How much does it cost to repaint the hood of a car?

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imported_Tomato

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I think my friend might be getting ripped off, but I'm not sure.

EDIT WITH MORE INFO: On Halloween, someone jumped on the hood of my friend's car. This resulted in some scratches, and she was told they were too deep to do anything and that she would have to have the whole hood of the car repainted and detailed.
 
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More info: On Halloween, someone jumped on the hood of my friend's car. This resulted in some scratches, and she was told they were too deep to do anything about and that she would have to have the whole hood of the car repainted and detailed.
 
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You need to know the colour, type of paint, and does it need a primer coat?

Take it to a body shop & get it price.
 
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Pretty much anything done at a shop will run $300 to $500. Get some scratch remover and polish it out.
 
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jemcam

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It depends on the year, make, and model of the vehicle, the color, type of paint, what material the hood is made out of, could be aluminum, plastic, fiberglas, steel, etc.

If it's just the hood, and if you want a good, first quality job done, it also depends on if you want to blend the color into the tops of the fenders, how many scratches and how deep, how many moldings, etc. to remove so you don't have mask lines, etc.

On a large hood, to do a first rate job with filling in the scratches, blending into fenders, wet sand and polish the color coat, etc., you can expect to pay about $500 or more, depending on your area.

If you want a better price, expect poorer quality. It all depends on what you want, a good price or good quality.
 
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Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
This depends on so many other factors that its not worth trying to answer.
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Actually it doesn't. The entire hood will have to be painted and body shop labor isn't cheap.
 
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Originally posted by: jemcam
It depends on the year, make, and model of the vehicle, the color, type of paint, what material the hood is made out of, could be aluminum, plastic, fiberglas, steel, etc.

If it's just the hood, and if you want a good, first quality job done, it also depends on if you want to blend the color into the tops of the fenders, how many scratches and how deep, how many moldings, etc. to remove so you don't have mask lines, etc.

On a large hood, to do a first rate job with filling in the scratches, blending into fenders, wet sand and polish the color coat, etc., you can expect to pay about $500 or more, depending on your area.

If you want a better price, expect poorer quality. It all depends on what you want, a good price or good quality.
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Ah... the car is a Toyota, year 2003 (she wouldn't care if it was an older car, but it's farily new :( ), color is black, and I'm not sure what the hood is made of.

$500... damn. She was quoted $200, which I thought was high. I guess the quote she received is falling in the middle of those given in this thread... thx for the info, I guess $200 looks to be pretty fair after all.
 
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jemcam

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Originally posted by: Tomato
Originally posted by: jemcam
It depends on the year, make, and model of the vehicle, the color, type of paint, what material the hood is made out of, could be aluminum, plastic, fiberglas, steel, etc.

If it's just the hood, and if you want a good, first quality job done, it also depends on if you want to blend the color into the tops of the fenders, how many scratches and how deep, how many moldings, etc. to remove so you don't have mask lines, etc.

On a large hood, to do a first rate job with filling in the scratches, blending into fenders, wet sand and polish the color coat, etc., you can expect to pay about $500 or more, depending on your area.

If you want a better price, expect poorer quality. It all depends on what you want, a good price or good quality.
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Ah... the car is a Toyota, year 2003 (she wouldn't care if it was an older car, but it's farily new :( ), color is black, and I'm not sure what the hood is made of.

$500... damn. She was quoted $200, which I thought was high. I guess the quote she received is falling in the middle of those given in this thread... thx for the info, I guess $200 looks to be pretty fair after all.
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Care to give me a model name? I might be able to be more specific with that information.
 
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imported_Tomato

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Originally posted by: jemcam
Originally posted by: Tomato
Originally posted by: jemcam
It depends on the year, make, and model of the vehicle, the color, type of paint, what material the hood is made out of, could be aluminum, plastic, fiberglas, steel, etc.

If it's just the hood, and if you want a good, first quality job done, it also depends on if you want to blend the color into the tops of the fenders, how many scratches and how deep, how many moldings, etc. to remove so you don't have mask lines, etc.

On a large hood, to do a first rate job with filling in the scratches, blending into fenders, wet sand and polish the color coat, etc., you can expect to pay about $500 or more, depending on your area.

If you want a better price, expect poorer quality. It all depends on what you want, a good price or good quality.
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Ah... the car is a Toyota, year 2003 (she wouldn't care if it was an older car, but it's farily new :( ), color is black, and I'm not sure what the hood is made of.

$500... damn. She was quoted $200, which I thought was high. I guess the quote she received is falling in the middle of those given in this thread... thx for the info, I guess $200 looks to be pretty fair after all.
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Care to give me a model name? I might be able to be more specific with that information.
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Unfortunately I don't have that info for now... I'll e-mail her and get back to you on that, though. Thanks!
 
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jemcam

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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Is it cheaper to get a used hood from a rear-ended car?
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It still would have to be painted. Even two cars identical that are painted the same color, there will be a difference in the color. See "paint code variance". For any given color by any manufacturer, there are several possibilities in color, even within the same paint code. Ask a bodyshop or your local paint jobber if you don't believe me.
 
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Originally posted by: jemcam
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Is it cheaper to get a used hood from a rear-ended car?
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It still would have to be painted. Even two cars identical that are painted the same color, there will be a difference in the color. See "paint code variance". For any given color by any manufacturer, there are several possibilities in color, even within the same paint code. Ask a bodyshop or your local paint jobber if you don't believe me.
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Sure I belive you but black is black right?
 
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jemcam

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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: jemcam
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Is it cheaper to get a used hood from a rear-ended car?
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It still would have to be painted. Even two cars identical that are painted the same color, there will be a difference in the color. See "paint code variance". For any given color by any manufacturer, there are several possibilities in color, even within the same paint code. Ask a bodyshop or your local paint jobber if you don't believe me.
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Sure I belive you but black is black right?
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No, that's a common misconception. Blacks and whites can be the most difficult, mostly because they are usually "solid" colors, meaning there is no metalflake, which also means more often than not blacks and whites do not come from the factory with clearcoat which means it's harder to blend. Two stage and three stage paints are easier to match and blend than single stage colors.


See article from Autobody Repair News:
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Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
$350

Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
This depends on so many other factors that its not worth trying to answer.
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Actually it doesn't. The entire hood will have to be painted and body shop labor isn't cheap.
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Well with what was first provided, there was no way to determine what kind of damage happened to the hood. As is mentioned above your post, "If it's just the hood, and if you want a good, first quality job done, it also depends on if you want to blend the color into the tops of the fenders, how many scratches and how deep, how many moldings, etc. to remove so you don't have mask lines, etc." So yeah, it kinda does.
 
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Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Well with what was first provided, there was no way to determine what kind of damage happened to the hood.
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I recommend reading the original post...
 
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