JOHNBRAY11

I was wondering how much it would cost to paint a gold Lexus RX300 to black?

Lexmex

Down here, my uncle would charge you $800 USD. He painted my lower panels to black for $400 USD. However, the supposedly best place in Mexico City charges double for both jobs. Materials cost a lot here, but labor doesn't

Having grown up in Florida, you probably are looking at something in the range of 1000 USD up to 2500 USD or so on the very high end.

BTW, whereabouts in Florida are you?

skippy911

Is that 800 including the interior paint on the frame or is just exterior??

Lexmex

That includes the frame. He tapes up the moldings with news paper along with the windows. In my case, the door itself was already black when he did mine. If get over there when he is doing a paint job on a car that requires a paint color switch, will snap a photo.

skippy911

Man thats a great price then. Wish I lived near Mexico Darn atlanta and its high prices.

sgv_bum

i paid about 1900 to repaint my whole car ... i had the two tone color black on top and gray on bottom... same here i wish i live in mexico ..

Lexmex

He also can repair body damage the old way by banging it out and smooth out any minor remaining imperfections with an application of a special paste to the damaged section.

He and I plan to remove my side markers (the orange and red ones) and give it the Euro/Japan look of RXs, in the future.

JOHNBRAY11

Thanks for the replies. I am in the Air Force and stationed in S.Korea as of now. I am from Tallahassee FL. I am picking up my friends Lexus and i will be stationed in Arizona next.

armyastro

mine was about $8000 with body work... the paint was $3000...lol

salimshah

Note that if you change color, there are lot of places where the new color can not get to (engine bay as an example).

Expect a drop in resale value once you paint it a different color. The perspective buyer just gets paranoid even if the paint job was done well.


Salim

skippy911

I know Georgia requires you to even reregister your car if you get it painted a different color. Why I hae no clue, but that can add to the costs as well.

hksimpson

All of your quotes seem really low. If you took a brand new car and drove it to a decent shop for a re-paint of the same color, a gshop could get your for almost $2,500 in my neck of the woods, and more in many instances. Even the el cheapo places that barely wash your car and give you three color choices with no clear coat get $1,000 if your body is perfect.

Change the color ,then you are talking much more because you have all of those jams and that will not get the engine bay. It will never be right.

Tip: If you want a car to be a particular color, buy it that way.