fasteddie99

...to remove my front bumper, then paint the new one Arctic Silver and install it ?

LVDell

I paid $400 for my respray about 2 years ago at a high end paint shop.

vegascomedy

Dell,

Where did you have that done? Have checked shops all over LV and best price I can get is around 650. Thanks!

LVDell

Mine was "under the table" so I am sure it might run a bit more. Who did you get quotes from?

sharkster

Heya Fasteddie... like a couple of hours tops to remove and re-install (pull off all the trim etc.. so they can paint it). I don't know about paint itself though. That varies a lot around here...

LVDell

Couple of hours??? Are you kidding? I pulled the bumper off, cleaned out the debris trapped behind the rads, cleaned misc pieces, then reinstalled. And that was the first time I did it. Total time for the entire process was less than an hour!

sharkster

Heck I can do it in 30minutes.. I'm just saying what a Body Shop would likely charge I pull bumpers on and off daily on 996s but a local body shop likely doesn't have it down to a science and does more camry's, bmw's, mercs etc... Plus they'd have to pull all the clips out get the air damn out etc.. to get it ready for paint. I've pulled my 996 TT front and rear bumpers off in 22minutes but... (and been timed).

LVDell

Ah.....got it. Didn't realize you were estimating the inflated book time they would charge

22 minutes??? Man, that is slow. No pit crew is gonna come calling for your services

sharkster

Hehe.. well I should mention that mine is a GT2 front conversion too dammit:P

I'm not a fan of body shops in general and not had much luck with them around here. I was just guesstimating on their part

LVDell

Now that sounds like a great party drinking game

sharkster

Hmm you have a point. I'll try that this weekend

LVDell

sharkster

BTW what track are you at in your avatar? Looks HOT and DRY

LVDell

Oh it is! It is the outside road course at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Here's a pic of me and a 360 having some fun. Check out all the grassy run off areas

sharkster

Hah! No way... I shoulda recognized it from the shoot out when my car was hurtling around (with no ABS lol!).

Good on you for spanking that 360... Gutless wonders those thing.