225

I'm on the fence on either painting my own truck using a makeshift paintbooth in the driveway or paying someone.

How much does a regular pain job cost? Is it worth doing it yourself?

WarSurfer

It's not technically difficult but it is a lot of work. The more time you spend on prep, the better it will turn out.

There are a lot of variables that contribute to cost. You'll have to get a couple quotes to see if it's worth the savings to do it yourself.

FerdinandF150

You could see about getting a Maaco paint job; they tend to be less expensive.

225

I'm very confident I can do it myself. I really just need to look at prices I guess. I've talked to a few places and they're saying $3-4k. That's a lot of money for a paint job.

But tend to give less quality paint jobs.

21RRF150

iTrader: (1)

DIY in your driveway will be less quality than maaco. If you have an 80 gallon compressor, and some decent spray guns. You could pull it off on a non windy day. Might be able to do it with a 60 gallon, but it will work overtime. You get what pay for with paint. A complete f150 would run $7k easy, to do it right at a shop. That is pulling all handles, mouldings, mirrors, lights, and trim.

whomrig

I asked at a local shop here and I was told 9k to do mine. I was curious and don't need to paint it though.

Wanna Ride

You're not really serious, right? I wouldn't paint anything more than a demo-derby car in a driveway. Although, I did rattle-can a camo paint job, on a tweny-five year old beater of a hunting truck once.

The proper primer, paint, hardener, clear and all the other consumables alone, are going to cost much more than a grand. You really going to gamble that much coin in materials, on a driveway paint job?

If someone is asking if they can paint an entire truck (anything other than a total beater) in a driveway, they really don't posses the skills or knowledge to do it.

21RRF150

iTrader: (1)

Yeah, I know all that. I've done it. So yeah I am serious. But I do have the skills and knowledge to do it. Thousands of paint jobs under my belt. Yes, I've done a driveway job or 2 in my day. Not recommending it be done DIY. For the same reason you state in the last paragraph. It's why I said, "DIY will be less quality than maaco. " Merely stating it's possible

neonbobo

op did you ever get this done?

bigred90gt

I just took my 01 Ext cab to the body shop to fix all the dents and dings and repaint it. For all body work, and changing color of the paint, I was quoted $4500. I've since spoken to the shop and added a few things, so I'm expecting somewhere in the ballpark of $5000-$5500.