Repaint Cost

[MIm20c]

Used Joe’s website to request a long body quote a month or two ago with no response. Looks like calling is the best way to go.  Anyone have a recent LB quote using the 2014ish design?

[Bob_Belville]

18 minutes ago, MIm20c said:

Used Joe’s website to request a long body quote a month or two ago with no response. Looks like calling is the best way to go.  Anyone have a recent LB quote using the 2014ish design?

I had occasion to be in contact with Joe for several months  he does respond to phone best. I hate to call a guy who might be in the spray booth so I texted him and he usually called me immediately.

[NotarPilot]

I recently went with a simple two tone paint job using imron paint.

[aviatoreb]

36 minutes ago, NotarPilot said:

I recently went with a simple two tone paint job using imron paint.

That is a strange looking Mooney.

[M016576]

49 minutes ago, aviatoreb said:

That is a strange looking Mooney.

30,000 pieces of FOD all swirling in unison...... 

[cliffy]

Notar? Notar? I don't see no stinkin' Notar  :-)

[ArtVandelay]

That is a strange looking Mooney.

Maybe he uses that to get from his helipad on top of his house to the airport?

[kpaul]

13 hours ago, NotarPilot said:

I recently went with a simple two tone paint job using imron paint.

I may be dating myself but....isn't that Airwolf?

 

[NotarPilot]

23 hours ago, kpaul said:

I may be dating myself but....isn't that Airwolf?

 

It sure is.

[NJMac]

Wife finally approved of a new paint job for the moonship.  Is Hawk still the place to go?  Email quote was$16k for a short body. 

[chriscalandro]

On 12/24/2018 at 7:57 AM, NotarPilot said:

It sure is.

Airwolf crashed years ago killing everyone on board.

[NotarPilot]

8 minutes ago, chriscalandro said:

Airwolf crashed years ago killing everyone on board.

Correct, it crashed whilst flying in a thunderstorm in Germany while flying as an air ambulance. The one posted above is a replica which was at a mega mansion house at 916 Bel Air Road in Los Angeles and has since found a new home at Compton airport last I saw.

[chinoguym20]

Spoke to one of my Mooney contacts and they said the factory was using three reliable paint shops for Ultras: Aerosmith (GGG), Corrigan (HDO) and Specialized/Tejas (HYI).  Cost to paint new anywhere from $25K up depending on scheme and paint used. There was one Ultra that a customer had painted outside of these three and a great job done, but it was $$$$$. 

[Hank]

3 hours ago, chinoguym20 said:

Spoke to one of my Mooney contacts and they said the factory was using three reliable paint shops for Ultras: Aerosmith (GGG), Corrigan (HDO) and Specialized/Tejas (HYI).  Cost to paint new anywhere from $25K up depending on scheme and paint used. There was one Ultra that a customer had painted outside of these three and a great job done, but it was $$$$$. 

As if 25AMU isn't $$$$$ . . . . 

[cliffy]

I guess the $6000 paint job is a thing of the past?   :-)

WHERE'S Earl Sheib when you need him?

"I'll paint any car, any color for $19.95"

[David Lloyd]

First airplane I had painted was $1750 at Harrington in Aiken, SC. It was in 1979. First annual was less than $300, including the brake caliper that was replaced.

[StevenL757]

On 12/22/2018 at 7:12 PM, NotarPilot said:

I recently went with a simple two tone paint job using imron paint.

Am I the only one who feels like a geek right now because I used to watch that show religiously?

[aviatoreb]

31 minutes ago, David Lloyd said:

First airplane I had painted was $1750 at Harrington in Aiken, SC. It was in 1979. First annual was less than $300, including the brake caliper that was replaced.

Interesting.  Online inflation calculator's suggest that inflation since 1979 should be 256%.  But the prices you just stated, suggest aviation ownership cost have increased 1000% or a factor of 4 too much.

[Schllc]

My ultra was painted at aerosmith in 2019.  I would not return there.

[mike_elliott]

5 hours ago, chinoguym20 said:

Spoke to one of my Mooney contacts and they said the factory was using three reliable paint shops for Ultras: Aerosmith (GGG), Corrigan (HDO) and Specialized/Tejas (HYI).  Cost to paint new anywhere from $25K up depending on scheme and paint used. There was one Ultra that a customer had painted outside of these three and a great job done, but it was $$$$$. 

There was more than one.

[Hank]

4 hours ago, aviatoreb said:

Interesting.  Online inflation calculator's suggest that inflation since 1979 should be 256%.  But the prices you just stated, suggest aviation ownership cost have increased 1000% or a factor of 4 too much.

If only airplane prices had increased 4X inflation since then . . . . 

[aviatoreb]

52 minutes ago, Hank said:

If only airplane prices had increased 4X inflation since then . . . . 

If only my salary would increase 40x

[Hank]

1 hour ago, aviatoreb said:

If only my salary would increase 40x

You and me both!!!

[NotarPilot]

14 hours ago, StevenL757 said:

Am I the only one who feels like a geek right now because I used to watch that show religiously?

No, I watched it all the time too. I went so far as to buy the DVD set (even the bad Canadian seasons). I tried watching a bit of it later in life but the acting was terrible. 

[MikeOH]

On 8/24/2020 at 10:27 AM, cliffy said:

I guess the $6000 paint job is a thing of the past?   :-)

WHERE'S Earl Sheib when you need him?

"I'll paint any car, any color for $19.95"

Here ya go!

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109149996/earl-a_-scheib

Tell him Mike sent ya