$15,000 Candy Paint Job - 07 Hummer H2

David Fermani · 06-26-07, 07:21

I was at the local Hummer body shop and they had a special request from a customer to have his brand new (zero mile) Hummer H2 to be painted candy apple pink. The shop charged him $15,000 to do a complete color change (including all jambs) with paint from House of Color. There's still tons of orange peel (like all H2's), but much better than factory. Enjoy.

qballjr13 · 06-26-07, 07:29

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Originally Posted by David Fermani

shop charged him

Charged HIM???? Holy crap I hope that is for his wife! If he paid $15K for a paintjob with a lot of orange peel than he got S-C-R-E-W-E-D! My father just paid $12K for paint on a 50 Chevy streetrod (which I will post pics of after the 4th of July) and it is pretty much perfect!

TrueDetailer · 06-26-07, 07:32

Oh i wonder what he be selling. lol

Really though, 15,000 bucks? Sounds like that guy got ripped. Could have gone to a custom shop and got it cheaper and probably better.

Bence · 06-26-07, 07:49

How disgusting...

jdoria · 06-26-07, 07:49

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Originally Posted by qballjr13

Charged HIM???? Holy crap I hope that is for his wife! If he paid $15K for a paintjob with a lot of orange peel than he got S-C-R-E-W-E-D! My father just paid $12K for paint on a 50 Chevy streetrod (which I will post pics of after the 4th of July) and it is pretty much perfect!

maybe his wife is a stripper?

David Fermani · 06-26-07, 07:54

The paint materials alone are probably between $2000 - $3000. Don't forget that this thing is huge. All the trim, body panels and glass were removed and it was nicely done. I'm sure that any shop that does good work would charge similar for a color change with this type of paint.

Black240SX · 06-26-07, 08:04

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Originally Posted by qballjr13

Charged HIM???? Holy crap I hope that is for his wife! If he paid $15K for a paintjob with a lot of orange peel than he got S-C-R-E-W-E-D!

Indeed, though I can't feel any sympathy for him.

David Fermani · 06-26-07, 08:05

I'd say it's more labor intensive to remove all orange peel on an already painted panel. These things are known to have the worst orange peel out there.

Tocoma40 · 06-26-07, 08:31

Ohhhhh man that take's the cake.. 15 Grand????? What the????? Were you looking for a laugh from everyone on here? Well you got it.. Sorry Dude...... But thats telling you friends a embarrassment thing that you have done "like paint you fake Hummer Pink!!!!

Dude.... can you see if your friend can add some dark purple or another color to ease....... the color down????
Best of luck........

cobrar97 · 06-26-07, 08:37

Yea, that's pretty nasty looking. If the dude has money to hand out, give him my contact information.

rydawg · 06-26-07, 09:36

Not digging the color at all

Looks like an oversized barbie tonka truck

Someone asked me last month to wetsand and give it the best shine possible to a black Hummer. I told him $1000 and he said I was crazy. I would be crazy to do all that work for $1000. He said he was looking for someone to do it for like $300. Good luck! They are gigantic and working on the roof of one of those is a tough task. I know it is a 3 day job just wetsanding and perfecting th paint.

I use to paint cars 10 years ago and that is one job that I hated and the dust and dirt is the worst. I would rather lay bricks all day long wearing all black.I could imagine what it would take to paint one of those, especially taking the whole thing apart. Then using a staging system to reach the roof. I think 15,000 is on the money. Just wish it was a different color.

Scottwax · 06-26-07, 10:31

Why pink?