Why is everyone so scared to paint? Its really not that hard. get you a good gun (i'm really enjoying my new devilbiss) and make sure your air compressor is dry then have at it. Whats the worst that could happen? runs? orange peel? it will all sand off. and if its bad enough sand the whole thing again and re-do it. chaulk it up to experience.
The last rig that i own that i painted cost me around 1200 dollars in materials alone. Add several hours of my time and i have a really good looking paint job for 1200 dollars. I've got a '69 chevy swb in the shop right now, and i think materials have cost around 800 dollars so far.
What i'll usually do is sandblast the metal, epoxy prime it, do bodywork, blocking primer, blocking primer, blocking primer, blocking primer, sealer, basecoat, clearcoat.
There are thousands of ways to paint, just do a little research. then when someone admires your truck, and asks you who painted it, you can come up with some fancy name for YOUR shop
