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How much to paint a early whaletail?
I'm thinking of buying an early carrera tail, and I'm wondering what I should expect to pay to have it painted. I once called a high-end body shop in San Diego that wanted about $700, which seemed ridiculous. Ay suggestions for where to go in SoCal?
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Call Kevin at Automotive Innovations and Restorations in Van Nuys. He's KevinP73 here on the board.
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$400-$500 is a fair price. You may want to do the installation and such yourself. You do get what you pay for.
When I did mine, I stripped the paint myself, brought the tail and the lid to the shop, have them paint the pieces to match my car, took them back, installed the rubber pieces, assembled the tail to the lid, and then the lid to the car. That was $450.
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  are you looking for an early whaletail or a carerra tail? you mentioned both and there is a difference. i have an extra early whaletail that has been recently painted and NOT mounted since paint. im looking for 250.00. no rubber piece or any hardware, just the decklid and tail (one piece) |
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About 4 bucks or so if you use a nice hi temp rustoleum spraypaint...lol
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