Anybody has a paintjob quote lately?

[Bren]

Any body had a quote for a paintjob?

 

I had the bumper flashed in on my vectra before christmas - I paid £150 because somebody had painted the rear corner with a rattle can.

 

I thought that was a good price - I will need bonnet, both sides and rear panel doing on my Sd1 in the spring. I will strip much of the trim and refit it later on, I will get a price from the shop that did my vectra.

 

I was going to have a go myself but the paint is black and will show every mark, plus I will probably asphyxiate my neighbours.

[Bucketeer]

I think Mat_the_Cat is balls deep in paintjob quotagerising at the moment.

[fordperv]

My paint always comes cheaper as I've known the fella and used the place for for 14 years he's the only person I fully trust with my cars, I've got other mates in the trade as well so if I want small stuff painted it all works out well

[vulgalour]

It doesn't seem that you always get what you pay for with paint.  A good painter isn't rated on the price but on the quality of the end product.  If you find a good painter stick with them.  Ã‚£150 sounds fair for a bumper corner, especially if it's a metallic or that almost-impossible-to-match silver that Vauxhalls come in.

[Craig the Princess]

Sounds a decent price. In line with metro panel paining in the past few months by our local body shop.

[Bren]

It doesn't seem that you always get what you pay for with paint.  A good painter isn't rated on the price but on the quality of the end product.  If you find a good painter stick with them.  Ã‚£150 sounds fair for a bumper corner, especially if it's a metallic or that almost-impossible-to-match silver that Vauxhalls come in.

Which it was.

[Leyland Lawrence]

I've had a couple recently. If I take off all the trim on the Dolomite, windscreens out, rubbers, brushes, badges, windows, door cards, remove the doors and bonnet the ccar can be resprayed for £2,500 with provisional sum of £400 for unforeseens.

 

Really surprised by how much I like Dolomites so inclined to invest in the car as a daily driver to last years and years and go for it. Two fingers to new cars. All a new car means is that you got a finance agreement.

[mat_the_cat]

I think Mat_the_Cat is balls deep in paintjob quotagerising at the moment.

 

I am indeed. But actual answers I'm a little short on right now! I've been quoted from £600 all in (from a place that looked so ropey I was abut to get back in the car and drive off again, until someone appeared asking what I wanted), right through to somewhere which was a minimum of £2.5k just for the respray, plus any work needed, plus the VAT. I would guess that overheads are lower around here than in larger towns, but that may be balanced out by less competition?

 

Quite a few places weren't interested in anything other than insurance jobs, but two bodyshops were good to deal with. Both said that if I can leave the car with them for period of time, they can work on it when they are quiet and give me a much better hourly rate - I guess that if you're paying staff to be there, even cheap work is better than none.

 

I'm waiting for the second place to come round tomorrow and give me a quote, so will let you know then if you like. I'm planning to do most of the stripping myself to keep costs down, but still looking at 4 figures I would think.

[Fabergé Greggs]

I am indeed. But actual answers I'm a little short on right now! I've been quoted from £600 all in (from a place that looked so ropey I was abut to get back in the car and drive off again, until someone appeared asking what I wanted), right through to somewhere which was a minimum of £2.5k just for the respray, plus any work needed, plus the VAT. I would guess that overheads are lower around here than in larger towns, but that may be balanced out by less competition?

 

Quite a few places weren't interested in anything other than insurance jobs, but two bodyshops were good to deal with. Both said that if I can leave the car with them for period of time, they can work on it when they are quiet and give me a much better hourly rate - I guess that if you're paying staff to be there, even cheap work is better than none.

 

I'm waiting for the second place to come round tomorrow and give me a quote, so will let you know then if you like. I'm planning to do most of the stripping myself to keep costs down, but still looking at 4 figures I would think.

For the bx?

[mat_the_cat]

Not the BX, that's actually pretty tidy for its age and nearly quarter of a million miles. It's the Stellar which really needs it, given that the roof is almost white (once silver), the rear wheel arches are rusty and the doors, wings, boot and bonnet are all a different colour!

[chaseracer]

It's the Stellar which really needs it, given that the roof is almost white (once silver), the rear wheel arches are rusty and the doors, wings, boot and bonnet are all a different colour!

 

You say that like it's a bad thing... 

[MarvinsMom]

in 2013 i had the metro repainted. cost £1500 all in, and also had a wheel arch done on the xj6, that was £800. in both cases they did a proper shite bodge job, basically both cars got a quick rub down, a lump of gob plastered on and a quick blow over with some paint.

 

as shame as it was a spot i'd used previously and been very pleased with, but it had just changed hands, and the guy ruinnig it isnt interested in doing a good job, he just wants to get stuff in, done and out. a friend who used to work their said he had been dragged over the coals for wanting to do the job right, and not shite. a customer was having a volov amazon repainted from a bear shell and it had some rusty spots in the roof panel. well my mate welded them up properly, dressing the welds and doing it so the job would last. he got a written warning cos the gaffer just wanted him to fill these holes up with filler!!!! arsehole....

 

the consequence has been that my friend has set up on his own, and that he will be doing little paint jobs on my motors now, and the original place will not be getting a look in. a shame as it had taken along time to build up a  reputation for top quality work, whether on a metro or a bentley. i've since heard that they have gone into mechanical repairs now, so god alone knows what they get upto with the work they are carrying on now. i wont be ever taking a car there.

[vulgalour]

Got any contact/location details for him?

 

Always looking for fresh contacts and he sounds like he has the sort of approach to the job we want.