Painting Questions

[GMAN]

This is a continuation from my Fender Bender thread. Now that I have all of the related parts. I will do the reinstallation of all the parts. I want to be ready to send the car straight to the paint booth because the replacement parts are green. I want to try to keep the cost down and only pay for the labor. I want to strip out all of the chrome this time. Can anyone give me an idea of what to expect for a paint job for my Mark?

 

[driller]

Have you thought of having the parts painted prior to the installation?

 

[marks95ivorymark]

painting the parts off of the vehicle might constitute in the paint not matching correctly... i would let your shop do most of the work themselves...I AM A PAINTER IN A COLLISION SHOP BY TRADE... talk to your local shop about what you want to do and if you can, take the pasrts w/you so there is no confusion..
grille painted... $75-100
header panel painted-$50-75
fender bumper painted-$375-500(depending on chips,nicks,scratches,etc.)
top grille chrome painted-$45

these are all approx figures

 

[GMAN]

I was lucky that the hit wasn't very bad. At first I was wanting to repaint the whole car. Based on your estimates, a paint job would probably cost me around $1000. Does that sound about right?