By garylewa
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for paintwork is awful steep IMO; If you do all of the prepwork, i.e. stripping, filling, etc. How do you get to 15k?
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No that is paying someone else to do. That is not what I paid, I paid around $6K and they painted the top coats but that included the buff and all materials, including what I used.
Now remember that is an inside out respray, back to bare metal not including the engine bay done in Glasurit metallic. Still looks good 10 years later. All the other money went on interior, seats etc, new rubbers, roughly 75% of them replaced, all the black exterior strips replaced, new bars front and rear due to distortion. The car when finished was like a new car and drove extremely well.
The paintwork price from a top shop preferably a Porsche authorized shop will cost you at least $15K you just dropping it off, I suppose it depends on where you are in the US because of the employment situation. Believe me I have painted a few 928s and it is one hell of a job. They earn their money.
By garylewa
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If I had an extra 40 grand lying around I wouldn't spend it on somebody else doing the work; where is the satisfaction or knowledge gained in that? I know mine inside and out that to me is priceless.
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Agreed.