[s-cars] Paint job pricing

[David Kase]

As a side note, paint price also depends on color with red being the 
most expensive.

As far as the price, some good points were brought up.  If a regular 
fully operational shop is doing it, $1000 may be too cheap.  My guy does 
it at night in his own garage with no overhead.  So if he buys $500 
worth of paint and materials that leaves $700 for labor.  That ain't bad 
for a week's worth of evenings.

Dave Kase


JAM wrote:

>Aaron,
>$1000 for a complete paint job is CHEAP.  I would be worried that much of 
>the job would be half-assed for that little money.  I just bought the paint 
>for my paintwork that's going into my S6a and it came to $460 for good 
>quality paint.  I've heard you can buy cheaper paint but you don't save that 
>much and get a lower quality finish.  My total job will be in the $2-2500 
>range by someone I consider to be damn good and that's fixing my trashed 
>front bumper, fixing everything dings and surface rust, and R&R on the rear 
>gate since my old one was rusty as hell.  If you like, I'll let you check 
>out the finished product and put you in touch with they guy who did the work 
>who is located outside of Salisbury, NC.
>Where in SC are you?
>Jason
>'95.5 S6a (getting purtified)
>3 TDIs
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "JenRob" <jenrob at mchsi.com>
>To: "Aaron Ryba" <aaronryba at yahoo.com>; "S-Car-List at Audifans.Com" 
><s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:38 PM
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Paint job pricing
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>>Aaron- basically the price you were quoted is cheap. i paid roughly $2500
>>for the complete paint job on my emerald s6 avant in Asheville NC- which 
>>is
>>pretty close to you (not incl minor body repair- dings/dents). i did most 
>>of
>>the r & i of trim myself- you will love the riveted on door belt moldings.
>>basically i would get a second opinion to guage the local market cost- 
>>$1000
>>sounds too good to be true considering the cost of the paint will be 
>>roughly
>>1/2 of the price quoted. let me know if you have more questions. -rob
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Aaron Ryba" <aaronryba at yahoo.com>
>>To: "s-car-list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:44 AM
>>Subject: [s-cars] Paint job pricing
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>>>Does anyone have pricing for a paint job for a C4 bodied S4/6?
>>>I know  there are many different quality levels of paint jobs.
>>>I am looking for an estimate for a middle of the road quality job,
>>>complete car, factory dark green color.
>>>I recently went to a trusted collision repair shop who referred me to a
>>>small paint shop down here in SC and I was quoted $1000. This includes
>>>complete sanding and about 1 coat primer, 3 coats paint and 2-3 coats
>>>clearcoat. All trim would be masked off (although I would remove most of
>>>it myself instead).
>>>
>>>This is a bit cheaper than I expected. Now I am wondering if it is a
>>>bargain or just a setup for a crappy paint job. The other vehicles in his
>>>shop (a new turbo beetle, and some old restored mustangs) looked good and
>>>the shop looked professional.
>>>
>>>Aaron Ryba
>>>95 S6
>>>
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