so i'm tryin to get my 2 fenders, grille, and bumper painted because i just did the 99-00 front end conversion on my civic. so yesterday i take it to this good paint shop that i usually go to but they recently closed, which sucks because they would've done the job for about $500. so then i decide to take it to Fletcher's paint and body shop. when i get there the guys asks me if the parts are aftermarket and i told him they were OEM Honda parts. so then he was writing up the estimate and i was expecting it to be about 600 or 700, which i might have done but its still kind of high. so he gives me back the estimate and its $1,549. to paint 2 fenders, a grille, and front bumper. i just think thats outrageous, the guy was like it would be alot less if the parts were already off the car. how hard is it to unscrew a couple things and take the parts off themselves. i've taken my whole front end off many times. but even if i had to take it off for them, paint labor was estimated 18 hours to total $680, and the paint supplies were $465. still adding up to over 1000 just to paint the bumper, grille, and fenders. i just think that is most outrageous thing ever. so if anyone knows a good paint shop that doesn't blow a hole in your bank account let me know.

spark notes: need to get fenders, grille, and bumper painted, took it to Fletcher's, the estimate was $1,549=way to much, if anyone knows a good paint shop that charge resonable prices, let me know