# How Much Does Car Paint Repair Cost? | DG Collision > Published rates: spot touch-up $200–$500, single panel $500–$1,000, multi-panel blend $1,200–$2,500, full repaint $3,500–$7,500. What moves a job between lanes. - Canonical page: https://dgcollision.com/answers/how-much-does-car-paint-repair-cost/ - This file: Markdown twin of the page above (clean text for AI assistants and crawlers) - Business: DG Collision Center, 693 Metro Park Cir #20, Lewisville, TX 75057 — (972) 219-0864 (text: 817-907-2822) — since 1978 - Hours: Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm, Sat 10am–1pm, closed Sunday · 24/7 towing · 4.9/5 on 500+ Google reviews - Full site index for assistants: https://dgcollision.com/llms.txt - Last generated: 2026-08-14 --- # HOW MUCH DOES CAR PAINT REPAIR COST? Quick Answer At our published DFW rates: small spot and touch-up work $200–$500, a single panel repaint $500–$1,000, bumper cover refinish $500–$1,200, multi-panel blends $1,200–$2,500, half-vehicle partial repaints $2,000–$4,500, and full resprays $3,500–$7,500 ($7,500–$15,000+ for premium and custom work). What moves a job between lanes isn’t the scratch you see — it’s how many panels the match requires, because proper refinish blends into neighbors instead of stopping at a panel edge. By [Shah Jiwani](https://dgcollision.com/about/shah-jiwani/) · Owner, DG Collision Center Updated September 24, 2026 3 min read I-CAR Gold Class · PPG Certified The Longer Answer ## WHAT YOU’RE ACTUALLY BUYING WHEN YOU BUY PAINT WORK Paint pricing confuses people because the visible damage and the billable work are different sizes. A key scratch down one door is “one panel” to your eye — but if the color is a metallic or pearl, the repair that disappears blends into the fender and quarter, and the job prices as a multi-panel blend ($1,200–$2,500) rather than a single-panel respray. Conversely, a deep chip on a flat surface with room to feather can genuinely stay in the $200–$500 spot lane. The estimate’s job is assigning your damage the right lane and showing the why — which panels are damage, which are blend, what’s prep, what’s materials. A one-line “paint job: $900” quote hides exactly the decisions that decide whether you’ll see the repair in sunlight. What’s inside the numbers: surface prep (the sanding, priming and sealing that outlast the color), the mix itself (read from your car with a spectrophotometer, proven on sprayout cards — the whole discipline in [the paint-match answer](https://dgcollision.com/answers/will-new-paint-match-the-rest-of-my-car/)), booth time, and cure. Tri-coat pearls and candy colors run the upper halves of every range because the mid-coat adds passes and judgment. And the full-respray decision ($3,500–$7,500) deserves honest math: on a car worth $6,000, a standard respray approaches the car’s value — sometimes the right call for a keeper, rarely for a flipper — while premium and custom finishes ($7,500–$15,000+) belong to cars whose value or meaning justifies them. We’ll tell you which side of that line your car sits on, even when the answer costs us a sale. The insurance angle: when the paint damage came from a covered event — a crash, vandalism, hail that cracked the finish — these same published rates get billed to the carrier and your out-of-pocket is typically your deductible, once. Key scratches specifically are a comprehensive claim with math that usually favors filing: [the keyed-car answer](https://dgcollision.com/answers/does-insurance-cover-a-keyed-car/) runs it. Cash jobs get the same rates with no mystery: bring the car, get the panel-by-panel read in writing, and compare us against anybody — the numbers were public before you walked in. Related Questions ## ASKED ALONGSIDE THIS ONE Why is repainting one door $500–$1,000 when a whole car is $3,500? + A: Setup doesn’t scale down: a one-panel job still needs the full prep, mix, match, booth cycle and cure that a respray needs — it just applies them to less surface. Per-panel economics always favor bigger jobs, which is why sequential one-panel repairs over years cost far more than one honest multi-panel visit. Can I just use touch-up paint from the dealer? + A: For a stone chip on a ten-year-old commuter — reasonably, yes; it seals the metal against rust even though it won’t vanish visually. Know one consequence before leasing customers reach for the bottle: lessors’ own inspection standards treat visible touch-up as unrepaired damage at turn-in. Does insurance ever pay for a full repaint? + A: When a covered event genuinely requires it — extensive vandalism, fire exposure, hail with widespread cracked paint — yes, at documented cost. What coverage doesn’t buy is a cosmetic refresh of aging paint under a damage claim; that’s the dishonest-billing line no legitimate shop will cross for you. How long does paint repair take? + A: Spot work can run a day or two; single panels a few days once parts and color are proven; multi-panel and full jobs a week or more, cure time included. Rushing cure is how repairs come back — and the free loaner exists so the calendar pressure never lands on the finish. Go Deeper [The full paint page & rate table](https://dgcollision.com/services/paint-refinishing/) · [Will the paint match?](https://dgcollision.com/answers/will-new-paint-match-the-rest-of-my-car/) · [The cost estimator](https://dgcollision.com/repair-cost-estimator/)