Paint job

10k isn’t high at all. A true color change is a tremendous amount of work.

 

Unless you are not all that concerned about results than any shop will do. But if this is a truck you care about, and I'm sure you already know this but the one thing you can count on is you will get what you pay for.

As other have suggested a paint job, and especially a color change, is only as good as the prep work that is done before they start applying paint. Unless the cost of paint has gone through the roof you could get a very respectable paint job for a number closer to $5K rather than $2K. I would have that number in your head and then go talk to shops. Get them to be very clear about the prep work they will do and the results you can expect. If the cost comes in too high then talk to them about reducing some of the prep but be sure to ask and understand the impact on quality. Determine what is acceptable to you and keep in mind an acceptable paint job can't be provided unless the shop understands and plan for your expectations.

Once you know in your mind the results you would be satisfied with, compare one shop to another by the specified prep work they are going to include. Get it in writing. It would hurt to look at some of their work.

 

this is what i need done, i have chip guard coating under there but it still chipped in spots
did he have to repaint the whole panel up? for some reason my guy says you cannot just sand and paint along the bottom and reapply the chip guard coating and come out looking ok
or maybe its just the black paint

 

last time we did a complete it was 8k, for comparison

 

I wrapped mine by myself. turned out pretty good for a rookie wrapper. It didn't cost me much since I got the wrap for super cheap and paid for my extra tools, heat gun and simple wrapping essentials. I would repaint mine is a heartbeat. It will last forever so it might as well look good. I used a sander to knock down all the scratches and remove the sunburned clearcoat and used acetone to clean it off and laid down my wrap. It was not complicated but sure wasn't easy. I posted picks in the what did you do thread.

 

Don’t have many pics of when it was ugly. I have money money in E-Bikes than the truck is worth in that one pic hahahahaha!

 

Might be wise to get a small 4x8 trailer with installed bike mounts for some of those bikes.......

It looks like a Sanford & Son delivery

 

must be a west coast thing!?

 

pfft thats nothing. ive had 12 dh bikes hanging off the back of my truck when im the shuttle bitch

 

I use that quote method quite frequently I’m a freelance industrial mechanic, some things you just don’t want to deal with.... lol

 

We rented them and they wanted twice a as much to deliver and pick up. They said I could toss them in the back so we did. We had 9 E-bikes and 3 peddle bikes and 2 bike trailers.