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Originally Posted by RostyC (Post 487566)

I realize that we're the two smartest people on the board but there may be some posters who don't know what BC/CC and elite mean in layman's terms. Perhaps you could elaborate for those who would rather sniff the paint instead of educating themselves about the paint.
;)

Sorry,i've painted too much without a resperator. 5000 is color only,6000 is base coat clear coat, elite is base coat clear coat. Imron activator is well over 100.00 p/quart. Just had to repair some damage and L6466(burgandy) was over 140.00 p/quart.

That is called the " Seminole" paint scheme that PACCAR is offering on it's W900 and 389's....

I had a quote to have my 74 Pete painted identical to the KW in your pic, except it is black/white/red....... was going to cost me $19,000 at 4-State Trucks. Yes, they would of removed EVERYTHING off the frame and smoothed out all the rivits, and shaved the door-handles, frenched the headlights and grill surround, painted the full gangster fenders/visor and also painted the bumper. I am still debating having this done, but not sure yet i want to go that extensive or just go with a rat-rod look and stick to a matte finish and save $10K

I would just suggest that you just have it repainted in factory color if it really needs it. If the paint isn't that bad, I know some places around here that will put a "vinyl wrap" on the truck for about $1,500-$2,000 and make it look custom too.... just a thought.

This is the scheme I was going to do....

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...don212/kw1.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...don212/kw2.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...don212/kw3.jpg

Update. I hate truck dealers.

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Originally Posted by mike3fan (Post 487612)

Update. I hate truck dealers.

What happened????

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Originally Posted by Maniac (Post 487570)

A well known east coast shop gave me a price of $18,000, the shop by Frystown Pa, gave me a price of $10,000, both were for one color and the entire chassis including sandblasting. Basically I have the same truck.

Painting is VERY labor intensive, and thanks to the EPA paint is VERY expensive, if you can get a paint job under $4000, expect it to come off when you wash it.

Paint jobs on cars run into 6 to 7K, good jobs, not the Earl Scheib jobs of the 60's

A gallon of red paint with the activators is way over $100.00 these days

BCC/ CC = base coat clear coat, or just base coat, no clear

I better tell my $4000 paint job to come off then. It's 2 years overdue.

The place that did mine mechanically sanded and then hand sanded the entire truck prior to painting.

The old Pete paint shop on Polk Ave I think in Nashville quoted $2G but that was probably 10 years ago. Sandblasting was a little extry.

I just buffed it instead and everyone thought it was a new truck.