Mike you little monkey! Didn't know you were on here
ToRqUe --- there are all prices for all qualities around the bay area. My best advise is to go with someone who has experience painting bikes and takes pride in their work. I see guys who do it on the side with leftover paint from their day job at a paintshop for $400 and I see automotive shops I colaborate with charge $1000 to 1200 for single color(sometimes there are problems because they are used to painting cars or because the mass produce work and don't pay attention to details so if you go to an auto body shop make sure there is some kind of warranty). As for me -Single color runs 700-800, and if its a tricoat (basecoat/pearl/clear) it's 900-1000. You can get a basecoat with a pearl in it and get the lower price and the high number is usually for the red and orange colors because they are higher priced. About 90 percent of my jobs are bikes. I use mostly house of kolor and valspar but can paint in most paintlines (dupont,diamont,ppg,alsa,etc.) If there is ever a problem with my work and it's my fault I take care of it. When I first started I did cheap paintjobs but got frustrated from not being able to put the effort in and do the quality I wanted. I recently raised the prices just enough to allow me to put that effort and gear Blue Kustoms more toward quality work while still being below most shops. Well enough about my stuff. I've seen some of Mike's (killerMikeD) work and I would let him paint anything of mine but I don't know his pricing. Hope this helps ya!