How much does it cost to respray a EK civic?

[ekay1]

Just wondering, whats the cheapest repsray you can get in Sydney?? i got a EK civic in cypress green and really dont like it haha wouldnt mind it in black, silver or white! if you could help thatll be great thanks!

[yourfather]

you can get them done here in Melbourne for $599 but I dunno about quality.

[civicVI]

where?very interest!thanks

[yourfather]

click the link below,

you'll see a white thing with a shadow

that's the sign i think

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-37.832093,145.268966&spn=0.000422,0.001032&t=h&z=21

i don't remember the number, but 95% sure that's the sign there that has the number

[shadou]

wonder how good of a job you can get for $599

[EK1_D]

wow $599 is that the hole car or just a front a rear bars? lol

[EK1.6LCIV]

lol 599 would barely touch the sides lol
for my front bumper, lip and rear licence plate surround that was 400 alone
side skirts 150
mirrors, side mouldings 200

for under a couple of grand I wouldnt expect alot

[yourfather]

dude, it says $599 full car resprays.

stop second guessing everyone, you already piss me off more than most people on here

just for that I'm going to go take a photo of the sign to shut you the **** up

[Mikecivic78]

500 lol!
Only get a bar done for that (professionally, top quality).

Ur gonna pay more for a full color change rather than a green respray.

My advice... learn to paint or save up a few grand!

Cheap jobs u get what u pay for. 6 months down the track it'll start to peel :confused:.

[henrygiang]

when u go to street view it says that its a state of the art car wash lol....am i looking at the right thing?

[Cvik_ryda]

yeah i saw that car(10 different colour for each pannels) and sign everywhere. they use to had a shop on monash freeway near Packenham. lol i wouldnt expect much for that price

[MrJohn]

full inside out spray? u looking around 1.2 - 2.5g depending on the color and any rust, damage they have to fix. so it could be arrange of prices

[yourfather]

yeah i saw that car(10 different colour for each pannels) and sign everywhere. they use to had a shop on monash freeway near Packenham. lol i wouldnt expect much for that price

he asked for cheapest, not for quality heheh

[EK1.6LCIV]

dude, it says $599 full car resprays.

stop second guessing everyone, you already piss me off more than most people on here

just for that I'm going to go take a photo of the sign to shut you the **** up

lol 599, you're car will look ass for that much cash

you ppl are nuts thinking 599 goes far enough to paint a car, lol mate I talk from expirence and having various ties in many local shops

for a proper job look at paying $3k for the right paint, primer, clear and labour

we have a car off the road atm getting a proper job just half of it done and it's around $2k with a few shades of pearl in the mix

[TYPE-ONE]

ill spray for you for $500 using vht engine enamel. 10 cans. :P

[EK1.6LCIV]

hell I can do it for $200 using rattle cans, no primer, newspaper covering the windows, lights, etc at cost price lol

[RandyRhydah]

sounds familliar...

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/86/l_39c837757cb143be8f1bcf5ac452445f.jpg


probly costed around the 200 mark for primer / paint / sandpaper


doin it proerply now.. going to cost 350 give or take, wont be a pro job but beats paying 4g to someone else to do it

[beeza]

Damn straight!

Good job!!

[eternityz]

i got quoted 2.2k for ek1
it'll take about 2-3 weeks

[mr180sx]

How do you know it looks like ass ryan?

You just have to know the right ppl!:thumbsup:

LOL ties with workshops:zip:


lol 599, you're car will look ass for that much cash

you ppl are nuts thinking 599 goes far enough to paint a car, lol mate I talk from expirence and having various ties in many local shops

for a proper job look at paying $3k for the right paint, primer, clear and labour

we have a car off the road atm getting a proper job just half of it done and it's around $2k with a few shades of pearl in the mix

[anzai]

haha europaint bayswater does $599 respray but they dont mention the extras, i went there to enquire about respraying my ek as well, all the extras literally added up to about 2,5k, thats with all the moulds, lips, mirrors colour coded with a nighthawk black pearl paint.

$599 was only to tip a bucket of paint over the car, so forget it

dt panels in springvale quoted me 2k for the lot, and they have good rep as all the skyline aus guys go to him. speak to vu

my 2 cents

[beeza]

I would hate to have to explain that shit to every excited customer that walked through the door.

[EK1.6LCIV]

How do you know it looks like ass ryan?

You just have to know the right ppl!:thumbsup:

LOL ties with workshops:zip:

lol, ass indeed

I know the right people whove been in the game for longer than a majority have been alive here, personally youd be high to go to a shop that hasnt been in place for at least a good decade

and yes I see the paint runs on all your blokes cars :)

[EK1.6LCIV]

I would hate to have to explain that shit to every excited customer that walked through the door.

its just bad avertising is what it is, which is why no decent bris shops can say $x per car painted, as it varies a great deal, alot more than normal non-techinically minded people can comprehend

[beeza]

Or 'Good advertising' as it gets people talking...

[EK1.6LCIV]

the places I go to havent advertised since the early 80s, since then they do custom work and private sales, when youre good people do the talking as your work speaks for itself

not a poorly printed sign out the front of a shop with guys using rattle cans with poor ventilation and lack of filtration for incoming air

[beeza]

Yeah,the cheapest way is to know someone (which makes me think - I would hate to be a car painter!! LOL).Do all the prep work ya-self,have the car and paint all there ready to go and he just comes in and sprays it.

So anyone a car painter?

LOLZ

[mr180sx]

Im not talking about the cars we've painted!

