Respray

[carpoid 0]

Thinking of respraying my LAV9 G60 before it comes to australia with me, or maybe having it done when its there in case of shipping damage

Anyone know of someone good and cheap within a reasonable distance from ipswich, suffolk to take my car to??

[20v turbo 0]

good and cheap dont go together mate :!:

[chubbybrown 0]

WHats the shipping going to be to get the car to Oz ?

 

and did they have corrados there ?

 

cheers for replies

[carpoid 0]

Shipping costs are gonna be about £1100, but i can fill the car with stuff at no extra charge.

The Corrado was never sold in oz, but one forum member has a 16v G60 4WD home build out there.

 

What is the going rate for a respray? £2000??

[A20 LEE 0]

 

What is the going rate for a respray? £2000??

 

for a poor to average job.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Oh give it a rest. Not every one wants show standard paint.

 

£2000 is plenty adequate good quality spray of the same colour.

 

Carpoid, try Rick Kerry at Ipswich Accident Repair Centre. They're very good and do most of Ferrari UK's paintwork aswell as VAG and BMW etc.... They use Standox or Glasurit paint which is good stuff.

 

K

[Bora Bora 0]

Gotta agree.£2000 is more than enough to get a good job done.

[A20 LEE 0]

Sorry, just speaking from experience and knowing a few decent painters and what they charge.

[dr_mat 0]

Heh heh, been a while since we heard it now (he's been too busy knocking up a little R32 C!) but where's PhatVR6 and his "£2000? £2000? Madness!! I'd do it myself for £50!" ;)

[vr6storm 0]

 

What is the going rate for a respray? £2000??

 

for a poor to average job.

 

depends where you're located too.............the local Porsche-approved bodyshop re-sprayed a Corrado for just over £2k...............hardly a poor to average job either :wink:

[20v turbo 0]

Heh heh, been a while since we heard it now (he's been too busy knocking up a little R32 C!) but where's PhatVR6 and his "£2000? £2000? Madness!! I'd do it myself for £50!" ;)

well actually i did my own and it cost just over £100 :D,lot of time and effort though but i'm happy with it :)

[theRuler 0]

my mate works at a bodyshop that repairs bmw's and mercs.

he said allow a grand for a good respray (unless you want lots of bodywork doing too)

 

someone charging you 2000 is just lining their pockets. and taking the piiiss.

[dr_mat 0]

Right, I'm coming round to your mate's place to get a full respray of my VR then!

[Guest]

theRuler, wheres ur mate... my C has gone into shop today... get sun roof resprayed £150 ek but there works good

[chrishill 0]

my respray cost me £700 and i got loads of dents taken out too, its not the best job in the world, you can see some spray lines in stong sunlight, but generally it looks spot on. i got quoted anywhere between £1500 and £500, but decided to go with the guy who had a newish jag parked outside waiting for work and as proof of the quality of his work he showed me his newly sprayed escort RST which looked spotless.

 

my advice is to see their work before you part with the cash, just because they're a bit cheaper doesnt mean they're crap,they might just have lower overheads!

 

if you look in my member gallery you can see the work i got done for the price! click the 'take a look' link in my sig.

[theRuler 0]

it's richard wrights bodyshop in stafford. should be on http://www.yell.co.uk

 

i was having this very conversation with him the other night, he was saying about some guy who runs a garage brings cars in for a respray (which is basically a trim off, prep, mask, spray, rebuild) and charges about 1800 quid. he was saying thats how come these little businesses seem to provide the owners with a good income. obviously, they have their overheads to pay for, but that aint the consumer's fault!! anyways me mate (who is the stripper - of cars :D ) says that a 1000 is the ballpark figure for your average hatch / small saloon.

 

and that much still provides the body shop owner with a healthy profit.

 

paying 150 quid for your sunroof is not too bad, but it's gonna be shiiit hot quality no doubt?!?!?!

 

and for your metallic blue corrado, your probably looking at 25 quid for paint (and that'd be a 1/4 litre of TOP quality paint. more like 8 quid for cheap) and some laquer, that you just buy in bulk and most body shops would have it on tap.

 

i've sprayed a few cars in the past, and sprayed loads of wings and bonnets etc. my brother taught me, he sprayed powerboats for 12 years (thats what my dad used to make).

[theRuler 0]

just because they're a bit cheaper doesnt mean they're crap,they might just have lower overheads!

 

bang on.

 

i'd charge people 300 quid to respray, say a fiesta or metro.

it'd take me and me mate a whole day to do, knocking out dents and stuff, but we'd both get a 100 quid apiece for what was on the large part enjoyable to do. we didnt have to pay for overheads though.

 

usually the higher the cost, the higher the "overheads". but when the overheads are the business owner's hot car and big house, it's not really fair.

 

there are obviously exceptions to this, where paint is expensive or special in some sort of way, or particular effects are being done.

 

always check out the actual cost of the materials. if you are taking your car to a local bodyshop, try the local paintshop and see the different prices for different grades of paint. just so you know where your money is going. a good sprayer needs to be paid for too. but you could pay him 30 quid an hour, and he'd have a prepped car sprayed in an afternoon, or less.

[Guest]

paying 150 quid for your sunroof is not too bad, but it's gonna be shiiit hot quality no doubt?!?!?!.

 

I hope! I have seen the guys work before looked good! I hope they get the colour match, worried i go back and it will be a completely different blue lol

[theRuler 0]

metallic blue is a sum'bitch to match.

 

if they get a spot on match, then thats what you are paying for. you can get the colour spot on, but use a different shade primer and its out. but i presume they are doing it on the car, and they will hopefully mop the roof too so it all blends in.

[GIXXERUK 0]

mine cost me £700 with lots of bodywork and the handles colour coded and the reiger grill sprayed and fitted, that was doors , mirrors etc off

[chrishill 0]

lots of bodywork and the handles colour coded and the reiger grill sprayed and fitted, that was doors , mirrors etc off

 

mine too other than the reiger grille, mines a kamei copy. tell you what it's terrifing when you see your car in this sort of state!

 

[GIXXERUK 0]

i know exactly what you mean mate, looks as tho its ready for the scrappy :shock:

[GIXXERUK 0]

turned out ok tho 8)

[Guest]

metallic blue is a sum'b**** to match.

 

if they get a spot on match, then thats what you are paying for. you can get the colour spot on, but use a different shade primer and its out. but i presume they are doing it on the car, and they will hopefully mop the roof too so it all blends in.

 

Buggers didn't finish it today! Not going to get my raddo back till saturday now! What am I going to do!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

[A20 LEE 0]

think of it this way, if a bodyshop quotes 2k.

 

If they charge the going rate of £37 per hour that allows for about 50 hours to do a complete car, thats with no paint, no window rubbers and they'll skimp on the masking. As for Kev's comment about show quaity paint. Theres no such thing in my book, theres either a good paint job or not.