$1600 to paint a smart KANDY seem reasonable?

[Smartdavis]

There's a Smart website in Europe where you can spec any color under the rainbow and see the color on a car. Not sure if those panels fit the American model or not.

[kags1969]

Originally Posted by Smartdavis

There's a Smart website in Europe where you can spec any color under the rainbow and see the color on a car. Not sure if those panels fit the American model or not.

Link Please????

[RLove]

Not only is the paint expensive, but the prep is labor intensive. Primer with gold or silver undercoat, several coats of a semi-transparent topcoat, and then top it all off with clearcoats.

Not a particularly good choice for day to day street driving. You can't touch it up without it looking awful. The only advantage to the Smart is that you could remove and respray a panel individually. If your painter kept a record of number of coats and the exact paint used, you might pull off a match.

The price sounds really inexpensive, I don't know how it could be done for that - even on a car this small.

[Smartdavis]

Originally Posted by kags1969

Link Please????

http://www.ontwerpjesmart.nl/

[mnext02]

1600 from a local guy. Not a shop. Great resume and many years of experience

[young-nyc]

is KANDY that camelion color?

[bmx43]

Originally Posted by young-nyc

is KANDY that camelion color?

Kandy is not a color. kandy is a process of several layers of paint and lacquer to give it a deep "candy" finish. it's very expensive because it is very labor intensive.

[young-nyc]

oooo..ok so it's basically a process of painting a certain color...
so if i wanted blue in KANDY it'll look very deep and rich..correct?

[bmx43]

Originally Posted by young-nyc

oooo..ok so it's basically a process of painting a certain color...
so if i wanted blue in KANDY it'll look very deep and rich..correct?

yep. typically found on higher end show cars. i'm not aware of any production car that comes with a true candy finish. i'm guessing that the layers of paint would also add some weight to the car. probably not a good thing.

[driven2succeed]

Originally Posted by Smartdavis

http://www.ontwerpjesmart.nl/

I went to the website and could navigate the changing of colors. However, I can't get anything but the zebra stripes to work...any hints? Thanks!