Had a company come round to look at the 3dr to quote on fitting and painting the new rear panel.

What sort of price would you expect ?

I already have a genuine ford rear panel for them to use.

Steve

 

Ł400? That's my guess

 

Any prize if we guess it right?

 

Ł700 i think

 

Nobody is right yet

Steve

 

458 bhp and 34.67 mpg sorry thats what you normally ask for lol

 

1000.... Purely because they've been reading your posts on here and know about your wife's littlewoods bill.

 

1250.................?

 

650 is my guess steve

 

Ł1300 im guessing high as youve made a thread about it

 

cozy777 is the nearest

Steve

 

Ł1200 ?

 

Yes, i think the quote is well OTT.

Steve

 

I could get that done for circa 400-450... The guys that do my painting are fucking shit hot.

 

I just think the company don't want to do it so gave me a stupid quote lol

Steve

 

Sounds a bit ott, but then I presume to do it properly its going to be spot welded on and blended fully into both rear quarters and inside boot and rear floor so a lot of work to do it right, glad I do most my own work as its not easy finding someone to put the time and attention that we perfectionists require.

 

sorry but that is taking the piss steve, going off what i know through my mate id of said at the very most 600-700

 

I was thinking around the Ł600 mark.

Maybe we need a guide price from someone in the trade

Steve

 

leave it with me steve im off to see my mate, who is restoring my car on monday so ill see what he says

 

About Ł400 - Ł600 is right mate

 

Fook paying that I'd say 600 tops days work in a body
Shop old off new on seam sealer wet on wet primer paint and out
The door I use do that type thing for living

 

Take longer than a day mate to do it properly I do this for a living lol

 

id reckon it would take 2-3 days

 

lol I'm not taking ur back street garage , big body shop with everything to do job properly iv changed a back panel
In a day but not arguing just giving my advise on price , I did it for a living aswell so know what
I'm taking about

 

Fair enough mate I can see what u are saying we would take longer than a day to do it prob cos we are lazy gets lol

 

We were run into ground that's why I left

 

I have even removed everything from the boot, lights, carpet, wiring loom etc etc

Steve

 

Wouldn't they do it for mates rates....bacon sarnie and a brew

Steve

 

i got one done on my rs turbo (which granted ain't a 3 door) but to fab up round rust, fit panel and paint was Ł400 so I think they's taking the michelle

 

For me Ł500,probably less for cash but bodywork is cheap in south Wales due to a general lack of cash.
Probably Ł12000000 in Aberdeen!!!
I'm going about 4/5hrs panel work,2 hours paint/prep,1 hour to refit/odds&sods.
8xŁ40=Ł360,sealer,clips,paint etc Ł80 & vat about Ł5-550.
Where the fuck did they get Ł1200 from???
Just taking the piss cos its an expensive classic car.

 

You have PM Steve.

 

i,d say 500 quid

 

are you f ing mad

 

i own a body shop/ garage i do the welding my partner does the painting i would quote about Ł500 to do that it would be done in two days i could fit that panel and any remidial work around it in about 3 hours id say

 

I thought it was a pi$$ take as well, thats why i asked for peoples views

Steve

 

its a 300 quid foriner tho you must no some one in the trade that can do it

 

I think about 600 , don't forget that you need to paint inside ,the underside and in to the 1/4 panels !!! Try and make sure it gets spot welded not mig.

 

Its quite a big job but thats just crazy, as you say, sounds as if they were just trying to price themselves out of the job as they didn't want to do it.

Took me a day to remove the back panel on my car but I have no experiance of this type of work so if you knew what you were doing and adding paint etc I'd say 2 days to do it right.

 

I'd expect to pay around 600 quid i reckon. Personally wouldn't worry about timescale too much, i'd rather wait a little longer and know it was right rather than it being rushed to get it out of the door.

 

first thing id be asking are they going to proper spot weld it steve? as mig spot is never the same as a proper spot weld