Getting a new paint job

[Bsoares0]

So I decided i'm getting the B Magic wonderous kit for my Gen 5. The thing is I want to paint my whole car when I put the kit on. My car is silver but I would like to change it to black. Now a friend of a friend of mine with a body shop wants to charge around $1200. At first I was like wtf?! But after looking around online it seems like this actually a good price.
Now my question is, how much have any of you paid to repaint your whole car a diffrent color, and I want a paint job that is going to last years like the factory one. Not a paint job thats going to last 1 year, what do I look for to tell its a quality place?

[Trojan]

Originally Posted by Bsoares0

So I decided i'm getting the B Magic wonderous kit for my Gen 5. The thing is I want to paint my whole car when I put the kit on. My car is silver but I would like to change it to black. Now a friend of a friend of mine with a body shop wants to charge around $1200. At first I was like wtf?! But after looking around online it seems like this actually a good price.
Now my question is, how much have any of you paid to repaint your whole car a diffrent color, and I want a paint job that is going to last years like the factory one. Not a paint job thats going to last 1 year, what do I look for to tell its a quality place?

Seems like a good deal IF you are going with a different color paint job. I was charged 750 bucks for the install and paint to match the super white on my Camry with the Razzi bodykit by a Lexus/Toyota dealer-authorized bodyshop.

Make sure you give them the black color paint code that would normally come off a Gen 5 camry to retain that stock look on paint.

[Epsilon]

A paint booth will be a good start.

[TRD VVTi]

Originally Posted by Bsoares0

So I decided i'm getting the B Magic wonderous kit for my Gen 5. The thing is I want to paint my whole car when I put the kit on. My car is silver but I would like to change it to black. Now a friend of a friend of mine with a body shop wants to charge around $1200. At first I was like wtf?! But after looking around online it seems like this actually a good price.
Now my question is, how much have any of you paid to repaint your whole car a diffrent color, and I want a paint job that is going to last years like the factory one. Not a paint job thats going to last 1 year, what do I look for to tell its a quality place?

Changing colors for $1,200!?!?

A quality respray of the same color costs ALOT more than that!

That's extremely hard work. There is a TON of prep and vehicle disassembly to do it correctly. Your friend must work at a really crappy bodyshop if they have time to do that to your car for only $1,200.

Buy a black car if you want a black car.

[Trojan]

Originally Posted by TRD VVTi

Changing colors for $1,200!?!?

A quality respray of the same color costs ALOT more than that!

That's extremely hard work. There is a TON of prep and vehicle disassembly to do it correctly. Your friend must work at a really crappy bodyshop if they have time to do that to your car for only $1,200.

Buy a black car if you want a black car.

kinda sounds like his buddy works at One Day Body & Paint.

[Bsoares0]

Well whats around the price for a good paint job with everything?

[Venom_5]

to change the color? including engine bay and crap ... like $3-5k

$1200 would be like a respray

[carlo$]

no paint job in the world will match the factory paint.

i would never repaint any car.

if i ever got into an accident i would repaint and resell the car.

[scamry]

i was looking at getting a previous car painted back to the original red, because it was faded.

the bodyshop i go to is amazing, and i go there a lot so he cut me a deal for $2500.(getting the car back to perfect.)

when you're gonna get a car repainted, you gotta start thinking about what the car is REALLY worth.

i mean if youre gonna keep the car for 20 years, then repainted might not be a big deal. but if youre gonna sell it in two years, whats the point?

Are you planning on getting the interior and trunk/engine bay painted too?

[islandboy57]

Originally Posted by carlo$

no paint job in the world will match the factory paint.

i would never repaint any car.

if i ever got into an accident i would repaint and resell the car.

You're overestimating the quality of a factory paint job. If I had $5K to drop on a quality paint job, I'd do it. Factory paint these days has such a thin clearcoat. My mom's car is getting repainted this week [hood/roof/trunk] at a higher end shop. They charge upwards of $3K to do a smaller car.

[Aceventura9586]

You oughta get the blue ocean effect paint that comes on some BMW's where it looks black but then when the light hits it right, it sparkles blue. It's a double pearl paint and it ain't cheap. That's what I was gonna do with this car and the wondrous kit, which soares is getting from moi! Then decided to save money and work on the next car.

[Venom_5]

uh, or you can get black with blue flake in that case ... same effect but not as much paint so it would be cheaper

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

whatever you do..besure to post pics after it's complete!

[Aceventura9586]

To me, when you do something like black with blue flake, it reminds me of-Hey I painted this on blocks in my backyard!

[mtnet2000]

Murder the car with flat black... should be even cheaper