raisinbran88

hey everybody whats up. I bought my 09 cobalt turbo sedan back in august, and dont get me wrong i love her to death, buuuutt still wish i could have found one in white. i was wondering if anybody here could give me a realistic estimate on what it might cost to change my car from black to white...realistic as in im not going to maaco....im talkin like a good quality job.

thanks ahead of time for any input!

Phyrric

Well, my friend went to Maaco and got a paintjob, it wasn't the stupid 250$ maaco special, it was like 1000 (which is still pretty cheap from what I've heard) bucks and they had his car for three days, and the job is pretty legit, actually surprised me, but he's only had it for a week, so I'll be waiting for it to go down hill, but you never know

Karlen89

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Do not go to Maaco. You're just asking for an over priced, **** tastic job.

Gestapo007

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lol exactly. if you drive a POS and you jsut want it all to be one color, go to mako and get a 300 buck paintjob. If you were street racing and it got broken up by the cops and you were racing around town trying to lose them, tommorow you might wanan go to mako and get a 300 buck paintjob. If you want your **** to look nice, get a real paintjob. However it will probobly cost like 2 grand. Go ask around for price quotes at a local body shop. my buddy had a foxbody mustang that was like green white and black, his father got him a mako job for xmas. It has alot of texture, and the black they used faded real bad

koch1ar

a custom shop by me pulled a 1/2 football size dent from my rocker and paint for $500. dealer wanted $450. not sure how much of that cost was pulling the dent tho

Karlen89

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My dad got a a 95 Chevy Cheyenne pickup painted green, was yellow, at Maaco. Washed the truck like a year later, came out yellow.

07ss_PJ

^GTFO

Karlen89

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I wish that truck was still around. When it was green, you could open the door, and the insides were still yellow, didn't even take time to paint them, or the wheel wells.

Shifter could come out too. haha

Gestapo007

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lol. im going to school for autobody with a guy who claims to have worked at macco for like 10 years. Well hes back in school so what does that tell ya

chevysssc

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it all depends on where you go my shop rapes people we have done full paint for 5,000-10,000 depending on if you drive a benz or a honda.

css9450

Even their top of the line $1000 paint job is a piece of crap.

I'm assuming you want it to look GOOD and not crappy, and you want stuff like the door jams and the underneath of the hood and trunk to match? Expect to pay a lot more.

rukkee

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5-6K ..... There is alot of time in changing color's , plus a lot of material . Go look at all the metal thats black right now...... under the hood .... in the trunk .... insides of the door . Now imagine how long it takes to tape those off and paint them . = $$

justmetk11

My dad got his 93 c4 vette repainted about a year ago. The guy did a really good job, he works at a shop but is able to use the booth to do side jobs on the weekends. He tore the whole car down and prepped it at his house, shot it in the booth. Came out like glass all over, charged $3000 for the whole job, also painted the valve covers, put on the new emblems my dad bought, and I think he put some new molding in.

insylem

You sure it was PAINTED green? And not just covered in grass/mold/moss/dirt ect?? haha