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Okay, went to Birchington auto repairs in Broadstairs. There work is fantastic and they are very professional.

Quote is for rust removal and total respray in Alfa Romeo pearl white.
As follows, To strip and refit all trims and fittings from all exterior panels and roof aerial.
Cut out glass from o/s/f quarter panel and n/s/r quarter panel and refit once work complete.
To repair and treat rust to n/s/f door, n/s/r quarter panel arches, o/s/r quarter panel glass surround, o/s/f door, o/s/r arch.
To smooth lines in sill panels and the join lines in both rear lower light panels.
To prepare and spray to match in pearlescent white base and lacquer finish all exterior panels and front and rear bumpers. To colour code door handles.
The price is not to carry out work to spray door shuts and tailgate shuts or inside bonnet.

Prices - Specialist glass removal and refit £90.00
Labour 38.723 hours @ £26 per hour £1006.81
Paint and Materials £350.00
VAT total £253.19

Total £1700
Worth it? im not sure.

For the amount of work there Hollie, I'd say it's not too bad.

Might be worth seeing if you can get the VAT knocked off though

my cars having some work atm,,,rear arches replacing,,,fair few rust spots sorting and dents sorting,,,sills and all weld lines smoothing,,,badge and boot handle smoothhign (solenoid fitted) and full respray in vw pearl black for £1270,,thats with all the glass removed too..Thats at bodyshop customs whove built some nice motors,,hope this helps a little.

that sounds like a pretty good price to me hollie, i got quoted £1600 for a respray in pearl black which it is already, and theres not even any damage, just loads of light scratches and bits where the laqour had come off. If you know its a top job your getting done then £1700 sounds like a good price to me considering your getting some smoothing etc done

i have seen some of their work and i've had loads of people say they are good so i think this is a reasonably fair quote for the amount of work that will be done!
they said they'd have the car for like 3 weeks so to me that means they will take their time and do everything properly!

That really helps! How do i get the VAT taken off thou?????

they might take off the vat if u pay in cash some places do

Hollie & Her 6n wrote:That really helps! How do i get the VAT taken off though?????

As Joe says really, just ask them nicely if they'll knock the VAT off for cash. Not everywhere will but quite a few places do, the way I look at it is you don't know until you ask

haha exactly MM don't try you don't find out, the amount of things i wouldn't have right now if i hadnt lived by this moto!

Daniel phoned up today to get a requote, changed my mind on what i wanted doing
Decided to stick with white and get the roof done gloss black and side mirrors the same, Only dropped the price by £73 wasn't that happy. Asked them to scrap the smoothing and explained that im using my 21st birthday money from my parents £1000 and that ive gotta put the rest to it, got the price down to £1400!!!!!!
Gonna be a great 21st birthday present!!

All thanks to Daniel!!

What is it you're getting done now then Hollie?

Just the white respray, with the gloss black roof and mirrors and the rust removal.

yup full car rust removal which is really the main reson for the work being needed and then a full respray in the same white with the gloss black roof and mirrors plus the 16v bumpers will be going on aswell!

Good stuff, should be mint once that's all done

this is what we are hoping! got plans for the wheels aswell but undecided on the exact look we're going for!