also I think that its getting more attention recently is because of TV.

in my small town where I live there's about 14 paint and body shops. out of them there are about 3 that will do custom painting. but that depends on the market for custom work at a given time.

the rest of them seem to only cater to insurance jobs, no custom work at all.

and because of this , people think that it's just way to expensive for a custom paint job. I still get some customers that think just because maaco advertise a paint job starting at $199. that I should match that. I cant! and I dont know many shops that can.

but what I can offer them is quality work, I keep many magazines laying around for a customer to look through, maybe they would like a custom paint job. some I can do, but for the ones I cant , I have to refer them to someone else. as new designes and new custom rods roll down the streets . my shop must learn how to do them , and offer that same custom work to everyone.

what you see on tv has a lot to do with what a customer is willing to buy. tv has exposed things like overhauling and pimp my ride to the public. thats great for anyone thats into custom painting.
and I think it's going to get even better in year or so.


my big problem is that I have actually had a customer that asked if I could do custom work on there car like they do on overhaulin in a WEEK!. I tell them that those tv show dont allways tell how much cash it cost to build a custom car. both labor and parts.