Re-painting entire VX

[Elric]

Hi all!

Purely hypothetical question...just out of curiosity...how much would it be to paint VX into a different colour? Paint both the vehicle and plastic moldings to have a uni-colour. I saw some awesome pearl-blueish paint on a VX in Las Vegas but that's more of an exception. We presume it will be high quality job. Does title have to be changed as well? Finally, how much time would it take? Would be interesting to hear your opinion...

Thanks!

[mbeach]

First off, don't you DARE paint that Kaiser!

There are a few members who have painted their cars, and a few more who have painted their cladding only.
I'd say figure on $3-4k for a good job. I'd think that it would be less, simply because the VX's trim is fairly easy to remove, but what do I know.

[Ruflyf]

I would truely be saddened if you painted that vx. Not o mention I think you would destroy the value of that particular vx.

just my 2cents

[bobmumgaard]

The blueish VX you saw didn't happen to be this one did it?

[WormGod]

Good job and Great job differ greatly. Good job, you are looking at up to $5k. Great job, you are more in the ballpark of about $12k. Too many things involved to list, just remember, any monkey can spray a car with foodcoloring. You want better than a monkey and foodcoloring, it will cost you.

And there is no Base Price for these things. EVERY shop in the world will price you differently. "All-overs" are not very popular in regular paint shops, so you will want to find a private painter or a specialty shop, like a customization place. I worked for one many years ago as a painter and I will tell ya, the most expensive job I ever did was a pearl black cherry on a Viper. It cost that guy almost $20k for the complete paint job. I earned every penny and he got an incredible looking, long lasting job.

You spend $2k on a paint job, you are just saving money so that you can spend another $2k every year going back to get peeling, flaking, crowsfeet, fading, fisheyes, and overspray fixed.

[transio]

The blueish VX you saw didn't happen to be this one did it?

VERY important.... that VX was stolen.

[Cyrk]

I am betting the VX you saw in Vegas was Ricksters...??