sikora

Any painters on here or people who've recently had their cars resprayed able to give me a rough estimate me of what a full respray costs these days?

The car in question is a mk3 fiesta xr2i in radiant red. I'll be doing all the panel replacement and welding myself and can supply the car to the bodyshop as a rolling shell with all bumpers, doors and trim removed ready as well as having the engine out. I don't need areas like the floor or behind the dash painting, but inside the door shuts and engine bay etc would be nice. Underneath and inside arches wont need touching either.

I'm in the north east wales/chester area if that helps. Any recommendations on bodyshops too?

sikora

Anyone?

DeanRS

depends on how good a job you want, i believe in you get what you oay for...i would think a top notch job would be around 900-1k

sikora

Yeah thats true. I don't mind paying for a decent job seeing the amount of work i'm putting into it.
I need to get some quotes myself from places near me. But i'd prefer somewhere thats recommended by someone who's used them before.

Harris.

A few years ago i paid Ł1500 to get my mk1 xr2 painted

DeanRS

i paid Ł1300 on my saff last yr, but i didnt do any of the work either.

richie29gt

start from 800 onwards

matts1

I would think around a grand.

mrjenrst

well last year i was getting quotes on a frst and it was ranging from 1k to 3k! Full job but if your preping yourself it'll have to be 100%

fordrs2005

iTrader: (4)

also depends on how good your welding is

as could give the painter more work if a mess , such as buckled panels etc...

cossierobo

depends how bad the car is stripped to a bare shell or come in a fully built runnin car cheaper if you strip and build it yourself, i charged Andy AJC 1k for his saph part stripped the car was a clean one, normally 1k upwards!!

Turbosimpsons

iTrader: (3)

you'll normally find places charge more money if you self prep it as they end up fixing other peoples cock-ups. i personaly won't paint self prep cars.

sikora

Thanks for the replies. I'm a welder by trade so i'm confident doing the panel replacement right.