I just got three quotes to do my Syncro. The lowest was $5500 if I do all the trim and window removal. 
This is a bus with no rust and only minor dents. 

I would think anything under $4k is hard to trust. 

-Craig

On Nov 25, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>   There is no cheap paint option actually.   Paint is expensive.   I just
> spent ~$250 for materials to paint a smallish motorcycle, and that was not
> the most expensive paint option.   And then there was the 3 full days (32
> man-hours) of sanding to get the surfaces ready for primer....the prep work
> is dependent on what is there to begin with, but as is often said, the
> paint job fully depends on the prep. being done just right....
>   A vanagon would probably take at least 5 times as much paint...probably
> not so much prep time because of the body shape lending itself to using
> power sanders.
> 
>   Kids are now using a product (or variation there-of) called
> Plasti-coat,   This crap you can put on fairly easily, without extensive
> prep, and it supposedly sticks and looks OK.....I just painted another moto
> that was done this way, and it was really really hard to get that crap
> off...If someone is looking for an alternative to a real paint job that
> product might be worth taking a look at....The bike I just finished was
> 'flat black'  finished and I rode it for a few months like that.  I was
> amazed at the way that finish shed dirt, stains and resisted scratching.
> For an off road or a hard-used van it might be good.
>  Don Hanson
> 
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> 
>> Jon,
>> 
>> I am also in Huntsville, AL.
>> 
>> David Allen Body Shop did some great work for me many years ago but I don't
>> know if he still has the same painter. And the key is the painter more than
>> the shop.
>> 
>> Then there's Maaco who is famous for their el-cheapo paint jobs but the
>> truth is they will do whatever you are willing to pay for & they can do
>> quality work.
>> 
>> The real cost is not in the paint, but in the prep. A proper paint job with
>> prep can easily cross $2000. And most of these guys will not paint over
>> sprayed on primer because they don't know what the primer is made of, so
>> check with the shop you want to use first before doing anything to the
>> body.
>> 
>> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
>> 
>>