Firechicken82

In the end it was 20k. The car was disassembled and was stripped to bare metal. The only spot was w rust was the bottoms of the doors. New metal welded in and sealed. All the glass was removed. New glass less the hatch was put in because the old stuff had some scratches. New door hinges were also done. The car was originally red so everything was painted. It took 5 months. The guy who did it only does resto/custom work, no collision. He told me because it is gloss black he was coming to make it perfect. He did. It's like a mirror. I couldn't be happier w it. Everyone who's seen it in person is blown away. Even under the hood is gloss black. I got quotes from 7k-25k. I'm glad I went w this guy. He initially quoted 17k and went a little over. In the end I'm super happy, it looks better than I was expecting. It came out perfect. He even put a slight rubberized coating on all the areas that can get stone chips from the road.

SbFormula

What's "crazy" and "high"?

Firechicken82

I have to say, talking w the paint and interior guys throughout this process was eye opening. The body guy had a 60 Porsche that he said was gonna be almost 200k in body alone by the time he was done. There was a 60s suburban getting started that was just a body on the floor. He said it was minimally 100k in body alone. I had an interior guy make me door panels to match my carpet/seats. He had 3 Porsches and a 29 Rolls Royce phantom(paint was 400k!). He was making new interiors for all of them. One Porsche was brand new @1.4m. The owner didn't like the all black interior w yellow stitching. So it was getting a new interior w black stitching for 70k.

Ive seen similar numbers w fabricators.

The truth is, these people are extremely skilled. Their skills come from hard work and years of experience/education. The knowledge and skills they have enable them to do what they do. The jobs they do are desirable to people and worthy of the financial compensation. I'll be honest, I was surprised w the prices but once I saw the process and end product I got it. And, materials are expensive.

so crazy high prices are relative!!

SbFormula

Ed1LE

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Paint and body work definitely isn’t cheap, especially if you demand quality work. We’re restoring my Dads 72 240z and he just spent about $3500 for having partial quarters and rockers repaired followed by about $9k for prep and paint. This was done by a guy I went to high school with so I’ve known him for 35 years. He owns a reputable custom body and paint shop and I felt like he gave us a really good deal. Car turned out great. He has a couple cars in there right now getting upwards of $50k in paint. It ultimately comes down to how nice you want it to look and how deep your pockets are!

george88gta

wow, pretty impressive, my quote was 12 to 15k, guess it's not that crazy