Anyone know est. cost for paint?

[Groundpounder]

The cost depends on the company and their attention to detail. There are several ways you can go with it. Just a few ideas to play with;
Go two tone for one. Less paint and body work.
Check out the local trade/tech schools and get them to do it as a class assignment. I had a 1951 Chevrolet done for the cost of paint and a case of beer. (yes, this was several years ago)
Also, check out the local collages/design class. Offer a cash prize for a paint design for your Hummer. Students always need extra money.
Check on getting a decal for the sides. Black heckerboard, about 2" high and a taxi sign for the top.

[Sportsdude]

Wow, after reading the posts, It seems the color yellow is not too popular. I think it looks nice and really stands out. Just looking for a change and thought maybe changing the color would be an option but for $10K, I'll have to wait.

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by Sportsdude

Wow, after reading the posts, It seems the color yellow is not too popular.

WTH are you talking about? I get 100s of PMs a day from people complementing me on my rig.

[KenP]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

WTH are you talking about? I get 100s of PMs a day from people complementing me on my rig.

Why?

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by KenP

Why?

Jealous, as usual.

[OrangeCrush]

Originally Posted by Groundpounder

Go two tone for one.

Two tone requires clear over the entire panel so even if you basecoat the bottom half of a door for instance, you would clear the entire door. (unless of course you want to paint a stripe over the edge)
Bad idea.

Check out the local trade/tech schools and get them to do it as a class assignment.

Even worse idea.... if you had a 1972 Pinto, perhaps but there is NO WAY in hell I would ever let any of those kids paint my H2. Having been in the bodyshop business for 25 years, I have taken many of those students and had to completely retrain them. They come out of those schools with just enough knowledge to piss me off. Unlike a student who graduates in engineering, though they may not have any experience, they at least have an education. Graduating from a tech or bodyshop school, they have to have knowledge and ability. Few and far between.

My suggestion if you can't afford to paint a vehicle and it isn't a POS, leave it alone until you can afford it.

Mark

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

OrangeCrush is on the money with two tone it is hard and real exspensive if done correctly. I know way less than Him but, have learned a little. Most likely He has forgotten more than i have picked up. Good job pointing that out Crush.

Crush may have to explain what i'm trying to say if i do not do it well, please help me Crush. We considered the hard line two tone which it appears is what was done to the yellow/black H2 in pics. I will try to explain on down the hard line job but, We really wanted to bling the paint more so Dragon planned in the 3 painted stripes to not have such a harsh two tone, if there is such a thing. Plus We wanted to dress the hood up with the scoop on it so the nose stripes just really made it work. The stripes are what made it cool to take theme right in the backdoor and as Dragon wants to do it will go all the way up the top of consoles and somehow onto the dash going around all the gadgets. The new rear console I'm told if Dragon has not changed it is where it is flat panel behind the rear captains in pics He posted He is going to mold it to hug around the seats more and almost touch the rear sub enclosures. It is not a drastic leap from sub enclosure and rear console for stripes but, still retain the amp and caps in the same area they are in now. Dragon and shop Boss did the design as i told them to have at it do not ask Me anything and some of it came as they went along as it just led itself from one idea to the next and i just showed up and drooled all over everything watching. But, as Crush mentioned You can use stripes if done right and money is spent on them as well. If Your not going to hard line the two colors then do a real nice elaborate stripe on the paint break rather than a single line stripe in My opinnion. But, have seen pleny of single lines that looked good but, were not straight lines. They were on paint jobs that swirled or moved around instead of straight line.

In TUNERZ cars You will see two tone and a decal stripe to go over the two colors at break point. The 2 colors are sanded extremely smooth then tape lines are not felt with fingers after clear coat. That decal will show a bump under it bad. Some want an odd stripe with colors in them You could not mix to paint and it could be a farely wide stripe. But, they put it on right before clear and shoot clear over it using a thick coat to have room to sand enough to get it smooth so you do not feel the raising of decal and since as Crush said you have to clear the whole door or in this case the whole ride anyways it is one way of doing the H2.

The other choice would be a hard line two tone paint where the 2 colors meet. It is painting the 2 colors right up almost to each other. You have one color painted to a hard line point to have as a guide and You hand paint the bottom or top color whichever one that did not come to the line break with brush and very steady hand paints the other color up to the break. If there is no one in the shop that can do it or really it is usually there is, they just do not want to do it. It is really hard work and cost You big money. If You do not do it allot it takes a good amount of time. Usually there is someone around the area as Dragon has even though they do it. You call a guy in to do that part that it is a specialty for him. He just has the steady hands along with allot of patience and he is a real pinstripe guy, not roll tape guy. The hardline he puts on is thicker so body guys can sand till smooth and blends in. Next shoot clear.

Crush if I did not explain this well please do it right. But, it just comes back to what you said it is not a good idea to two tone if You are not ready to spend what it costs done professionally.

Dragon has a pic of My daughters Tiburon two tone with a veilside kit a wing on trunk. But, it is a great two tone with a lighting bolt type Z on the side of it. It has a stripe on break but, Dragon's man in house hand painted it on. It is sweet. Has blue on top and pearl white on bottom. If You would like to see it and get ideas PM Dragon He has a photobucket You could get link to with allot of the shops custom work. One ride has airbrushed sheets of metal on it with rusted rivets and rust where the metal plates meet running down. It is unreal. But, many nice things to see if Your into just looking at art on wheels is what it is.

Well sorry for length again. CO HUMMER here is Your next nights home work to read. When You run out let me know. (SMILEY FACE placed here) I have not figured out how to get the faces on the new site. I have not had a chance to read instruction manual yet on this new fangled upscale site. I love how you guys and gals get them to jump around and hold signs.

My only excuse is all the meds I'm switching from and to new ones.

TAZ

[ssgharkness020147]

Damn. You must be able to type really fast Taz.