Swinging for Divorce…

Phreakish said
The bodywork is 8/10th the time and cost. If you pay a pro for that, you might as well have them paint it.

A screwup with the paint can turn back into more sanding and body work. Would be a shame to see it perfect in primer, then have to redo it again and wind up 50% over budget..

You're not missing much by letting someone else do the paint. You can always shoot smaller panels and engines and transmissions with all manner of colors, and much lower stakes if there's a run or wrinkle.

Oh I’m not painting the new dart. And I think I am going to steal strangleholds T5 color with more pearl flake in it. I’m really liking the color lately….

Budget? What’s that? Lol. Actually I have no clue what a good paint job with some body work done will cost, most I see is people saying 7-10k.

Fun story of painting the car between my wife and I earlier. We are in Vegas visiting family right now and my wife and daughter are going to Taylor swift tonight. We bought 4 tickets in November for $115 each.

Here’s the conversation - “As I was driving back to the hotel, I asked if she would meet me with the kids outside and we could leave to her sisters house.” My wife just replied with “it would be helpful if I came into the hotel to help bring the kids down to the car…. So I replied "you know what else would be helpful? Selling those 4 tickets for 12k and paying for the paint job on your sons car..."

I have already contacted a painter near Springfield that is recommended in the Springfield mopar group.

I’ll probably look for another painter in the area as well, so I can get input from more than 1 shop.