If you remove all the emblems, bumpers, glass, weatherstripping and trim yourself, plan on saving $400-450 for R&R. If you do all the old paint removal yourself, that is roughly $1500-2000 for materials, PPG DP90LF and catylist and rent a paint booth for a day to do the final prep coat. 95% of a paint job cost will be prep as well as 95% of the final outcome of the paint will be the prep..

If you can follow directions, have decent aptitude, prep it yourself and have someone shoot it for $1000.

A great book is "How to Paint Your Car" By Dennis Parks ISBN 0-7603-1583-3. Got it at Borders.

If you spend $2000 in parts and material and prep it yourself and have a supposedly 10K paint shooter laying on the paint, you will essentially have a 10K paint job if you have thoroughly and properly prepped the car. Prepping is laboreous and time consuming, but very simple. 85% of a paint job cost is prep work.

I plan on doing all my prep work for all three cars and when laying down primer and guide coats, the environment should be somewhat clean and dust free, but not anally "clean" as to lay paint and clearcoat. So you can shoot all the prep in a garage given proper respiration and ventilation.