Is it expensive to spray paint your car?

greenmachine88

If you wanted to change the colour

robtri

in short to get it done correctly... yes...

to do it properly, the whole car has to be stripped down, (to do it really properly engine and all should come out. )

a lot of man hours...

average car (focus size) for a decent job i would expect to be around 2.5 to 3k

greenmachine88

robtri wrote: »

in short to get it done correctly... yes...

to do it properly, the whole car has to be stripped down, (to do it really properly engine and all should come out. )

a lot of man hours...

average car (focus size) for a decent job i would expect to be around 2.5 to 3k

That's quite excesive!

TestTransmission

greenmachine88 wrote: »

That's quite excesive!

You're the fella with the 98 Mondeo aren't you?Please be sensible and don't waste the money on a respray :cool:

BronsonTB

Pay for a cheap job & it will look a cheap job. Changing the colour is a big effort & should not be taken lightly to do it right.

Owen

I just resprayed an entire campervan for someone. Never ever again. There's just too much work involved, and that was for a same colour respray with some rust removal. Honestly, to do a colour change, properly with door panels off, engine out, I wouldn't be expecting to see change of 2.5k.

MetzgerMeister

Why do you want a respray? There's really no point in getting it done unless it's something you want to hold on to for at least 10 years or if it's a classic.

robtri is right with the price, although if it's a respray with no colour change, it's possible to just have everything except the exterior paintwork masked-up. For a good job, I would say that'd be 1K - 1.5K.

Mongarra

The first respray when you do it yourself is quite cheap, but when you have to get someone else who knows what they're at to do it the second time to cover up the awful mess, then it's expensive.

Nonoperational

You'd be taken to the nut house if you resprayed a 98 mondeo! Unless you were doing a complete restoration (which would still have you taken to the nut house)...

2.5k for a well done colour change respray would be good value in my opinion.

needadvi

I once lived in a house shared with foreigners and one of them had a black car, one day I was outside about to pull off when I seen him bent down over his car with black mascara. LOL> talking about improvising!

aujopimur

Get a couple litres of tractor paint and a few 4" foam rollers, you should manage a colour change for about €100.

dharn

needadvi wrote: »

I once lived in a house shared with foreigners and one of them had a black car, one day I was outside about to pull off when I seen him bent down over his car with black mascara. LOL> talking about improvising!

black mascara? how many bottles had he and was he using the brushes that lift up the lashes:rolleyes:

irelandspurs

Get it wrapped,alot cheaper

needadvi

Yes black mascara don't ask me anything more, because I was just pulling off in my car and seen him bent down touching the car with the mascara, I am guessing he was filling in chips, but I didn't gawk, I just glanced and pulled off.

new2t

irelandspurs wrote: »

Get it wrapped,alot cheaper

what do you mean buy getting it wrapped??

mickdw

A colour change respray is never ever worth it. Do it on an expensive car and you will devalue it. Do it on a cheap car and you can never get your money back either.
Just buy a car in the colour you need and go on holidays with the savings (if talking about a 98 mondeo)

mickdw

new2t wrote: »

what do you mean buy getting it wrapped??

There are alot of people offering a car wrapping service which is a vinyl type material that covers the external painted surface meaning you can change colour, go for a mat finish or even crazy paterns or advertising. Best of all, it can be removed (I dont know how easily).

MetzgerMeister

needadvi wrote: »

Yes black mascara don't ask me anything more, because I was just pulling off in my car and seen him bent down touching the car with the mascara, I am guessing he was filling in chips, but I didn't gawk, I just glanced and pulled off.

:eek:

lomb

Ive seen classic rovers at a meet painted with dulux paint and paint brushes so perhaps something like that may suit on a 98 mondeo?

irelandspurs

new2t wrote: »

what do you mean buy getting it wrapped??

google car wrapping