80L82

First of all Hi to everyone, great forum! It's answered quite a few of my questions, but here's another....
Is there a way to get a decent paintjob without the crazy $6000 pricetag? Bodywork aside, I realize there's a lot of work involved, but when I bought my car I was thinking $3-4000. I'm not looking to restore it, or have 10 coats of lacquer on it, just a good looking paint job. Is it unreasonable or is it a get-what-you-pay-for kinda thing? Do I just suck it up and save my pennies?
Any help would be appreciated..... :confused:

OHSIXX

I think it sorta depends on where you live and the quality you are looking for.

In these parts the prices range between $3K and $6K. There are lots of things that can go wrong, so be careful.

Gotta watch out for those fisheyes! :)

mfendley

Look at my thread (77 home from the paint shop). I paid 2500 for mine (no fish eyes :lol: ) but I also did all the disassembly (remove all glass except the windshield, all emblems, all lights and lenses, the door handles and door locks, and the complete interior, including the dash). I also told them that they could do my vette around there other jobs (bread and butter - 3 to 4 day jobs) and it wound up taking 5 months.

78 Vette

welcome to the forum. :iagree: with the above you can save allot of money by disassembling and re assembling your self.

LFZ

basically...what you pay is what you get.

turtlevette

and in a lot of cases you don't get what you paid for in an expensive job.

Guys with the 5k paintjobs are having to bring their cars back cauz they ain't happy.

80L82

I guess I'll save up then get a lot of references before I pick someone. I live in NH and there's a great vette shop called John's Corvette Service he did my motor/tranny rebuild, so I'll see who he uses. If anyone's looking for work to be done in this area look him up. He's very reasonably priced, very knowledgeable and a great guy to boot.
Thanks for all the responses!