Comments on: How profitable are auto paint shops? http://www.carljohnsonautoservice.com/auto-shops/how-profitable-are-auto-paint-shops Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:48:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: G N A http://www.carljohnsonautoservice.com/auto-shops/how-profitable-are-auto-paint-shops/comment-page-1#comment-3352 G N A Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:53:59 +0000 http://www.carljohnsonautoservice.com/auto-shops/how-profitable-are-auto-paint-shops#comment-3352 Insurance 'fixers' is overhead intensive and eats profits like you wouldn't believe - steer clear of that particular road if at all possible. Know someone who ended up with 'don't want it back' and 'cost more to fix than keep' junkers in his garage. As for how much does the 'average' owner make, first understand there is no such thing as an 'average' paintshop owner. Someone with a ding in their 12 year old Mercedes paint will gladly pay $1,000 or more to have it gone (and it might cost you $100 to fix because you know what you're doing). Someone else with a 2 year old Toyota may think $200 is too much to get an entire left door panel repainted. Just depends where you've set your sights in the market.<br><b>References : </b><br> Insurance ‘fixers’ is overhead intensive and eats profits like you wouldn’t believe – steer clear of that particular road if at all possible. Know someone who ended up with ‘don’t want it back’ and ‘cost more to fix than keep’ junkers in his garage.

As for how much does the ‘average’ owner make, first understand there is no such thing as an ‘average’ paintshop owner. Someone with a ding in their 12 year old Mercedes paint will gladly pay $1,000 or more to have it gone (and it might cost you $100 to fix because you know what you’re doing). Someone else with a 2 year old Toyota may think $200 is too much to get an entire left door panel repainted.

Just depends where you’ve set your sights in the market.
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]]> By: zocko http://www.carljohnsonautoservice.com/auto-shops/how-profitable-are-auto-paint-shops/comment-page-1#comment-3351 zocko Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:13:59 +0000 http://www.carljohnsonautoservice.com/auto-shops/how-profitable-are-auto-paint-shops#comment-3351 most of the business is insurance work which requires a bigger shop. Your talking about custom work which is a speciality field and it doesn't sound like you're that experienced. What would your customer base be? You may consider trying to do it part time till you start to get some customers. Work for someone else and part time on your own. Another way to make it pay is to buy cars that need repairs and fix them, paint them and resell them.<br><b>References : </b><br> most of the business is insurance work which requires a bigger shop. Your talking about custom work which is a speciality field and it doesn’t sound like you’re that experienced. What would your customer base be?
You may consider trying to do it part time till you start to get some customers. Work for someone else and part time on your own.
Another way to make it pay is to buy cars that need repairs and fix them, paint them and resell them.
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