Originally Posted by
weaksauce
If you owned a Z06, would you pay $1,500 to get ONE FENDER painted? Considering the fender is about 1/11th (2 fenders, 1 hood, 1 front bumper, 1 rear bumper, 2 doors, 2 quarter panels, 1 trunk, 1 roof) the total paint area of the car, painting the whole car at that place would cost around $16,500. That's more than 1/2 the cost of a Z06. Obviously, this shop is trying to rim him/her off. In my opinion, this is not an efficient use of resources based soley on "norms and expectations" of the car subculture ... 'Vette tax'. Since when does "owning Z06" makes it madatory for reckless, illogical spending?
I would assume the cost would go down when talking about painting the whole car or any larger portion.
In reguards to the vette tax, take most prices for parts that are available for GTOs and Fbodies...then double them, you have the vette price.
Honestly, he should claim it on insurance and be done with it.