Worst body job ever

I dont know how anyone can expect a perfect paint job for that price. Nice driver yes, Perfectly straight with no dents including jams. No way.

I just spent 10 days getting my car prepped for paint. I'll spend another day and a half in the booth painting and a day or 2 cutting/buffing and applying the tail stripe. So with no metal being replaced figure 2 weeks for a nice driver quality paint job. Thats 112hrs of work and Its nice but not perfect.


The sign on our wall states $65hr for labor. That $7280 not including meterials.

The paint for mty car is $600 a gallon, Plus at least a gallon of clear at $150

$500 in primer and $100 for other stuff, Filler, Finishing putty, sand paper (not cheap at $100 a roll) . That $1300 for meterials.

Thats $8500, No metal replacement. Not perfect and the car was a bare shell when I rolled it in to the shop.