I went to get an estimate for fixing a small scratch/dent and to get my morrets painted (my car is silver which is supposedly the hardest to color match) and they guy quoted me $1018!!! $225 for the morrets and the rest ($793) for the scratch!

I'm going to a place I have a slight connection in towards San Jose for the morrets and maybe the scratch, but I would like to know how much it costs on average to get the morrets painted (they are unpainteds right now, so they dont have to take off any other paint). Please also make of point of noting whether or not your car is silver. Gracias

 

Mullets?

 

I'll get one of those after I get my lights painted

nice post whoring though

 

look up Earl Scheib in your area... they are the cheapest... F that quote, thats just ridiculous

 

Auto body shops around our area are insane.

And Matt...it's Morette....

 

Typically around $100 to paint a set of Morettes or equivalent-sized items. Remember that regardless of how big or small the job, they still have to match up and mix the paint, which is why it's a good idea to combine this with any other paint/body work you need done.

 

I've looked into getting a few small parts painted myself, and often the color match and setup fee is much more than the actual painting. For example, to paint a hood scoop, one shop wanted $229 to color match and mix the paint, $60 to paint the scoop and double-clearcoat it. Once you actually pay for the color-match and setup, any good shop shouldn't charge you for it again; in other words, you can come back in and get other parts painted, and they'll just pull your file and look up the paint codes.

Also, most shops charge for surface prep, and that is why your little scratch costs so much. If they have to sand something (and they will do the whole panel, not spot-work) and then prime it, you will indeed pay that much and you won't find a shop willing to go lower. Sanding and priming is very time- and labor-intensive. When some dolt in a Corvette hit my rear bumper, it was actually much cheaper for me to buy a brand-new bumper cover unpainted (even at dealer prices) and have it painted than it was to have the old one sanded, primed and painted.

Just to make up for my post-whoring ;-) Oh, and friends don't let other friends grow mullets.

 

haha, I was complaining to my mom about the proce of fixing the scratch and she was like "Is Earl Scheib still around? your dad took one of our old cars there once and it was horrible quality." So I wont be going to Earl or Maaco (almost too my old car to Maaco, I'm glad it died before I could do that). I'm going to go by the Subaru body shop because hopefully they'll have the right paints to start paint matching...after all, they should have the Subaru paints I hope