The cars we've painted have only costed $200 max

So get your facts straight!:p


lol, ass indeed

I know the right people whove been in the game for longer than a majority have been alive here, personally youd be high to go to a shop that hasnt been in place for at least a good decade

and yes I see the paint runs on all your blokes cars :)

[EG30]

materials alone cost a fortune these days let alone the labour.

2 pak paint, spray putty, body filler, abrasives, solvents, tag clothes, presol etc alone would cost $1k or so for a full respray on a civic so go figure.

unless you have a spray painter mate who works for someone and can "use" materials very cheap from work his boss paid for and doesnt charge you much for his labour dont expect it to be less than $2k for a half decent job.

[ekay1]

thanks for the all the info guys!! looks like im gonna have to keep my ek dark green, dam...

[ekfour97]

i had a touch up resray done last year ie doors, bonnet,roof,front lip,left side back qrt panel cost me 1200 had to go back 3 times and im still not happy with the job.it is metallic black which is arrarently a hard colour to spray.in the sun lots of scratches show up...since then ive had a quote for 2500 to spray both sides,bumpers front and back in chmpship wht.im pretty happy with the wk ive seen him do so 1 day im doing it....off topic but i need pq point to sell a lucky person my b16a ....any1.....please 114000ks done just purchased b18c

[mr180sx]

Green is not a bad colour anyways.:thumbsup: Keep it

But i heard green is a hard colour to take pics of! Especially coupes with fart cannons! ;):thumbsup:


thanks for the all the info guys!! looks like im gonna have to keep my ek dark green, dam...

[90LAN]

unless you really love your car and have spend $$$ on it already
its really not worth it for a sake of a colour change
so you ek is worth 6k roughly
cost you 2-3k for a decent job is that amount worth it in the end
best to just sell it and get the colour you want
save the hassles and time

[EK1.6LCIV]

x2 to what Lan said
unless you have a car you like and will keep or have gotten for a good price to off load its not in your best interest.
please post pics of it if you do choose to respray :)

[EK1.6LCIV]

Im not talking about the cars we've painted!

The cars we've painted have only costed $200 max

So get your facts straight!:p

lol 500 outta someone elses shed then lol

mexicans...

[lookingforboost]

ha ha just for paint and clear it cost me just under 1k to paint my 200....

there is a group in forter doing resprays for $1500 including paint seen some of the work looks pretty good bit of a trip though.

if i was you i would prep the car yourself buy the paint and pay some one to paint it that way say 600-700 for paint and about $500 to get it sprayed in a booth by someone that knows what they are doing, as all the money is in the body work

[Mikecivic78]

Some good posts here, but basically with a respray, u get what u pay for. $500 (thats what some of u guys quoted) will give u a shit job (sorry 4 the language) U can pay up 2 $5-6k for a full professional job!

U get wot u pay 4. Period.

[ekay1]

thanks everyone for the advice!!! thanks for the advice lan prob just keep the colour because i dont think it will be worth it if i spent 1k+ on a it going to have to sell it soon anyways...

[whtdc2]

i dont think it will be worth it if i spent 1k+ on a it going to have to sell it soon anyways...
:thumbsup:

[saxophonias]

Just to know, here in Greece the cost of respray (same colour) varies from 1200 to 2000euros, which is very expensive.

[jks24]

paint isnt cheap, when I had my ek I got my bonnet resprayed, my front left guard, and had to have a scrape fixed and painted on the rear right guard just above the wheel. I think the total cost was like 1600 or something.

[Mikecivic78]

paint isnt cheap, when I had my ek I got my bonnet resprayed, my front left guard, and had to have a scrape fixed and painted on the rear right guard just above the wheel. I think the total cost was like 1600 or something.

Well it must have ( i hope!) been a quality professional job. If u wanna get it done well, u gotta pay 4 it.

[sw1fty]

i was quoted $700-800 by 2 places to just get my front left guard and front bar resprayed!!
apparently silver is much more expensive...

[jks24]

Well it must have ( i hope!) been a quality professional job. If u wanna get it done well, u gotta pay 4 it.

haha yeh mate car looked mint after she was painted, deff worth the money :D

[lyndah]

Hey guys
Theres this new paint place in LIVO AT ELCORTEZ
WELL LIKE THE PAINT Grand OPENING IS LIKE 1 K ? i think
so yeah check it out might get a bargain since it just opened. =)

[TONTON]

Hey guys
Theres this new paint place in LIVO AT ELCORTEZ
WELL LIKE THE PAINT Grand OPENING IS LIKE 1 K ? i think
so yeah check it out might get a bargain since it just opened. =)

Is it good though? Any colours?

Hmm i wanna paint my E30

[lyndah]

Yeah check out the shop for yourself =DD
im thinking of doing mine aswell, but i dunno yet
=/

[cazz'shonda]

Are there any hire booths in Sydney or elsewhere you can access to paint DIY?
Up here in Brissy a few years ago there was a place that'd hire you the booth & compressor for the day or weekend all you needed was a gun and paint. (and prepped car of course)
I have toyed with the idea of doing a car but am not sure if they still operate. We figured 3 or 4 cars a day, full weekend would cost us nothing really.

[hitoriko]

full comp insurance

key your car very well

pay your 800 excess get a full respray free.....

not that i would know about anything like this.....

[TypeG]

what about respray the same color as the paint of my car is not in top shape

[zacx]

http://www.europaintaustralia.com.au/

[NightKids]

dude, it says $599 full car resprays.

stop second guessing everyone, you already piss me off more than most people on here

just for that I'm going to go take a photo of the sign to shut you the **** up

Name of shop plz....