We regularly do these jobs for $4,500, not icluding the paint and other
materials and parts.  The job is done from the gutter down.  If it's a
normal van, the top has to be done too.
Every job has the front totally renewed, sanded down to the metal and
re-done with layers of primers.  There is no other way to fix all the rock
chips properly.
The removal of the kitchen unit is included.  The removal of windows, if new
seals are installed, or the cording under the old seals are included.  Of
course, all the removable fittings are taken off, including the spray
nosols.
Door jams are painted, power mirrors are painted.  Gas tank is removed and
cleaned, de-rusted and painted with it's guard included.
After the job is done, it's not possible to detect if it's original or not.

It's a lot of work, but in a shop where it's regularly done, it's not a new
thing and goes faster.

I am in Washington State, just North of Seattle.

Right now I'm out of town for a few weeks but still read the emails every
day.

Zoltan

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Stevens
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 10:02 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Paint job pricing

On Aug 10, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Timmy Evens <monkey_lips@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

I'm curious what others out there have paid to have their vanagon done. If
anyone wants to give examples of work done and cost I'd love to hear it.
Please just reply with examples of work done and not opinions or hearsay

Not my van but I helped my friends prep their van for a complete paint redo,
using the OE color.
'86 Westy, 2WD manual.
Owners/friends told me the original estimate was $10K, but it ended up being
$8K.
The lower L panel was replaced. The customer bought the panel from BD,
so he supplied it, not the paint shop (Everest Collision, State St. Salt
Lake City).
I helped remove all the "furniture" cabinetry from the van.
All the windows and seals were removed and new seals put in by the shop.
Rear hatch and side slider seals replaced as well. Again. owner bought all
these seals prior to taking the van to Everest. They also removed the
camping
fixtures from the driver side panel below the windows and the rear hatch
wiper,
and welded a sheet metal plate over those holes. Did a great job. no trace
of
anything ever being there.
Great job by the shop. They put a painted-on plasticized coating on the
front
panels of the van to protect from rock chips.

Bob=