Status Autoworks in torrance quoted me $340 for painting the grill on my 07 g35 sedan black and for installing black vinyl overlay on my window and trunk chrome. Does anyone know if thats a fair price?

 

Hell no thats not a fair price. Paint for a grill shouldnt be more than $100. Overlays cannot be $240 bucks.

 

they said 150 for the grill and 190 for the vinyl. Supposedly its a reputable place lol. But i dont know. it seems a bit high

 

Seems like a rip off to me.

 

Responded back to your PM.

 

my window trim overlays costed me 40.00

 

damn. where did you get them done? Was that just for the overlays? or for labor also. Thanks

 

for both labor and install.


my buddy from DownShiftGraphics did it.

To tell the truth:

Originaly it was 75.00 but since he took a long time and it was getting late, he told me it would be 40.00, instead I gave him 60.00

 

hell to the nah!!!

you might be ho ho ho, but someone just made you their b!tch with that price!

 

I had my poly front lip, and fiberglass grill paint matched (tb) (the guy had to buy the paint, he didnt have it laying around)
and he charged me $160 for everything, that included prep for the poly lip too (which was a bit of a bitch he said)
Realistically I wouldnt pay more than 100$ jsut for the grill

 

damnn how long ago did you get this job done? $75 sounded like a bombass price but I just called in to get a quote and they said they stopped doing it a bit ago because of how long it took. They also said it was risky since it was really close to the paint but he said if i really wanted to get it done, it would be $130 for all the windows and the chrome on the trunk.




Mexteps place is doing it for 60-70ish i believe. Im going to hit that place up instead. haha

 

I didn't think he was real serious when he metioned he wasn't going do it anymore.

It did take a long time, and when he quoted me, he was going off the quote he offers BMW guys.. Guess the G was a little harder than expected and had to raise his price.


Well if my vinyl doesn't hold up, I'll also hit up mextep place. Leave a small review if you can.

 

I did the vinyl myself for $10.

The only real issue I had was that the rear window has that curve and the window frame turns from thin to thick. that took a big piece of vinyl and some patience.

 

Would he have the same on the 2nd generation..I can't recall.

 

oh i meant mexteps place was painting the grill for 70 haha. Downshifts graphics are $130 for the vinyl. Im not sure if its worth it..? Im a noob at doing this stuff and I dont want to buy the vinyl and mess up myself. It already happened with the taillights because i wasnt expecting those bigass angled curves on them. Also, im not sure if i want to risk scratching my car while trying to get the vinyl fitted right.

You think I should still do it for $130? for all the windows and the trunk? They do have a good warranty unlike other places that say no.. And it is $60 bucks cheaper than the place i was going to do it at originally.. not to mention its the cheapest quote ive gotten for that kind of job so far. (thats why i was drooling over the $75 price you had earlier haha


Ill post pics of the painted grill when I get it back on thursday


the 07 model has the wider curve on the back window as well