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    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. :bolt











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    Quote 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!
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    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.

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    How disgusting...

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    Quote 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?

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    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.
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    david- is hummer paint harder to sand down?

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    Quote 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.
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    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.
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    yeah youre right about that, i just ran a search for hummer and as nice as they all look most of them are definitely bumpy, never worked on one.

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    :soscared: 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!!!! :chuckle:

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

    Best of luck........:nomore:

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

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    Not digging the color at all:think: :nervous2: 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.
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    Why pink?
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    Downright hideous.

 

 
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