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Old 07-31-2009, 03:05 PM
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I would never let a paint shop do a Cobra for time and material. Bad, Bad, Bad!

Shops in North Alabama and just across the border in Tenn. charge $2250 to $4500. Color and how slick you want the paint job to look detriments the total cost. We have one local Cobra that was painted by shop in the Atlanta area, cost $9700 for paint plus $3000 for media blasting. Looks great.
One of our best shop gave an estimate of $2800 to repaint a Cobra last spring.
It takes a lot of time to prep a fiberglass car for a paint job. The shop must be experienced in painting fiberglass cars.
Most shops will keep a Cobra for 3 to 6 months to paint it. Why??? Cobras enter the Black Hole when they go for paint.

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