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re-spraying prices
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:20 pm
by LOW PHAT SPREAD
Guna get me car re-sprayed, asap. How much is a good price, any1 able to advise me where to go, thats cheap, but good?! (am in Hull, so needs to be not too far to travel)
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:59 am
by polo2k
got a mate in leeds who is amazing
Kb norton in calverly
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:40 pm
by dub envy
I had my Golf repainted, and what with the new panels/audi handles/a little bit of smoothing it cost me just a smidge under 3k.
AND it rusted within 6 months.
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:11 pm
by david burton
envy - gutted
did you whoop some @ss?
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:29 pm
by Exinferis
dub envy wrote:I had my Golf repainted, and what with the new panels/audi handles/a little bit of smoothing it cost me just a smidge under 3k.
AND it rusted within 6 months.
Three grand?
Wow!
If you're a practical person, I suggest you prep the bodywork yourself. This can cut the price by quite a bit. I was going to re-spray my bug some years ago and was quoted £1500 if they did all the work, and a little under £800 if I preped it myself. I imagine prices have gone up somewhat since then though, but thought I'd add my say!
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:36 pm
by optima21
well I reckon you can repaint a car including buying the equipment for less than £500, but then again it takes a long time to learn how to do it properly. You've got to be careful if you're trying to prepare the panels too, because if you dont know what you're doing you can make a real mess.
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:19 pm
by SpikeyG40
i won't mention how much it cost me to get the bonnet, both wings, doors and one rear quater done shall i?
i friend did it for me n he is really good, unfortunatly he rushed it a abit n needs a bit of touching up! ah well, i'll get the rest done while i'm there!
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:47 am
by nick euro
mine cost a bit too much n now where they didn't remove the rust on the boot its started to blister
but the good thing is cus they didn't finish the job i asked them to do, by painting the door sills and the inside of the boot lid i only paid them for the price of the paint which was £800
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 1:22 pm
by DanW
and by the looks of all the pictures m8 it was well worth it. Top quality colour!
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:44 pm
by hardhitter
It depends who you know, where you go and the quality of workman ship and finish you want.
Get some quotes from a bodyshop.
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:38 pm
by Tahrey1043
I'm just doing the arches (winter rust...) at the mo and i thought it was a bit much at 25-30 quid to get started... guess not looking at these figures!
Plus it's a great learning process, if you start off with some small corner of a banger
Reckon it's gonna be beautiful (well, as beautiful as a de-rusted, smoothed, colour matched wheel arch gets). Maybe you could have a go at doing your own, it'll be well satisfying if it goes right.... though of course, heartbreaking and costly if it all falls down round your ears.
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:15 pm
by LOW PHAT SPREAD
only got 2 quotes up 2 now, dont really know where 2 go, a proper bodyshop is guna cost a fortune int it so avoided them up 2 now!
First price was from a mate of a mate, they work round the corner 2 each other, he said £1000
Went 2 sum1 else, he said £350-£480
Bit of a difference!!!
So dunno wot 2 do, friends say dont go 2 cheaper bloke cos it'll be a crap job (I guess they r probably right)
But ant got £1000. Guess Ill av 2 keep savin!!
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:24 pm
by KarlM
qhave a look at some previous work from each garage - the assumption that paying more means better quality isnt always true