How much can I expect to pay to repaint my truck?

350 at fact o bake

Why does it need to be painted? Is the clear delaminating?
If it just needs light sanding, then anywhere from $350 to $700 depending if you want quality product used on it or the cheapest possible.

I will never repaint an automobile. I'll purchase a new or lightly used one.

If you're in Baton Rouge and just want a decent cheap job, try Bruno at Burbank Body Shop or Shay's on Choctaw near Monterrey.

If you want quality, try Gordon & Sandifer or Cavin's.

If you want really cheap, Maaco just opened a shop in Prairieville.

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He's not going to get that much sanded, primed, and painted for $350. There's a lot of hours in a job like that including sanding down the peeling clear coat, priming it, then wet sanding it just to get to the paint stage.

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It can be done.

The cheaper shops use lower line paint (Omni, Limco, Shopline, Nason), so they're less than $100 in liquid ($30 for primer, $30 for QT. of paint, $40 for QT of clear). They also employ cheap labor to do the sanding, taping, etc. for $10-12 per hour. The shop would still make $200+ on a 4-5 hour job. We're not talking high quality work or running the job through insurance.

a friend of mine got his roof and hood , on a chevy truck for 450 some place in the nola area ....

i plan on getting more info because my truck needs the same thing painted ...

fwiw his truck came out looking good ....

Hood $300
Roof $300
Total $600

That's what a reputable shop should charge you

You can expect to pay anywhere from $1-$1,000,000, that doesn't mean you won't get charged somewhere in the middle

I called one of the best shops in new Orleans a while back asking about painting my hood. IIRC, just that was around $1200. Whole truck was $6500.

I can't remember what specifically he told me, but either the paint or clear was like $200/gal. Keep in mind that is one of the best shops in a big city. To get it done cheaply and looking like shite, you'd probably be around $150 for the hood and $250 for the roof. The trade off is that is will not look good or match, and most probably won't hold up longer than a year or two.

Imho, Cavin's does the best job in BR and a lot of people know it

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$200 a gallon

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They shouldn't use much more than 20 ounces to put 2-3 coats of clear on a truck hood.