I got a quote for 740 prepped, fitted and painted for my Nismo V2 replica front bumper, JDM sides and rear addons.

does that sound good? I know some of you guys had to have gotten them installed, just wondering how much work needed to be done before painting them.

thanks,
-Tom

 

That seems like a pretty reasonable price for prep, paint and install on a full body kit. I paid $480 just paint alone on Nismo sideskirts and my Veilside v1 front lip and rear skirt.

 

very reasonable as long as they are a good shop and have done kits before.

 

Seems ok since most of the kits that I've seen need quite a bit of prep before they will look good. All of the V2 copies that I've seen so far needed quite a few hours of prep. I said f*ck it and just got the genuine one.

 

really? I haven't seen much posting about quality of the V2 replicas, would you mind linking me? I thought the ones from the group buy were pretty decent.

 

No links, I have seen them in person.

 

oh, ok. the peices I have look decent. how many hours would you estimate they need?

 

The ones that I saw here (Shine) would take a minimum of 6 hours just for the front bumper. I have heard that the other GB on the kit was even worse.

 

these weren't from shine. the punkster one. (unless that is what you meant)

 

Like I was saying, the Shine will take at least 6 hours of prep and the other ones (Punksterz) will take even more prep.

 

wasn't sure that is what you meant. gracias.

 

i got the one from punksterz and if you dont take into effect all the shaving and molding i did to the buper, just the blocking and sanding took about half a day. the fit on the replica is perfect. as soon as my paint guy gets back from sema i'll post up some pics.

 

any idea on hours of labor, or total price you would pay retail?

 

Retail bodyshop is around $40 ~ $60 a hour for labor.

 

^^I think it's pretty close to $60 than $40.

 

you should have the rears molded

 

You're right about some of the ones out there. A customer got one of the others (I won't say who's) and the shop he uses would not even touch it. I can tell you the ONLY reason I decided to sell the one we are selling is because fit and finish was spot on when we got the sample