Current price to paint a truck

No doubt a good paint job is one of the most expensive things you can do to a truck. A lot of time involved just in removing parts and wrapping glass.

 

Single stage paint like Imron on a commercial vehicle is the only way to go, as it is made to withstand the elements and harsh chemicals and still keep shining.

Two stage will not last and the clear will start peeling within a few years as most drivers/owners don't wash or wax their paint, so the clear starts to deteriorate and eventually will start peeling.

Pay once, cry once.

 

I hear imron is the best paint for the cab and hood. But what is the best for the frame, crossmembers and axles?

 

I don't know why you couldn't use Imron on the frame. I've got an unfinished project truck '49 F-1 Ford that was last worked on about 25 years ago that we were painting with Imron but it never really got "road tested" or dealt with the elements. We shot the frame and also sprayed the firewall and engine well and about that time I lost interest in it. Imron is old paint technology, at least from the 1980's maybe earlier, and probably isn't used that much outside of the trucking industry. The way it was explained to me as to why it is so durable is because when it cures it forms a rubbery type coating.

Like if you were able to form a drop of Imron into the shape of a golf ball and let it cure you could then drop it on a hard surface and it would bounce. Unlike most paints Imron has flex and give. With most typical paints rocks flung from tires at high speed into the underside of an fiberglass fender that doesn't have any protective undercoating will cause the painted surface of the other side to crack in a starburst pattern. That won't happen with Imron. I know older drivers who said in some desert climes the wind and sand would eventually blast ordinary paint away but Imron would always hold up in that abuse.

 

Sounds Like a Great Project to Me....Might be time to resurrect It..

 

I’m in Rancho Cucamonga CA and I want to get my century repainted the same Werner blue color just without this ugly purple stripe LOL. Anyone know what it may run me for a paint job?

 

I want to have it repainted a solid blue like the one in the images below

 

You're close to Fontuckey, the trucking capital of the World, drive up and down Valley Blvd, Slover Ave or Cherry Ave, there's tons of different shops there that can give you an estimate.

A complete paint job price is dependent on how nice a paint job you want and how much you're willing to spend.

Do you want it painted like it just came off the assembly line, than there will be alot of parts that are going to have to come off and masked off so it doesn't look like it was painted in TJ or a One Day Paint shop.

Without seeing the truck in person, for a top of the line paint job with a quality paint like DuPont Imron or equivalent, R&R body panels, skirts, weatherstripping, minor bodywork, cost of paint and materials and labor you're looking at upwards of $9k from a friend the runs the Volvo dealership body shop in Fontana, CA.

When it comes down to body and paint you get what you pay for.

How nice you want the paint to look is how much you're willing to spend in preparation and materials.

 

Yea I will mostly likely end up doing that but I was just wondering the price range. My truck is not a show truck by far and I will be bringing it back to NYC for local work so I don't need a very expensive paint job just something better than it look now.