Price for paint job...

[beautimus]

i understand what you mean. paint jobs have gone through the roof on price in my neck of the woods. spraying paint is not expensive. prepping an older vehicle for paint is very expensive. body shops around here want 4000 and up to paint my truck, and they want to keep it until they get around to it. they make there money on wrecks and repairs. thats drive the car in, swap on a new fender hood and grill, and spray away. they are gonna clear about a grand or more a pop. then i bring them my old truck and they see weeks of sanding priming painting and body work, and they just can't make any real money on it. then, you have the part timers on weekends, that will take your car in, and keep it for a year, or two because they want to work on it sometimes but not every weekend. and they are scarred not to turn out a flawless paint job, because their reputation is riding on every vehicle they turn out. heck , i would be happy with an earl schibe paint job, but they wont touch it, unless you can drive it in to their shop in one piece and there is old paint to put the new on. so for me its gonna be buy a compressor and a new paint gun and a whole lot of trial and error. good luck to you.