IP paint job
#16
02-16-2012, 11:44 AM
Tri-coat shouldn't be 3 times as much, a normal color is 2-coat.. base and clear. The reason you're quote will be a bit high is because basically the entire is getting sprayed except the doors, roof, and hood. Rear bumper and trunk will be blended to the bigass quarters... front bumper will be blended to fenders.
#17
02-16-2012, 12:00 PM
Tri-coat shouldn't be 3 times as much, a normal color is 2-coat.. base and clear. The reason you're quote will be a bit high is because basically the entire is getting sprayed except the doors, roof, and hood. Rear bumper and trunk will be blended to the bigass quarters... front bumper will be blended to fenders.
And that's not true about it costing more because it needs to be "blended". There is nothing to even be "blended" in this scenario. All the sections he is painting are individual parts requiring total coverage. It will need to be color-matched, yes...but not "blended". A painter is not going to charge you more to make sure the color he's painting your parts is the same as the rest of the car. lol Pretty sure that's simply normal practice.
Blended means you're re-painting just a section or portion of a panel without doing the entire thing....you would blend the color and then re-clear the entire panel. And even if blending was involved in this paintjob (which it isnt) you usually are not looking at an increased cost.....blending is actually used in order to save time and money because it means you're not re-painting the entire part.
And actually, if the parts your painting are not yet installed on the car, you might actually save a couple bucks because it's alot easier for someone to do the parts off your car.....less prep work and masking.
#18
02-16-2012, 12:15 PM
It was an exaggeration...point was a 3-stage paint job is going to cost more than your typical 2-stage paint job....more paint/materials....more labor.
And that's not true about it costing more because it needs to be "blended". There is nothing to even be "blended" in this scenario. All the sections he is painting are individual parts requiring total coverage. It will need to be color-matched, yes...but not "blended". A painter is not going to charge you more to make sure the color he's painting your parts is the same as the rest of the car. lol Pretty sure that's simply normal practice.
Blended means you're re-painting just a section or portion of a panel without doing the entire thing....you would blend the color and then re-clear the entire panel. And even if blending was involved in this paintjob (which it isnt) you usually are not looking at an increased cost.....blending is actually used in order to save time and money because it means you're not re-painting the entire part.
And actually, if the parts your painting are not yet installed on the car, you might actually save a couple bucks because it's alot easier for someone to do the parts off your car.....less prep work and masking.
And that's not true about it costing more because it needs to be "blended". There is nothing to even be "blended" in this scenario. All the sections he is painting are individual parts requiring total coverage. It will need to be color-matched, yes...but not "blended". A painter is not going to charge you more to make sure the color he's painting your parts is the same as the rest of the car. lol Pretty sure that's simply normal practice.
Blended means you're re-painting just a section or portion of a panel without doing the entire thing....you would blend the color and then re-clear the entire panel. And even if blending was involved in this paintjob (which it isnt) you usually are not looking at an increased cost.....blending is actually used in order to save time and money because it means you're not re-painting the entire part.
And actually, if the parts your painting are not yet installed on the car, you might actually save a couple bucks because it's alot easier for someone to do the parts off your car.....less prep work and masking.
#19
02-16-2012, 01:37 PM
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I been looking around to paint my strafe trunk and got quoted from 600-1200 and i am from norcal area. Luckily my nismo front and impul sides were painted when i got it but i gotta spot paint some areas.
#21
02-17-2012, 08:45 AM
$1200 seems extremely high unless the trunk requires a ton of prep work and they're fitting/installing the trunk as well. If they're just painting it, I can't see a trunk costing more than $3-600.
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