candy and cheap doesnt really go together. any decent painter should be spending good money on materials. if you can find a job for under 2000 id be suspect and wouldnt really trust it, unless its your homie. body work should run you about a grand. so for material and labor on spraying the paint for another grand would be giving away the job. so if you see 3000, thats beyond a good deal. materials should be at least 800 bux if not more depending on the size of the job and the brand. candy tints usually save you some money, and thats a love it or hate it question with most painters.