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cost of new paint job
what are your experiences with the cost of new paint jobs. My wife's 2001 Legacy is looking a little old and has some rust spots developing around a wheel well and along the bottom of a door skin. My belief is that if you keep a car looking good you will
a) take better care of it . B) the better a car looks the more liklihood you will not get bored with it and want to keep it longer. So the cost of a new paint job can be a good investment. My choices are to just repair the rust spots and paint them or paint the whole car. Any ideas on what costs I can expect? second question: should I wait until the Spring to get the paint done so I can appreciate it for the entire spring and summer or try to deal with it now before it gets worse? Thanks
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94 SVX LSI 2001 LegacyGT (daughter's ride now) 2005 Legacy outback XT (wife's car) all stock and likely staying that way for now 1981 Datsun 280zxturbo summer toy |
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Re: cost of new paint job
I agree for the most part, except being a good investment. The price you pay for a good new paint job, you will never recoup. I would only consider painting a car I do not intend to part with for a long time. I'd say you can get a decent job with not to much body work for $3000-4000. I would reccomend new side cladding, new front and rear bumper cover. They're relatively inexpensive, and it's much cheaper to buy new than the billable hours to make the ones you have in good enough shape to look new.
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Re: cost of new paint job
It's often said that Subaru's rust from the inside out, so there may be more rust there than meets the eye. Rust repair, done properly, is very labour intensive.
(is searching for body shops to replace my rotted rear quarter panels, and working on saving considerable money for it...)
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Re: cost of new paint job
Why not the rollerpaint job?
+ = Its cheap and you can say you did it yourself for under $100
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1992 SVX LSL Ex wifey has it now pending self destruction 2001 Legacy mods to come 1992 Subaru Legacy 2.2 214k Boob wheels CANT KILL IT |
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Re: cost of new paint job
Is that a joke? Or did you seriously paint that car with rust-oleum?
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Re: cost of new paint job
not my car but it is a well known thread over on the Mopar forums and Hot Rod magazine did a article on it
http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/b...job/index.html cheap on the wallet but more labor intensive. My 86 F150 is halfway primed with enamel and I work on the paint when I can, cheap and easy to repair. Get a scratch , bust the same color out, watersand till your hands fall off, looks like the scratch never happened. Some other cars painted with rollers
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1992 SVX LSL Ex wifey has it now pending self destruction 2001 Legacy mods to come 1992 Subaru Legacy 2.2 214k Boob wheels CANT KILL IT |
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