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Hi everybody. I've got a '68 chevelle with a standard non-SS hood. I'm thinking about buying one of the aftermarket SS hoods and getting it painted to match my car. Does anyone have a gut feel for what this would cost at a typical body/paint shop? Thank you - Dave
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Relax guys - look at the fender emblem - he only has a 307 under the hood ;)
 
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cuisinartvette said:
Hard to say Id guess 500-1000. Ask them to use good paint like PPG it really makes a difference.

Just paid 1200 to have the roof of my truck stripped and repainted. Sounded high but the work is impeccable.
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Thanks for replying with your experience. Ouch - that's a lot more than what I was hoping for! I'm probably going to look into buying a spray gun to figure out painting this myself.
 
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You didnt say where you are located. That is going to make a lot of difference. The price of paints has gone way up in the last few years especially with everyone going to the low VOC stuff. I would ask around at a couple of local body shops and see what they say.
 
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jeffs68 said:
Nice car Dave, is that a intercooler hiding behind the grill?
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Thank you! Yeah, that's the largest front mount intercooler I could fit in the car. The engine is a '94 vintage LT1 bored and stroked to 383 with a T56 transmission. Turbo is a Garrett GT45R. I'm using two TiAl 44mm wastegates that are tied together and dump into a 3" exhaust that exits right near the front passenger tire. The main turbo exhaust is 4" tubing that goes up and over the rear axle out to the rear bumper. The car is running ~7.5 psi of boost - it's scary fast for me. I recently installed Brembo brakes on it (from a 2006 Porsche Cayenne). I've had this car for 20 years and have worked on it off and on since. I got it driveable for the first time ever last summer. Unlike many folks on this forum, I'm a lousy mechanic and a very slow worker. Car still has many little problems that need addressing - I think the pictures make it look nicer than it really is. I think I want to get an SS hood for it next.

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Dave
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Red paint isn't cheap. Other quality paint materials aren't cheap. You need someone experienced enough to properly color match red, which isn't easy. The hood needs to be fit to the car and prepped...that's all time and time = money. It's not as simple as you going..oh here can you paint my hood..
 
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Red paint is the most expensive paint and will be hard to match the rest of the car. With a new hood there shouldn't
be much prep other than making sure it fits correctly.
Another thing to consider is the new SS reproduction hood will be a 69 hood and will require 69 hinges as 68 ones won't work on it.
We usually get around 600 to 800 depending on the prep required.
 
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BlueSS454, dane63,

Thanks guys for explaining this. I had no idea about red paint being that expensive and difficult to color match. I can't justify spending $600+ just for the paint/labor. I guess I'll probably just live with what I have.

Thank you again,

Dave
 
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I highly doubt one is gonna butt match that color. That means blending the new red color onto the existing red panels, fenders and header panel. Otherwise your newly painted hood will stick out like a sore thumb.
 
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Honestly, I like the stock hood and 307 emblems.... gives it the sleeper look (now if you could hide that intercooler ducting???)
 
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