For those who have had their grill painted...

For those of you who have had your grill professionally painted, how much were you charged?

I just dropped mine off with my buddy and I want to pay him a fair price.

Thanks

 

$50

 

$100.00

 

that sounds insanely cheap! cool. maybe i can get some minor tailgate repairs AND a color matched grille for...not too much.

 

Did you prep it for him and buy the materials or his he doing everything, all-in? If you prepped it and bought materials, I'd toss him $50-100 for his time and bring pizza and beer. If he's doing it all, ask him what the materials cost and figure it'll take him a few hours minimum to prep, prime and paint. He may have to buy a minimum amount of paint just for your grille. I'd guess around $150 for materials and time, painting isn't cheap or easy.

 

Just handed it to him, no prep. He's been kinda slow so I figured I would help him out a little. I know when I go to get it he will probably be like "Eh, fifty bucks" that's why I wanted to get an idea of how much people were really getting charged.
I took another friend to him to get some stuff done and I thought he charged him too little and I don't want to feel like I ripped him off in anyway. I'm all for the buddy discount but the guy does top notch work and I would rather be fair about it.
I was guessing 150 as well.

 

Well, got it back today! Looks 1000x better than the stock chrome one in my opinion.
Had him do it a little different and color match the center part too.
He told me 100 and I gave him 150 and told him to shut up.
Thanks again to you all who replied.

 

Looks good! That Avid Light Bar is sickk!

 

Looks great!

 

i just spraybedlinered mine....happy as hell

all your guy'z look greater though

nice!

 

Looks great Bubba

 

matches pretty damn good!

 

Thanks! I gotta show it some love this weekend. It took a beating two weeks ago so I gotta touch it up.

Much appreciated fellas. I wish I would have waited and cleaned her up a bit better if I knew it was going to get all this attention

 

plasti dip man

 

So you opted to repaint the stock chrome grille instead of buying an aftermarket grille to paint, I'm thinking...did your buddy have any issues with painting over the chrome vs. painting a non-chrome grille? I've wanted to do this for a while, and am still on the fence about which way to go...thanks.

 

No
I got a replacement grill from partsgeek and had him paint that.

here's a link...
http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/2006/toyota/tacoma/body_mechanical_-ar-_trim/grille_assembly.html

 

Just picked mine up from the paint shop yesterday! I gave it to him one week ago and he said it would be done in two days. I called him in two days and he said it would be done the next day and I could pick it up. Well I went to pick it up and it wasn't done, so he told me another day and when I went back that day it still wasn't done. He called me yesterday and said it was done, so I went to pick it up and he said it was on him and gave it to me for free. I tried to pay him anyway and he refused. So my grill was a really good deal, just took a few days longer than it should have. Here it is!

 

Thanks, good to know. I wonder what the difference is between

Part Number: 18885-04027758
Notes: GRILLE ASSEMBLY - BLACK MICA CODE 209 PAINT TO MATCH $32.94

and

Part Number: 18885-04027757
Notes: GRILLE ASSEMBLY - GREY/BLACK INCLUDES SR5 MODEL - PAINT TO MATCH $56.94...?

 

i was charged 100 for my grille and emblems