How much does it cost to paint a vw bug?

I am looking into buy a 1967 vw beetle. Before I do I want to know what it would cost to paint an older one or just put the money I would put into the paint on a nicer, already painted one. Does any one know how much it cost to paint a vw beetle (remember on vw bugs you have to paint the interior as well) by a professional.|||First off the 1967 bug was a good one. If you have found a nice bug but simply lacks the paint, then consider the cost of the paint as cheap insurance as the value of your car will substantially increase with a new paint job and continue to increase as the years pass.





It does not work that way for all beetles. For example a 73 or 74 beetle will almost always have body rot on the rear end because of design flaws and the dashboard was less appealing.





So.. back to your question..





Paint jobs are a function of the skill of the person doing it. There are people that can use spray cans and give you a great job and others with power units and drying booths that can never get it done right. So look at what your painter as done as a part of deciding who you want to paint it.





Also, the area where you live reflects the cost of the paint job. Out here on the west coast a $1000 paint job may be 'ok' (not great but ok) while in the midwest that same job may only cost $700 or so because the cost of doing business is much less.





So.. given that as a starting point, I had my bug painted last year for a 'little better then ok'. That means I personally stripped all of the chrome off (an easy thing to do on bugs) rather then have it masked, and removed the inside door panels (so the color change would include the doors) and drove it down to the painter. He did a job with two plus coats of color and three coats of clear epoxy coat, for around $1200. Looks great and gets comments all the time.





.. which ever way you go, you WILL enjoy your bug so congrats...





.|||My friend got his painted not that long ago candy purple i believe it cost him 1300.|||Those things are so ugly.


I like envisioning running them over with a Humvee or a tank when I see one. Minicoopers too eww