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Originally Posted by Fast92RS
Dont forget the cost of paint itself can vary. The better quality paint the higher the price. Plus you have to add in the cost of the chemicals like reducers, hardners and etc.
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Yea I know, a buddy of mine does paint/body so I know the costs of everything...it's really not that much. On most of the cars he paints all the paints/reducers/etc come to around $1000 or so. Even if it's like $1500, where's the other $4500 in labor come from. At $100/hr that's 45 hours of work?! I really don't think so. Even factoring in what body shops have to pay in costs for disposal of materials and everything else it's still robbery.
I'd have my friend paint my car, but he's "eh" with everything. He uses the same brands of supplies as anyone else but sometimes he does things too quick so they don't come out 100% right. He's still 1000X better than any Maaco job, even the expensive ones, but I want it looking like it was factory painted.