Painting ute....

[cleanskin]

hey lads, ive been thinking of getting my 75series ute painted inside and out but the first few quotes ive gotten are between $4000 and $4500 does this seem fair? i cant imagine it being that much!! Any feedback would be greatfull

[Wambat]

if your doing that kind of job i would say yeah thats a fairly reasonable price,

if you did all the prep work it would be a bit cheaper,

depends what type of job and what paint to, and if changing color.

[SCANAS]

Seems about right... One of the shops i deal with did a customers 75 in a nice deep blue charged him $8k show quality. If you didn't want it to be as nice and didn't care about under the bonnet and door jams a shop should do it for 2-3k I reckon. Or why not do it yourself.

[coxy321]

I got my old MK ute cab sprayed for $500 (cash obviously). I did all of the prep work, they just proofed it, wiped it down and then sprayed it. It was the same colour too - to no issues with engine bay or door jams.

[SCANAS]

$500 is cheap but you did do all the expensive labour intensive prep yourself.

[coxy321]

$500 is cheap but you did do all the expensive labour intensive prep yourself.

Correct - labour is THE most expensive part of the job. From memory i was quoted $3500-$4000 drive-in, drive-out by the same workshop.

[bogged]

hey lads, ive been thinking of getting my 75series ute painted inside and out but the first few quotes ive gotten are between $4000 and $4500 does this seem fair? i cant imagine it being that much!! Any feedback would be greatfull

Depends on what sort of job you want done..
As others have said, theres shit load of hours in prepping it correctly.

[pinkfloyddsotm]

yer and mixing all the paints etc is a PITA lol.

[spamwell]

i spent days apon days (probly more like a week) getting my sierra from

this

to ready for primer


painting only took a couple hours this is definitely where the cost is coming into it .

[Mick.]

hey lads, ive been thinking of getting my 75series ute painted inside and out but the first few quotes ive gotten are between $4000 and $4500 does this seem fair? i cant imagine it being that much!! Any feedback would be greatfull

Being in the trade myself I can tell you that is about right. As others have said the labour on painting a car is where the money is. In your case your referring to painting a 75 series which usually has rust in them from factory because the paint work is really thin from factory. This is why most of the commercial vehicle type Landcruisers such as the Landcruiser Utes, Hiluxs etc always seem to have a lot of rusty chips all over them and even in the roof.

So in the labour costs on your car I'd say there is a fair bit of paint stripping and little rust pits that need fixing and is very very time consuming too.

Cheers Mick.

[ajsr]

x2 micks spot on
I used to own a panel shop and jobs started at $2000 for a (usedcar/keep my car on the road) repaint tidy up. So for a job that you'd be happy to put your name to and warrant I'd suggest $4-5 k is about right a color change would be more.

[cleanskin]

thanks for the comments guys, i guess im gunna have to sit down and think if its worth it! I might just get it professionally cut and polished to see if it brings the duco back to original..

[ajsr]

just be carefull if you go the cut and polish route , because as mick said the paint on toyota commercials is fairly thin. get a detailer you trust or a panel shop to do it because if some hack who doesnt know what they are doing does it they will cut though all the panel edges.And ask them to brush touch up any marks chips etc it will finish it properly.
if it still has the original toyota paint and its in reasonable knick it sould cut up quite well.
cheers andrew