You are looking at around $1300 for a repaint of the same color and you condition of the car has to be excellent. Every little ding the price goes up. If you are thinking about change the color of the car then the price will go up even more because now they have to take the doors off and the trunk lid, hood to paint them to match the new color. Now you don't have to but i would recommend it becuase it looks cheap if you don't. My own opinion. One thing i tell my customers are that you are only doing this once so do what you want not what you can afford. If you have to prolong getting your car painted till you have enough money. If you do what you want and not what you can afford you will be MUCH more happier with the overall result.
By the way regarding clear coats any good body shop will put a minumim of 2 coats of clear so you don't have to worry about asking for that. Some body shops will use the clear coats as a selling point by saying "we usually put 4 coats of clear on all of our paint jobs" well you unless you watch them have no way to tell if they actually do put 4 coats or just 2 coats. Of course there is an advantage of having an extra coat of clear for scratches and if you color sand the car down to a sheet of glass then you will need an extra coat of two. Go to a good reputable body shop than a shady place. Good luck
Custom painted red svt
19" Konigs
Custom $2500 stereo system
only 67000 miles on my 1998 svt
for sale asking $11500
