My Buick was painted several years ago and the paint job was slightly over 5k, which included soda blasting the old paint off. The paint job has held up very well and still looks better than many muscle car paint jobs I've seen. There wasn't much body work which saved me money. There are places to get a reasonable paint job, but you have to consider the cost benefit analysis. I didn't think I would ever get rid of the Buick at the time, but now that I've bought a Blazer I want to sell it to help fund the Blazer build. Like most guys with old cars I have way more money in it than I'll ever get back.
