Cost for a paint job?

[Tucsonjay]

Anyone ever get their car a fresh paint job? Curious how much it cost.

On one hand, I'm tired of all the chips in the brittle factory paint and looking to maybe refresh the existing Magnetic Metallic nose to tail.

On the other hand, if I'm gonna paint it, why not get Race Red? Or maybe one of those hard to find stock colors, eg Antimatter Blue, Mischievous Purple, Twister Orange, etc?

Online search gives a range of $1k to $10k. Not looking to make my ride a showpiece, just want something that will look good and hold up better.

What's the collective experience?

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[lo-fi]

Are we talking Maaco? Cause that is the only way you're doing a color change for $10k.

To do a color swap properly, and I mean properly not half assed, at a quality shop that isn't your cousins "I know a guy" deal. $20,000 plus. Maybe if you do all the R&R and roll in a shell that could be cheaper.

Source: worked at a high quality body and paint for a long ass time.

 

[2020 MagneticPP1]

Not exactly sure on the cost, but repaint and color change are going to be vastly different prices, since the color change will include the engine bay, door jams, trunk under side and so on. Where as on refresh, those can be left alone if they are good, since those areas aren't out in the elements much.

 

[MAGS1]

I’d consider a wrap if you want to do a color change. To do a proper color change as others have mentioned , you’re looking at more than $10k. Not to mention you’ll get dinged if you ever decide to sell/trade as your new color wouldn’t align with the VIN/window sticker. If that’s a concern to you.

 

[geep81]

I ordered a 2019 GT that came with bad paint (missing under the clear on all the edges).

Ford initially wanted to have it repainted and I keep it.

In 2019 the quote came back for that at 15k.

 

[geep81]

I’d consider a wrap if you want to do a color change

A wrap will make the nicks and rock chips look way worse. The wrap will fall Into those crevices.

 

[MAGS1]

A wrap will make the nicks and rock chips look way worse. The wrap will fall Into those crevices.

True, although I’d have the shop doing the wrap fill in the chips first. Depending on the size of the chips, you’d have to look fairly hard for them after they’re filled in. Just an alternative to having the car resprayed.

 

[horsepower addiction]

If it is just nicks and chips you can have the car paint corrected and ceramic coated for 3k-5k and looking like new.

 

[RocketGuy3]

Depending on how bad the chips are, maybe you could just do a touch up or partial repaint at a body shop and then PPF.

But yes, as others said, if it's more about wanting a new color rather than just fixing busted paint, then a wrap is going to be your best bet.

 

[HiGrafX]

My hood was full of paint chips when I got the car, I'm having it stripped and repainted now. (Just the hood)

 

[SCP440]

A friend in the UK has a body shop, a repaint can cost what ever the owner wants to pay. If you want to pay £1k that will cover the cost of the materials and a couple of days prep, fine if you are moving the car on but for a keeper you need to dig deep. He has recently done a colour change on a Jaguar and that was close to £15k but it looked fabulous and you could use it as a mirror. There was nearly a week of polishing.

 

[Craig Brown]

I would turn it in to a D/D and buy another car the color you want. 15 to 20 grand would go a long way into another car. You can never have to many Mustangs. Trade it in for a fresh ride. It just too expensive to paint a car and have a good job done. Once you have new paint all you will think about is getting door dings and rock chips and you will no longer enjoy just driving it. Or get a touch up and enjoy what you have. They don't stay perfect forever.

 

[Pistol_91]

Vinyl wrap it. They make color ppf now too that's an option that people seem to like. Still very expensive unless you're wrapping it yourself but cheaper than paint it seems.

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