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coupemerc:

--- Quote from: jspell on May 10, 2015, 03:48:15 PM ---I'll post pics soon...CoupeMerc, all I got was one color, no striping or air brushing or even two tone..crazy

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I agree...Sounds high for a simple paint job.

wideopen231:
So what was new thing learned? Always ask final price or at least a range?

Not that its new but I relearned this cpl months ago. I had small family run machine shop put 2 seats in heads,I bought seat. Dropped them off told him don't ask me why they are so big(od).His only comment yea little oversized. Wnt to pick heads up bill was 300 bucks.IMO very high for 2 seat installed.

IMO 2700 labor is high,but then you did ask for paint both sides and heck I am not paint and body guy.

jspell:
All I need now is to have the paint fly off in the first burnout...............

retroboy:
I just had a shorty body built. The guy has the gear and knows how to use it but fark ... he knew how it charge.  Rooman comes from the same area here in Australia and I knew him before he moved to the US. While I was struggling to shape it up myself he said in jest - " pay my air fare and I'll come down and do it for you". It would have been cheaper.

dreracecar:
Live and learn-- Sorry.

  Always the best is to ask other racers "who did your paint and how much ?"

 I saw a nice paint job on a racers car, asked the owner the above question, gave me the guys number and as it turned out he painted them in his garage after work (truck driver) to help subsidize his racing. Now this was 20 years ago but I paid $750 for a multi colored paint job - everything including cowel art, striping and lettering. Was the paint Pebble Beach perfect--NO, there were some flaws and misteps along the way, but not enough to worry about because even in a drag race enviorment, these cars get beat-up.

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