Crazy price quotes to pain HD hood

[jdpromo33]

Is this the right price to do the following work: Seems very high to me

Paint and install HD Hood
Paint and attach SS Bumper
Paint Grill insert
Paint Rear Bumper
Polish entire truck

$1700.00

Anyone know a good paint shop in New Jersey??

 

[Narco]

holy shit...if you were in GA i could hook you up!

 

[fatnlowtahoe504]

thats way way way over priced maybe $700, but not 1700

 

[jdpromo33]

thats way way way over priced maybe $700, but not 1700

Yeah I nearly fell off my chair when he said that

JD

 

[Effeckt]

I can see maybe $1200 tops for all of that. I had the following done not long ago to my truck for $1800 (would have been $2000 but I let him keep my old hood/grille as partial payment)

Paint/install HD hood
Paint/install SS grille
Paint/install SS bumper
Paint/install grille inserts for both bumper and grille
Purchase/install color matched door handles
Paint rear bumper (including purchase/install of new license plate light covers)
Paint/install smooth vent caps
Buff out scratches in front passenger door and areas where emblems and moldings used to be
Polish entire truck
Paint mirrors

 

[jdpromo33]

Yeah the problem is these guys use an industry software for punching in the job and it spits out a labor time and parts cost for the job.
The hood alone is $500 as he adds an extra hour of labor cuz it's aftermarket.

He said if I took care of painting the grille shell and the rear bumper it would be $1000 all in

I'm gonna see another paint shop tomorrow and get another quote.

I also went to the Chevy dealership bodyshop and he refused to paiunt any chrome parts at all. Said it couldn't be done
He also said if I bought the hood through him it would have been $700 instead of $176 I paid.

Its amazing to me how varied prices are from 1 place to another.

 

[kms_dude]

id say price all depends on color and if the parts fit with no finacing needed. when we had to paint a hood we charged 250 to paint a hood black and install it and buff the car. i thought it was fair

 

[jdpromo33]

Got a great price

Finally found a good paint shop this morning and all the work will be done for $950

Thats a LOT better than $1700

 

[MikeTheApeman]

Wish I had seen this earlier, I'd give Leslie's Auto Body in Fords a call, see what price they give you. They did some repair work on my Jeep a while back, and came in under 20% under what he quoted me when it was all said and done.

 

[jdpromo33]

Wish I had seen this earlier, I'd give Leslie's Auto Body in Fords a call, see what price they give you. They did some repair work on my Jeep a while back, and came in under 20% under what he quoted me when it was all said and done.

Thanks Mike but I feel I've gotten a good price and the shop is just 5 monutes from my house.

Thanks anyway though

JD