Respray prices

[Micrashed]

http://www.militaryvehiclepaint.co.uk/product_details.php?product_id=61538

 

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http://www.diy.com/nav/decor/decorating-supplies/painting-decorating-tools/paint_brushes/B-and-Q-Woodstain-Brush-3-Inch-9371315

 

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= Job done for £50

[philsford]

The last car I had painted was a mini about 5 years ago. It arrived at the body shop with all the the prep done and all bolt on panels removed to be painted seperate and so the shuts were done nice. I supplied the paint and delivered the car masked up so it was rolled in the booth and painted. I paid £300 and I think the paint was £150 with hardner etc etc It was stripped to a rolling shell. The more you do yourself the cheaper it becomes but some of the prices seem crazy in the previous post, has it really gone up that much in 5 years?

[CortinaDave]

I have a mate who knocks out amazingly good re sprays for. 400 quid. It's obviously not going to be a sealed booth job at that price but to be honest I find the standard to be surprisingly good on anything he's painted for me

[gtd2000]

Last time I had a car painted out of my own pocket was in 1995 and that was a 1986 Toyota Corolla AE86. It needed a fair bit of body work (tin worm) and the left corner of the hatch rebuilt. I also supplied a slightly dented but rust free front wing for panel beating that had to be fitted.

 

The car was painted from the bottom of the pillars down and was absolutely perfect apart from one tiny run next to the petrol filler!

 

The grand total was £250 and it was one of those moonlight jobs done through the local Ford dealership after work.  

 

When you think about the prices of a top paint job, that’s actually more money than a complete new car costs to build on the factory floor!!!

 

I was very chuffed and would recommend this guy in a heart beat but he's long retired now and the dealership is no more...

[Hendry]

I'm going to be honest here and say dont waste your money on an expensive job at a big bodyshop be size in my experience it'll be no better than a much cheaper job, through my work I see a lot of accident damaged cars being repaired with the insurers paying top dollar at big fancy bodyshops, dealer bodyshops and ones approved by the likes of Porsche and Ferrari and I look at the paintwork and think it looks not as perfect as it should, IMO no bodyshop will ever come close to the standard of paintwork the factory does, my Clio suffered a rear ender and got repaired by the bodyshop of the Renault dealer I bought it from who are part of a big dealer group and also are a dealer bodyshop for Bentley, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mini, Maserati etc and they repaired a dent on th boot and now when the cars clean it looks like a smudge on the bootlid, the bumper was renewed and the bits inside which join up with the inside of the wheel arch the paint has whit dots in it and is fading, and there's overspray on the rear alloys, and I've had an expensive full side of a car paint job done by an Arnold Clark bodyshop before and you could see a line in the paint where the brown paper they cover the par of the car not being painted with had ended, the rear arch started changing colour, paint flaking off the bumper and the scratches in the passenger door were still there under the new paint. I've also seen cars resprayed by bodyshops we use at work where the cars are now 50 shades of grey, so yeah wouldn't waste money on an expensive job thinking its going to be spot on, it won't,

[binboy]

Hi there is a bloke local to me in Rugby than is good and cheap, all the trade use him to spray there sales cars. He did a BMW E46 M3 in silver for a friend for £600. Sprayed most of the car and fitted two new front wings. He is cheap because he is quick and only a one man band. Has done jobs for me when I was a full time car trader like paint a Golf Tdi in soild blue for £500 and little jobs for only £60. His work looks good and up to the standard of the posher garages with show rooms around here.

[Wilko220]

Can I suggest that you chaps who know mega-cheap, high-qual resprayers, get their contact details up in this thread:

http://autoshite.com/topic/11930-the-limeflower-pages/

 

I'm sure lots of us would be interested in knowing more about them.

[binboy]

Hi I will get Keith's number, not got it as I just pop down his unit.

[Station]

The more you do yourself the cheaper it becomes but some of the prices seem crazy in the previous post, has it really gone up that much in 5 years?

 

I don't know how anyone can casually suggest that paying 2/3/4 grand on spraying paint is money well spent. I think some people may have 20,000 pound cars and they obviously have to pay the 'better job' tax as it's a more expensive car? If anyone knows any bits of work that I don't, other than removing rust, preparing body, and then spraying the car, etc. that makes it so special.

My mate is paying 4 and a half grand to have a couple of new panels (that he is supplying) and then respraying.

[binboy]

Keith's number o794o Two 757o7 Rugby

[fordperv]

It Might be worth removing the number from view and pming it over as no doubt Keith will get calls for ppi, personal injury, double glazing and general spam etc

[trigger]

I've just edited it a bit just in case.