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Title: respray budgeting
Post by: shepgti on 14 February 2010, 11:24

do you think its realistic to budget around 2 grand for welding to both sills/rear arches and a full respray for my mk1? or am i horibly under-budgeting? :undecided:

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: cuprajake on 14 February 2010, 19:48

depends where you go, if you come further up the country then yeah its do-able

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: Thom89 on 15 February 2010, 00:48

Thats an almost impossible question for anyone to answer! you have to take a look at previous work carried out by the people that you have in mind, and would you be happy with the standard of work that they do! 2k doesn't sound enough to me....
Thom

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: dan_apps on 15 February 2010, 09:12

aswell things to consider is how much rot is needing to be stripped back before they can actually weld to good, as it can be quite labour intensive!

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: shepgti on 15 February 2010, 10:40

guess i'll just get the welding done and go from there but its catch 22 as it will need spraying after theyve welded it but there no point them spraying it if im going to have a full respray in a diff colour  :undecided:

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: dan_apps on 15 February 2010, 11:31

get them to just prime it to keep the bare metal happy matey :smiley:

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: shepgti on 15 February 2010, 13:50

Quote from: dan_apps on 15 February 2010, 11:31

get them to just prime it to keep the bare metal happy matey :smiley:

i said that to them and they said it wont do because the primer is porus :undecided:

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: dan_apps on 15 February 2010, 16:30

ahh, is it gona be outside aswell? u needz a unit or sumwhere indoors for her to sleep!

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: Dan34 on 15 February 2010, 16:39

I got quoted 2.2K to spray mine except the roof and tailgate. This included all rust sorted and arches rolled.

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: dTEA on 16 February 2010, 21:17

I reckon thats cheap even by up north standards....i got quoted around £1200 for bonnet, front bumper, offside door and the rear bumper smoothed and painted...thats to dealership quality (merc/bmw/vw) but a local place i've used previously is a little less...but unsure about the smoothing quality.

Either way good luck

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: cuprajake on 19 February 2010, 12:34

We could do it at that price for ya

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: shepgti on 19 February 2010, 16:38

Quote from: cuprajake on 19 February 2010, 12:34

We could do it at that price for ya

for welding and respray? :undecided:

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: dannydubs on 19 February 2010, 20:28

mate you wana speak to neil or rich at crazyquiffs mk1 specialist in wallingford they will help with any problems you have,any decent mk1 owner can vouch for them plus neils a mate of mine if you want me to put you in touch.

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: shepgti on 19 February 2010, 20:45

Quote from: dannydubs on 19 February 2010, 20:28

mate you wana speak to neil or rich at crazyquiffs mk1 specialist in wallingford they will help with any problems you have,any decent mk1 owner can vouch for them plus neils a mate of mine if you want me to put you in touch.

ive emailed rich with pics of what needs welding and he passed it onto the bodyshop guys but said he couldnt give me a rough quote without seeing it in person but i dont have regular access to a trailer to get it there

Title: Re: respray budgeting
Post by: cuprajake on 20 February 2010, 12:12

yeah why not,

dont always have to make tons of money on a job,esp when it will make a car like that all new and shiney,

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