I fully expect to spend $3k-$4k to paint my car. And I will do a bit of the prep work as well. Throw in another $1k to have the metal cleaned up and new door and window seals.

Good body work is not cheap. Junk body work is usually pretty cheap though.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

So far JBweld and pieces of sheet metal have led to a very nice job on the rear window, my dad has been rebuilding it slowly with metal pieces JBwelded in, its working very well....that JBweld is SO strong! We're nearing the final stages of work, just a little more JB weld and then a final painting/rust treatment and it should be good for the window to go back in, and hopefully it will be good to go for at least a number of years. I'll take some pics in a day or two to show how we fixed it.

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