Frame job average cost?

you should have it galvanized.

 

To galvanize You'd have to strip every part off the entire frame, and blast it down to raw metal. Plus grind out all the slag that fills every hole.
Not that it's a bad idea, but why do it to a plastic truck?

 

From the estimates I've gotten, for every part to be stripped rear of the battery boxes, frame sandblasted primed painted and reassembled prices were $4,000-5,300.
This is shops in nj (2x) ct (2x) and one in New Hampshire

 

Galvanizing was $0.37 a pound for non-round stock last time I was at the galvanizer. That's when you bring them the raw metal.

FYI

 

Check out this galvanized Range Rover Chassis...

 

5k..... Plus extras. Frame only , can hardly wait to do the cab $

 

You get what you pay for and the professional job they did on yours @Cat sdp looks a helluva a lot better than my krylon job does by a long shot lol. Maybe one of these days I'll have my truck stripped down and done right. Or maybe not. $20,000 in paint on the body and frame, sound about right? Wow that's a lot. Buy not really when you look at these $150,000+ price tags on new trucks. You could refurbish an older truck by swapping in a crate motor, professional paint on the chassis and body, new cab mounts, reman rears and transmission for what $60,000-$65,000 maybe? That's a little more than a third of the cost of a $150,000 brand new rig.

 

All depends on what you want @rollin coal
Last week I had a buddy go to West Virginia to look at a truck I figured on doing just that to.
I am particular. I need things just so.
After his analysis and looking at all the pictures, I passed. You'd have to have your own shop to do all the work, and if you want things "just so" like myself, you'd really have to take a couple months to do it yourself and get it just right.

So that would add to your cost in one of two ways: either paying a custom shop to do it right, or taking lots of time to do it the way you want it.

That being said I am on the fence for new vs completely refurbished in replacing/adding equipment in the future. I only like the appearance of about 3 models of truck (for me to own anyway), and only 1 is a current production model.

The truck I passed on last week was one of my favorites. And a decent base I suppose. But at $5k buy in, I'd bet I'm well over $80k deep before it's how I want it. Hard to justify that to then (in all likelihood) put a hired hand into it.

If you have a truck you love and take pride in, totally worth spending the money to keep it in top shape.

FYI a friend just got his Pete blasted and painted front to rear, paint and blast was @ $15k complete: he had some new fenders put on, and body work done which all added to that price. Had it done at ETC and at 8' walk around it certainly looked legit.

 

A relative of mine had his quad axle log trailer blasted and painted for about $1,500.