Thread: How much is to much

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thanks for your thoughts. I can tell the diff. in a 1000$ job and a 10,000$ job just dont think i would be driving it. Crap thats a lot of money.

At one time I would have agreed that $ 10K is an outrageous amount to pay for a paint job, but from being involved in the past 3 years with my 23, Don's 23, and now Dan's rpu, I have a whole new appreciation of how much of that figure goes into the supplies to do the job.

If you add up the etch primer, epoxy primer, surfacing primer, top coat (or base coat clear coat) PLUS all of the gallons of wash thinner, the sandpaper, scuff pads, mixing cups,degreaser, etc, etc that you use to do the job, you easily will have $ 2K-$ 3K in just those supplies.

Every time we go to the paint store it is another $ 200-$ 500 dollar day, and the box you walk out with isn't all that big. One night I made a pile out of all the receipts Dan has accumulated for just supplies to paint his rpu, and it was sickening to rattle off the totals at the bottom of each receipt. And this is all for a home grown paint job, not what a pro would do.

The labor is another subject altogether..............I really take my hat off to the guys who do bodywork and paint prep every day for a living.

Don

Hey guys I will not be the dick to mention trailers, cause we don't have them down here yet,thankfully... The cost of paint materials is outstanding even in NZ. I have priced HOK Tangerine Flake for my Bucket pickup body only and that was $5000.00 NZ plus then add all the other materials on top. I looking at aleast $10,000.00 for the paint job I want and then the interior with folding top will cost another $5000 to $10,000. The way I look at it is this is my only hobby that I spend money on and as I don't gamble,smoke and only enjoy the odd glass of wine, plus I'm single now,I can spend my money on my car. I also have no intentions of selling it as it is going to my younger brother and his son after I die.