Painting my hood

**raikko77** · 07-05-2005, 08:25 PM

I have to repaint my hood, there are too many chips to deal with....how much would it cost to get a 99` Cavi Z24 hood painted??? Ballparking it, I don`t know how much it should cost so any help would be great.

Thanks

**Koop** · 07-06-2005, 04:36 PM

Should be billed at about 4 hrs of labor + paint. Labor rates are diffrent by area. In the midwest they range from 45-75 an hour usual rates are about 65 in the Madison area where I live. Depending on where you go you will be looking at diffent paints as well. Try and find soneone who uses either an RM brand (galssurit, dimont) which is my personal prefrence, although there are other good paint companies as well. Usualy if your in a bigger city you can expect labor rates to be higher. If your hood is in perfect shape you are going to be looking probably at 300-400. If it needs minor work or a lot of scratches, chips which need to be sanded out your looing at 350-500. Keep in mind good work is expensive and in this buiz you get what you pay for. Best bet is look at the finnished jobs in front of there shop, and ask people you know who care about there cars where they go and why. Good luck with the painting.

**Dozerboy** · 07-07-2005, 09:39 PM

X2
but if your cheap Maaco would porably do it for $100 and it will have chips in a few weeks.

**raikko77** · 07-10-2005, 07:51 PM

My friend said that he has a guy that can do it for 125$ CDN. I was expecting it to me around 350$. I`ll ask around ad see what I get back. Thanks for the help guys :cool

**sunstealth** · 07-11-2005, 02:53 PM

buy a new hood and get it painted it will be like 90$ for the hood and around 120 maybe less for the painting!

if you get your original hood painted with the rock chip repair it will be around 200$

BTW im talking about canadian money!

**Koop** · 07-11-2005, 04:14 PM

um where do you expect to get a brand new cavi hood for 90 bucks? Aftermarket? Chevy parts arn`t overly expensive, but I would be hard presed to find one that cheep used let alone new.... and I`m talking American!

**raikko77** · 07-15-2005, 03:36 PM

It`s all about the Canadian dollar! I`m gonna check out Ebay and local places for hood prices and compare it to doing the whole hood.

Thanks for all the help!

**sunstealth** · 07-27-2005, 06:36 PM

I bought a hood from atpac it was 90$ canadian

**GregCavi** · 07-27-2005, 06:39 PM

Totally of subject but there wouldnt be a confusion with money if we had locations under your pics.

Greg

**paintman34_2004** · 07-28-2005, 03:51 PM

I have been a refinish tech for the last 20 years and you would be looking at 4.5 hours paint labor and somewhere around 2 to 3 hours repair time for the chips also figure in material cost which is $24.00 per labor hour so 6.5 or 7.5 hrs times $24.00. Total cost around $450.00. This would be for a quality repair done in a quality shop.

**JeffM** · 08-12-2005, 05:25 AM

Why is there labor for fixing chips on a hood that is getting painted?

Doesnt is get sanded down?

**Focusedonsound** · 08-12-2005, 06:47 AM

Yes it does get sanded down. However you would be suprised the little divits that they leave! So in order for them to make the panel smooth again there is more work involved!

**JeffM** · 08-12-2005, 04:57 PM

I am actually thinking about repainting my hood, due to about 10 rock chips myself, thanks for all the info guys.

One more thing, how much would it cost if i wanted a perfetly free OP finish?

Would it be just one more or 2 more layers of clear?