FloDamien07

I was looking at an paint job of an guys car on here that has an two tone paint job and I was wondering how much you guys think it would be to have done professionally?

Before:


After With No Wing:

boostedss26

I'm a painter for a liveing, to do it correctly around $4000.00 because the bumpers, door handles, belt mouldings, headlights, rocker mouldings , mirrors need to come out and the whole car needs to be cleared. I know some people would just clear the op half and hack it but to do it correctly i would say 4 grand maybe 5

FloDamien07

Just for the top part? that is all we want done ,not the whole car

boostedss26

so you want a nice hard line in the middle of the car? that's a hack job but i would say 1500-2

FloDamien07

so with the black u think it would cost $1,500 to 2 grand?

boostedss26

that's my guess. My boss writes the estimates but yeah it should be around that. Also depends on the shop you bring it to maaco and it would cost 500 but it would also look like a $500 job

FloDamien07

maybe? my dad took his car to maaco and u would never have known he took it there after we got in a car accident

omgshesaboy

..if your going to do it, do it right or you will regret it

FloDamien07

oh I know...I'm going to call around here and see what the prices would be in Canadian and I'm going to send the picture to my Boyfriend to see if he likes it...it would be the only Cobalt here in Halifax where we live for now

pykie

i didnt feel like reading everyones post on it but heres my answer to your question.

when doing a paint job like this car painters will rape you up the ass for them!
i was gonna do a color change and the lowest price i found was $4,000, and the highest was $7,500.
when a paint shop does these kind of paint jobs they wanna do it their way with involves doors being off the car head light and tail likes out, and everything elese removed like bumpers and skirts and windows. and they will paint in the spots that are covered and ****.
so sense your going 2 tones with a pin strip, i think you will be looking at $6,000 - $10,000 for it do be done right

and actually there are two other two tones cobalts here in halifax
one is erins car and hers is pink on the bottom and black on the top with a drifter 2 kit
and her bf car is lime green bottom and black top with the same kit as mine (not on the road tho)

boostedss26

I work on a restoration and collision shop as a painter, we don't rape anyone. We do work correctly and you are right glass, handles, bumoer covers, rocker mouldings, headlights taillights do need to come out to do it correctly, For a color change it is expensive and takeing the doors' decklid, and hood is standard prosedure. Wouldnt you want it to look good and get everything painted not just a hack job? Our paint and body rate is $54.00 an hr. Paint and materials is about $2000.00 for a complete now days.

eurochevy

is that where u work or did you just take a random picture near there

FloDamien07

we don't work there that is where all the cars meet at in the summer time it is by our waterfront...My Bf works for the military

pykie

he works in the military, that pic was at point pleasent park in halifax

eurochevy

ahhhh ok..i ask because i work there..(vancouver ports though lol)

xmusic_addictx

We charge $74 an hr at the bodyshop I work at lol

chad463

you guys are crzy putting money like that ina cobalt.

FloDamien07

oh well chad by the time we come back from edmonton..that is if we ever do that cobalt no one will remember,and it will look so fine and sexy

chad463

sure sure

FloDamien07

well we will be out there for three years and u have noidea what we have in store for the car or if we are getting it a bodykit or paint job so there

pykie

i just had my kit quoted to get re done again and its gonna cost me 2,200-2,500 to get painted..

FloDamien07

oh I can believe it...Damien wants the paint job that the chick has on the third fast and furious movie...and that is about 10 grand

Gestapo007

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factory paint FTW lol

Paint jobs look sick but if your talking 7 grand to 2 tone it.... id rather have a turbo swap and coilovers and window tint and intake and charge piping

FloDamien07

yeah we know that is just if we have nothing left to do after we do everything to the car!

Blackout06LS

I was going for the same scheme as you just blue on top and was quoted $2k.