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Originally posted by erockSVT:

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to be honest, there are a lot of variables with painting a car....location, kind of paint/color, if there is any kind of body work/scratches/rust and of course how many coats of paint/primer/clear coat you are going to use as well....once you figure out the equation, you could ask around to people who have had it done and see there work or you can get estimates yourself. it could be any where from 2,000 to 8,000 believe it or not. you can usually get a very decent paint job for about 2-3000 dollars....

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My cars in pretty good condition overall. I had a huge dent in my rear passenger side door but I went to the junkyard and got another one for real cheap, but the beige isnt the same shade as the one I have. Found out that it came off a 98 or newer so its not as faded, it also had a lil gouge in it right above the window that can easily be filled by me.

Im in South Plainfield New Jersey, right in Middlesex County. If youre looking at a map of Jersey Im pretty much right where the armpit is (Jersey looks like an armpit no lie) and thats right where I am.

I kinda figured that a completely new paint job would be more expensive then a repaint, but was wondering if it wouldnt be too bad cause I have a color thats almost close in color to the white and silver (more along the silver line) and that black would be pretty easy to use over any color. Personally I wanna get it done in either silver or black (more hopeful to silver as its lower profile as far as getting pulled over goes I think) and was hoping it was relaively easy.

The only physical damage is just a few dings in the door and some paint chips on the side skirts, front bumper, and a few scrapes on the rear bumper where I had to have my friend push me with his truck. Overall theres just that one lil gouge that even I can fill.

I was thinking about doing the paint myself. When I had mechanics class in HS one of my projects was to strip the paint off a car. Im pretty sure if need be I can do that myself, but would prefer to have everything done professionally as I wanna make sure all the proper paint is removed. Im pretty positive that I couldnt do the paint myself because I dont have anywhere that Id be able to paint without dust and dirt getting on the paint. My garage is kinda full of [censored] and I cant pull it in there so itd end up getting done on the street, which I know that it would get [censored] up due to either weather or wind blowing leaves and crap on it. As cool as it might be to just paint it camo green and leave the leaves stuck on so I can blend in with the trees on the highway and avoid cops, thats not what Im going for.

I was thinking about hitting up Maaco cause I got something in the mail about an imperial paint job for only 300 bucks. But then I thought to myself "Self. Do you want a good paint job or just wanna throw a few buckets of paint on your car and pay 300 bucks for it when you can do it yourself?" and realized that Maaco would do a slightly better job then what Id be able to do with a paint brush and some paint.

Im probably gonna end up having to take a day off work and check out the phone book for a few places and bring my car there to get a real quote. But Im hoping that I can get a general idea of how much to look for when painting my car. Especially being that anyone thats gotten theirs done a new color on here in the area Im in would have a pretty damn close price. Being that its the same thing everyone else on heres driving.

Thanks for everyones help. Keep it coming cause I know I sure as hell need it!