Questions to ask @ the paint shop?

I would ask a lot of questions. Right off the bat, ask if he minds if you stop by once in a while to check on things, especially when it's time to take it down to bare metal. Ask what brand of paint system he'll be using (he might mention an expensive brand, then shoot some cheap crap on...lol)

I've also had paint shops do the ol' "oh boy, we're going to have to raise the price on this paint job; once we stripped off the paint, we found it's worse than we thought!" Better drill into his head that that's all the money you've got.

Have you got the idea that I've had bad experiences with body shops yet? lol