TLDR
Paint and Refinishing for Newport Beach RV, van, trailer, and truck owners. Typical range $500 to $5,000, direct carrier billing, all work completed in shop.
About Paint and Refinishing in Newport Beach
Paint and refinishing covers full vehicle paint, spot repair with blend matching, custom color matching, graphics, paint correction, and ceramic coating. OCRV Center refinishes Newport Beach vehicles in a downdraft booth sized for full length Class A motorhomes.
Refinishing a recreational or commercial vehicle is a different discipline from refinishing a car, and the difference is mostly about scale and substrate. You are covering hundreds of square feet across fiberglass, aluminum, and steel in a single job, which means the color has to hold consistent across surfaces that absorb and reflect differently. Then there is the matching problem. A Newport Beach coach that has spent ten years three miles from the ocean has a finish that no longer matches its own paint code, so building the formula from the code produces a repair that stands out worse than the damage did. We read the vehicle as it exists now, verify with a spray out card in daylight, and blend into adjacent panels so the repair has no visible edge.
Problems We Solve
These are the situations Newport Beach owners bring us most often for this work. If yours is not listed, call and describe it. We would rather tell you it is outside our scope than take a job we are not the right shop for.
- Clear coat peeling, chalking, or failing across large areas
- Repair paint from another shop that never matched the surrounding panel
- Fading and oxidation from years of coastal UV exposure
- Decals and graphics cracked, lifting, or no longer available from the manufacturer
- Fleet vehicles that no longer match each other across model years
- Wanting a full color change or custom finish on a coach or van
Our Process
- Color reading: The current finish is read with a spectrophotometer rather than pulled from the original paint code.
- Preparation: Substrate repair, sanding, and sealing across every surface that will receive color.
- Spray out verification: A spray out card is produced and checked against the vehicle in natural daylight before committing.
- Booth application: Base, clear, and any multi stage effect applied in a downdraft booth sized for full length coaches.
- Cut, buff, and inspect: The finish is cut and polished, then inspected under corrected lighting before release.
What Is Included
- Spectrophotometer color matching with spray out verification
- Single stage, base and clear, metallic, and multi stage systems
- Panel blending so repairs have no visible edge
- Custom paint, graphics, and decal reproduction
- Paint correction and machine polishing
- Ceramic coating for coastal UV and salt resistance
Ballpark Pricing
Every job is quoted from the vehicle after inspection. The ranges below let you plan before you call. Body and paint labor is billed at $210 per hour, mechanical and electrical at $260 per hour, and diagnostics at $285 per hour with the diagnostic hour refunded as a credit against an authorized repair.
| Scope of Work | Ballpark Range | Typical Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Spot repair and blend matching | $500 to $5,000 | 4 to 25 hours |
| Partial refinish | $5,000 to $15,000 | 40 to 100 hours |
| Full vehicle paint | $15,000 to $35,000 and up | 100 to 250 hours |
Ranges are ballpark figures for planning. Your written estimate is built from the actual vehicle after inspection.
Collision estimates are provided at no charge and insurance walk ins are always welcome. RV systems estimates covering slides, awnings, water, electrical, and generators are $150, refunded as a credit against an authorized repair. See the full posted rates and terms.
Insurance Notes
Carriers often approve only the damaged panel. Adjacent panels almost always need blending for the repair to be invisible, and we document that requirement up front.
We bill direct with every major carrier and hold direct repair relationships with several. Read how the claim process works or the 25 things carriers do not tell you about RV and van claims.