How much did you pay to get your lude repainted? - Honda Prelude Forum

pre1ude92si · 06-15-2002, 10:00 AM

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94VTECLude · 06-15-2002, 10:42 AM

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Originally posted by pre1ude92si
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I paid $1000 to get the whole car repainted and he installed the bigmouth body kit and JDM headlights for me too.

viperguy1 · 06-15-2002, 10:49 AM

I got mine for $2000.

soopaswoze! · 06-15-2002, 12:53 PM

about $7k
haha
sorry

My new paintjob was only around 2k, but I did most of the work. And since I used an OEM color (s2k monte carlo blue.. OMFG SEXY) PPG wouldnt supply me with the paint like usual. F'ers.

SiR-P12eLude · 06-15-2002, 12:57 PM

gonna go get mine soon.... i want to know how much is worth for a nice paint job too...

soopaswoze! · 06-15-2002, 01:01 PM

depends on quality of work, and how your body is. it may look perfect, but you find tons of flaws once the paints off.

expect to pay $1500-3000 for a very nice-great 3stage job.

SiR-P12eLude · 06-15-2002, 01:05 PM

that's true... good work is expensive....

SiR-P12eLude · 06-15-2002, 01:06 PM

what about those little dents on the body that you cant' even see unless it's seen in an angle....... how are they going to smooth them out..

LakeMountLude · 06-15-2002, 01:06 PM

750 but i knew the guy

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SiR-P12eLude · 06-15-2002, 01:07 PM

lucky bastard ahha jm

soopaswoze! · 06-15-2002, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by SiR-P12eLude
what about those little dents on the body that you cant' even see unless it's seen in an angle....... how are they going to smooth them out..

i call it the dentator..ha. it's basically a suction cup thats safe on paint. little dents are easy, its the huge dents that have to be banged out and refinished that are an itch.

soopaswoze! · 06-15-2002, 01:32 PM

want to see some expensive damage?
don't drive too close to chameleon cars..

$4100 in damage.

I also had a woman back into my rear quarter panel, 2" crack from quarterpanel to rear bumper, and cracked altezza (YAY!)

$2k in damage.

unfortunately no pictures..

and of course my wrecked possumized front end, about $3k including repair.

^^ hense the reason my car is now 2 colors instead of 6

SiR-P12eLude · 06-15-2002, 01:37 PM

i understand that little dents are easy to recover but i see some cars are painted beautiful and then i see it from an angle that there's lot's of little dents ( unsmooth) mostly on the side of doors

fourthgeneration · 06-15-2002, 01:41 PM

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Originally posted by SiR-P12eLude
i understand that little dents are easy to recover but i see some cars are painted beautiful and then i see it from an angle that there's lot's of little dents ( unsmooth) mostly on the side of doors

must have occured after they got the paintjob then? or they didn't even bother getting them fixed...

soopaswoze! · 06-15-2002, 01:42 PM

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Originally posted by SiR-P12eLude
i understand that little dents are easy to recover but i see some cars are painted beautiful and then i see it from an angle that there's lot's of little dents ( unsmooth) mostly on the side of doors

You can paint a car with no body work..
I refuse to paint a car until its perfect, and I refuse to do "ghetto" jobs for people who cant afford a "good" paint job. But its all painters choice.

Nothing showing with my name as the body man will have imperfections.

Oh, and if you're referring to small dents that are usually in rows, spaced or not spaced between each other, that's bad body work.. the person had a larger dent "tapped" out of the panel.