To pay or not to pay, that is the question

if you dont have the space, take a "fix your own car" class at a local community college (if you have one near you) and do the painting there. Saves you on labor and you get good equipment for like $300 a term. Plus, you might find a young auto-body guy to cut and buff for you for a couple hundred bucks, saving you some mind-numbing labor there.