$3300 - no rust, lots of minor dents, one major dent, and masked around the
windows, etc.  I removed the grill, mirrors, stove vent, and most other
similar stuff.  They painted to the drip line.  Excellent job, even though
it's gotten new dents in the last few years (the nastiest of which happened
the week after the paint job, dammit).

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of Troy
|Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:41 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Van painting cost
|
|I just got back from the body shop with an estimate of $6500
|to repaint my van. For this price, I was going to completely
|remove all the moldings, poptop canvas, side windows and rear,
|bumpers, utility outlets, door handles, etc. and also
|reinstall. The $6500 does not include any new rubber seals.
|I'm guessing a good $1200 for a complete set of rubber seals
|to do all the doors and windows, pop top, rear hatch, etc. I
|do have some rust around the rear window, and side windows,
|and in one of the rain gutters, and one dent on the passenger
|side.  I really wanted to change colors, but that would add an
|easy $1500 to the price. So, I guess I was thinking in the
|$4000-$5000 range with me doing part of the work, so was a
|little surprised.
|
|I'd like to get some feedback from others who have their vans
|painted, and what they spent, and was was done for the cost.
|
|Troy
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