wait a week or two but save a couple hundred it could be well worth it.

SuDZ

 

Good Idea!

 

Yeah some poeple I know got their entire car's painted at them which usually takes longer because they stop and talk about it as a class and go over it and things like that but when it was done he got body work and the entire car painted for like under a grand i think it was. It was sorta expensive because he had a custom color made that he wanted (some color he created in photoshop and really liked) but considering another kid got basicly the sme kind of paint job at a local garage for like $2,500 he had enough left over to get himself some rims he wanted.

He waited about a week longer than the other kid but to save almost two thousand dollars a week is not too crazy.

 

i painted my whole body kit for 150..(i hade the paint already..)

so actually.. about 200..

 

interesting...

i only know of one high school that has a shop on premises.. but how do I get my car worked on by them? Do you just go there and ask if they need cars to be worked on?

also,
what if they f- it up or drive it or something?

i don't want to have anything screwed up by dummy high school kids


I was told it can run 300-600$ to paint the whole kit

 

Look for a vocational school in your area. Like the one I went to HS at had everything from Culinary to auto body to machine shops and electronics. Anything you can think of. Regular HS's might be harder to find one with a good setup.

Like I said, messing it up is not really common they have teachers there that overlook every detail with more experience sometimes in two teachers than a whole autobody shop. The teachers are not like "Now kids I am putting my job on the line and all but go ahead and beat on the car for me. I dont need to pay the bills anyhow."

As far as getting on the list it depends. Some schools are always looking for people to have the cars done so they can give the kids more real life experiences and some schools have a waiting list. But for something like a body kit that might only takea day or two for them they might be able to bump you up higher on the list if there is one. I know that within twenty minutes of me there are about 4 schools that have shops, maybe there are more around you than you realize.

SuDZ

 

thanks,
i'll definately look into it
There have to be some in NYC.

 

i have had good experiences with a HS painting my old max. it did take a little longer, but it was significantly cheaper than elsewhere and they did a good job.

 

one of my freinds put his supra in to one of these highschools' shops and had a bunch of stuff stolen from including only ONE of his two turbos, stero, and some hoses out of the engine bay! so i dont trust them anymore. Just be careful.

 

was it compton / long beach regional high school?

 

Almost is a sound idea except..what do you drive in the meantime for the dailydrivers? A week is about $100-$150 for a cheap rent a car. SO it may be worht just biting the bullet and gettin it done in a weekend under the table.