Most of the time when people ask me how much to paint their vehicle I tell them about $350 to spray it.... Now that is the labor to walk into the booth and spray product. Depending on the color that product can range from $250 a gallon to $2000 a gallon. And that is after $10k worth of body work.... My point is, is that there is a lot of work involved in getting to that point when you are "ready" for paint. Why skimp on that part of it? A gallon of DCC Concept from PPG would probably run you $300. The harder probably another $300 and reducer about $65. So $665-$700 for a high quality very durable product, that will go on top of what will likely be months if not years worth of body work.... If you do paint it yourself, do yourself a big favor, purchase a used good paint gun on eBay or Craigslist. Use it and clean it well and then sell it for what you paid for it. The Harbor Freight or even Lowes/Home Depot ones just will not do what you need them to do. I will not even allow any of my guys to bring those into my shop. They are that bad! I Use Sata guns and you can usually get them used for $200.
