Originally Posted by mattfeet
Holy cow, I didnt think it would cost that much. Im thinking of painting my bike flat black with the red accents that are already on there (06 Fuji Newest 1.0), but Im not down for spending 200-300.00 on it.
-Matt
What did you think it would cost realistically? That's not sarcasm, just an open ended question. If you have predetermined ideas about what it should cost, that's how I would start the conversation with your frame painter.
For what you describe, flat paint, with gloss accents maybe, custom color mixing/ matching, frame shipping (insured) to and from a painter that actually knows how to paint a bike and not fill the bottom bracket threads with paint, or powder coat and then try to bake a carbon fork etc. etc. Are you ready for this? $475-600. That's the real world.