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Gordon is correct, you must fully assemble your car before paint. All the gaps have to be perfected,etc..  Paint cost has skyrocketed in the last year. My average material cost on a restoration/build is now over $6500.00. Sure there are cheaper options as every paint manufacturer has what I call used car lot paint. Looks good for a year, has no UV protection and then begins to die and after 3 years it starts coming off.  A simple complete respray in my shop is usually around $15k and that is with no rust repair or heavy damage repair. I will say that we dont tape things off, we remove them. Shops that tape off windows, door handles, trim will experience delamination of paint in the future years. One of my pet peeves is opening a door, hood, decklid and seeing or feeling tape lines, no reason for that other than laziness. Ask around at a local car gathering. Ask to see some references of the work that they have performed. Any national awards such as Pebbles Beach winners, Porsche Parade winners. Great bodywork and paint is a healthy investment into your project and you simply want the best that you can afford. If a shop is worth their salt, they will usually have a wait list as shops that can actually perform high end quality work are hard to find and will have a lot of customer work.

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