i did it for 9years then gave it up ,its ok if your not the prep monkey doing all the hard work ,id get in to jig work me self that way you'l have the skill to build cars ,just doing the body work is no fun at all i worked for a big body shop ,never got 5mins to meself eat dinner while you work kinda job ,iv got level 3 in panel beating and paint but love been a plumber now and would never go back