BILLY

I've just been quoted £800 for a full respray on my saff which includes tidying the rear arches (rust) and a few other bits. Does this seem about right? I was expecting double that .

Does anybody think it would be such a bad job that it would not be worth it?

Mr S1

iTrader: (2)

£800 is very cheap - too cheap...............remember, you get what you pay for........

Alan s1

My m8 had his done for £800 and its a sh!t job
You get whot you pay for imo unless you have a m8 doing it

Whot colour is your saph

Alan s1

Mr S1 You beat me to it

Jimboxr4x4

See if you can get the bloke to put the price up then!

Alan s1

So you can get a sh!t job and pay more If he's quoted it that cheap already im guessing he wont do any better job imo

Mr S1

iTrader: (2)

I would say £2k minimum for a decent job. I paid best part of £2500 8 years ago for my S1 to be fully painted. Happily parted with the money as the finish is flawless - I got what I paid for.

RSNeil

iTrader: (4)

Does sound to cheap mate. How well do you know this painter an can you see any previous paint work/body repairs he carried out??

fordrs2005

iTrader: (4)

it all depends on whos doing the job its awrite sayin u get what u pay for but am a painter by trade and done a full respray black for £700 and all it was to do was flatten it and paint it just a freshen up .

when u say ure arches r rusty depends who it is but they might just grind the rust of and fill and paint which is no good as in a couple of months it,l be back thru .

so would need more info to decide if cheap or not

whats the condition of the car ? (rust and dent wise)

what colour is it (is it stayin the same colour) ?

what do u want in a respray ?(do u want inside door checks,under bonnet,boot etc ? )

as if itds just a door shut freshin up respray no dents etc thats bout the asking price ?

but sayin that a painters only as good as his last job so ad want to see previous jobs first . hope that helps mate .

addiction

i had my S2 done for 1k but the guy that did it is a good friend of mine and took it as a bit of a project as if to say "look what we can do" his bodyshop had it for 8 weeks in total! flawless job too

fordrs2005

iTrader: (4)

heres some of my cars av painted for myself and the type of job ad do for that sort of money all of these jobs got stripeed to bareshells to get painted

just an idea of the quality of work u should expect for £800 if hes any good

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Alan s1

A m8 did my old s1 for £800 but i help strip the car ect and he did the rest once finished i put it all back toghter IE door boot windows ect back on/in

A m8 of mine quoted my saph £1700 to £2000 thats for Margenta and his work is great he did 2 plates in m8 engine bay on saturday and you would'nt have know it had been welded
He's a MGB restorer by trade so realy goes to town on his work

scotty86d

ive been quoted 1200 to redo my fiesta silver and that includes a few rust spots and 1 rather large dent. or 1400 including fitting new front pane/wings(i supply)and cleaning any grot in that area(its pretty damn clean though). i reckon this is a good price and judging by the e30 bmw show car and the 330ci show car, he has in his yard hes probably pretty damn good.

BILLY

Thanks for all your input people.

I just went to this bloke cos a flyer came through the door so I don't know him. The car is white ( although some panels are off white ) so it just needs freshning up. The rust on the arches ain't too bad but it does need sorting.

I might go back and ask some more questions and get a more detailed look at some of his work.

les3002

i paid £600 to have my cav done last april and was very happy with it, finish is still really good now as i have seen paintjobs look good when done but a year later be really bad. i had seen this guys work before and knew him through the 205 forum, only bad part was i had to take the car to sheffield, got it back in 10 days though.