a little bit of perspective for all those that think we are too expensive or too cheap or whatever...cause like dale said ...everyone body has to bitch about something...

but an insurance company pays us around...3-500 just to paint a bumper on a car...

that includes r and i bumper...paint it and reinstall it...

shit when my bmw got keyed they wrote me a check for 2800 bucks to paint both sides and to fix some key scratches...thats just 2 fenders/4 doors and 2 quarters...

and you expect to get whole cars done for less than 1000...

granted it can be done and its done a whole hell of a lot...but its cheaper materials,fast and "sloppy"taping and prepping...nothing is removed...and its painted...usually with a scotch brite pad and water...thats it...takes about 45 minutes to do a complete car...another 30 to tape it up and its in the booth...wipe it down and paint it...thats how you make money...

now to take your time and disassemble a car and do it 100% correctly...yes your looking at around 2000...and thats on the cheap side...

some cars look good and some dont...but as dale aslo said...99% of customers realize they just paid around 500 bucks for a paintjob and as long as it "shines"they are happy as a pig in shit