How much should a good paint job cost?

After many, many years of looking at my fading, peeling, cracking & otherwise awful paint I'm seriously considering a paint job. What should I be looking to spend on a quality job?

I'm not opposed to doing a lot of the prep work myself... in fact I'll probably have everything I can get off the truck removed (tool box, bed rails, lights, etc.) and if I can ever get the truck back in my garage I'd even try sanding it down using some of my woodworking random orbit sanders & some 220 - 240 grit paper if it would work.

There are a couple small dings that need to be filled in or pounded back into place, but nothing major. The old painting that was last done was right before I got it in 97-98-ish due to some damage & that's probably some of the worst looking paint on the truck, but I'd rather not take any chances & just sand everything down, prime, paint & clear coat everything.

I know I don't want a "$99 maaco" paint job, but I don't want a "$25,000 Chip Foose" paint job either

Any ideas? I'm going to have some work done at the Ford Stealership pretty soon & I thought about asking them for a quote although I know they'll probably want more than the truck is worth :thumbdown:

 

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bro im getting ready to do mine at home for under $ 60 i have found some good site's and vids.. its just if you have time tho

 

Expect to pay $2500-$3000 at least for a good one. And it all depends on what color. Reds are usually more expensive, as well as anything with any kind of red in it ( e.g. purple, magenta, etc...)

 

dont go to MACO tho they will rip you off faster than a new york mob

 

Or faster than a white hooker lololololol

 

If I had a large enough compressor & better paint guns (and some painting skills) I'd definitely tackle it myself.

I hope I can get it done for a lot less than $3k, that's more than the truck is worth

My initial idea of sanding it all down & spraying bedliner is starting to sound better

 

see thats what i was thinking but nope you can do it with a roller and some spray cans man... i will find them vids and info and postem up for you if you want



how soon are you looking at doing this??

 

That's cool... probably won't be until the spring/summer at earliest. It will take me 6 months to clean my garage out enough to get the truck back in there if I'm lucky.

I sprayed my lower rocker panels earlier this year & they came out really nice... got me thinking about doing the entire truck. Don't know if it will eventually fade from black to charcoal or lighter gray, but I guess I could always spray on a new layer every couple years. The textured finish looks different & it should be a lot more durable in the parking lots when some A-hole opens their door into me.

 

The guy I use does awesome work. He told me for a strip down and repaint of the whole thing I was looking at 3500.00. I even offere to do some of the labor like pulling the bed off, bumpers etc and he said the price would come down for sure if I did that for him. My price included fixing the fiberglass broken in the rear as well so I am sure yours will be a bit cheaper

 

ok man i will find the tips and every thing and post them up for you and i will make sure you see the out come of mine and if you like it and have the time than there you go lol.. just one thing do you have a DD cuz by the time line im looking at it will take me bout a week but igot some off the wall stuff im going to do ( pin stripes, painted decals and other things) plus i got to fix the back end..

 

i paid 800 for my hood, header panel and driver side fender. they were suppose to fade in my door and other fender but they did a horrible job and it was a reputable place that does nothing but custom painting.

 

Dang, for $3k+ I'd be better off putting that money into another Ranger :jester: I've been wanting a 2nd vehicle for a while...

It sucks only having one vehicle... every time I do anything to it, I have to have it done in a day or less. To top it off, I never know when somebody will get sick & need to rush them to the hospital

My body work will be minimal, just a few little dents about the size of a half dollar, not too deep. I can probably just bondo them & sand them flush... a few old bolt holes in the top of the bed sides where previous owner had a bedliner bolted in that need to be enlarged to remove a little rust & filled in... they don't show under my diamond plate bed rails, but I want to keep the rusting to a minimum.

 

For a factory clean paint job, you can expect to pay $2500 on up, and if changing color completely and doing door jams, engine, ect ect, it closer to 4k on up.

 

factory quality job is $3-5k depending on color, jambs, etc. a custom job could easily run $10k