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YOUR RESEARCHLooking to get my hood painted, any tips?
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I'd expect to pay $1200 for a decent paint job on the hood - they should blend the paint over the wings in order to fade-in the new paint and avoid any obvious color change between the old and new paint.
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If you want the bumper done, then bear in mind that this uses a different paint than the hood - one that contains flex agents to prevent it from cracking on the flexible 'plastic' bumper skin.
Use flex agents as it's insurance against future issues
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I know a body shop will use the flex agents as it's insurance against future issues.
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I'd expect to pay $1200 for a decent paint job on the hood - they should blend the paint over the wings in order to fade-in the new paint and avoid any obvious color change between the old and new paint.
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If you want the bumper done, then bear in mind that this uses a different paint than the hood - one that contains flex agents to prevent it from cracking on the flexible 'plastic' bumper skin.
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After three years as my daily driver, stones have taken a real toll on my hood. My question is how much will this typically cost to get it done right, and would you get the front bumper done as well at the same time? I have a Guards Red coupe. Thanks
I'd expect to pay $1200 for a decent paint job on the hood - they should blend the paint over the wings in order to fade-in the new paint and avoid any obvious color change between the old and new paint.
If you want the bumper done, then bear in mind that this uses a different paint than the hood - one that contains flex agents to prevent it from cracking on the flexible 'plastic' bumper skin.
So you're going to up the price considerably with a bumper re-spray as they'll mix up a separate batch of paint just for that, and have to mask it separately from the hood re-spray.
Mine was done at an auto detailer shop that regularly does high end cars. I think that it is probably sensible not to go to a regular auto body paint shop but to someone that really takes care and time to do it absolutely right.
In my case, they removed the front bumper and the hood and painted it off the car to get complete coverage.
There was no problem with color matching the rest of the front end in my case. (Ocean Blue)
That's a gutsy call - Reds tend to fade over time and matching can be an issue.
Of course, a good spray guy can match the color what ever it is, but seeing as on Guards Red the bumper is already a different shade from the body, which Red do you choose? LOL
Here's my GR 986 - note the bumper color is clearly different to the hood, and it's all original factory paint.
Also note, this car's hood is peppered in stone chips as well, as it's a daily driver - having a decent polish and shine tends to hide the issues though - this is a '99 with over 80,000 Miles
Really!
I know a body shop will use the flex agents as it's insurance against future issues.
It's also standard for the factory finish.
You'll note that the paint on the bumpers responds differently to rock chips as well, tends not to 'chip' as deeply.
Repainted bumpers do tend to chip more easily as others have stated. I'd suggest putting on Stonegard protection a couple of months after the paint dries to avoid this. I repainted the air dam on a BMW I owned a few years back and the Stongard was a great solution.
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