cost of JUST the PAINT for a respray

[bulldog5046]

my cars going to the bodyshop today for a quote on the dents and the respray so i'll let you know when get back...

 

[jamie86]

completey depends on the quality, standox current prices are £500 a litre. lol xxx

You serious?

My Uno Tub has had a respray in Standox

 

[alainax]

yeah. thats just for standard effect paint, with effects such as liquid silver/ atlantis blue etc ranging from bout £750. but think thats def the top end of the market xxx

 

[bulldog5046]

college wanted £80/litre of paint!! with a final cost of £800... now is it just me or is £80 per litre a tad high?

EDIT: how much was your respray alainax?

 

[alainax]

its hard to tell all my work has been done at once so no particualr cost for certain aspects. my respray including black pearl, blue glitter purple glitter and a hell of a lot of laquar so really not a good comparason xxx

 

[beau]

can you not just sell the car and buy a black one?

 

[Ben R]

yeah. thats just for standard effect paint, with effects such as liquid silver/ atlantis blue etc ranging from bout £750. but think thats def the top end of the market xxx

Rage are another expensive one. 1/4 lt of paint from them dpending on effect can cost up to £240!

 

[matt~black]

well when i did my boot i bought 1/2litre of cellulose paint and 5ltrs of STANDARD thinners for 14squid it was 18squid if i'd have had 1litre of premium thinners but the only difference is the speed at which they evapourate so there no need for premium thiners 2 save costs don' know how muc use this is to ya don know how much paint was without thinners

 

[crazy_cinq!]

can you not just sell the car and buy a black one?

lol! yeah.. or phone a bodyshop & get a quote cause if I was asking this question, I am already confused about the answer!