Cost of having Tour Pak painted
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Cost of having Tour Pak painted
What would expect to pay or have paid for painting a tour pak? I bought a flat black one and my RG is mirage orange. 2 paints then clear...
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$225? You got lucky, or it was a "buddy deal". Maybe someone already had some left-over paint, or a small, one-man shop.
Without a "buddy in the business"? Just John Q Public walking in off the street? A legitimate, fully-staffed body shop with several employees, rent, and all the other overheads... You might get outta there for as little as $300, if you're lucky. But I doubt it.
There's probably a hundred bucks alone in materials. About one to two hours tear down and prep. Booth time... one to two hours for primer, paint and clear. Then another hour or more to buff, and reassemble. That'll eat that $300 for lunch, and another $100-$200 for dessert.
Without a "buddy in the business"? Just John Q Public walking in off the street? A legitimate, fully-staffed body shop with several employees, rent, and all the other overheads... You might get outta there for as little as $300, if you're lucky. But I doubt it.
There's probably a hundred bucks alone in materials. About one to two hours tear down and prep. Booth time... one to two hours for primer, paint and clear. Then another hour or more to buff, and reassemble. That'll eat that $300 for lunch, and another $100-$200 for dessert.
Last edited by Wanna Ride; Sep 20, 2011 at 08:39 PM.
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In that case you could get it down to around $200-$250. Look around and maybe you can get a small, one-man shop to do it for you. I'm sure some locals could get you pointed in the right direction of a decent painter, who does some stuff on the side for cash. You could easily prep it yourself, to bump some more off the top. Good painters HATE doing prep work.
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I am having mine painted next week vivid black from blue. The guy is charging me time and materials and he said it should be $100-150 when done. That is with me doing the dis-assembly and reassemble. I talked to Indys and body shops and got priced $100-400 so it all depends on where ya go. Bryan
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A friend of mine just had his EGC tour pak painted for $300. That was with him taking it off and delivering it to the shop cash and carry. The shop did a great job, it looks brand new.
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$225? You got lucky, or it was a "buddy deal". Maybe someone already had some left-over paint, or a small, one-man shop.
Without a "buddy in the business"? Just John Q Public walking in off the street? A legitimate, fully-staffed body shop with several employees, rent, and all the other overheads... You might get outta there for as little as $300, if you're lucky. But I doubt it.
There's probably a hundred bucks alone in materials. About one to two hours tear down and prep. Booth time... one to two hours for primer, paint and clear. Then another hour or more to buff, and reassemble. That'll eat that $300 for lunch, and another $100-$200 for dessert.
Without a "buddy in the business"? Just John Q Public walking in off the street? A legitimate, fully-staffed body shop with several employees, rent, and all the other overheads... You might get outta there for as little as $300, if you're lucky. But I doubt it.
There's probably a hundred bucks alone in materials. About one to two hours tear down and prep. Booth time... one to two hours for primer, paint and clear. Then another hour or more to buff, and reassemble. That'll eat that $300 for lunch, and another $100-$200 for dessert.