Re-Spray Costs - How much is too much?

[Rawfie]

Hey all,

I know that everyone will have paid diffent prices, and had them from different places, but im just looking for somekind of rough estimate on the cost to re-spray the Golf.

Im staying with the original colour as I love the Mars Red, so no fancy colour changes required.
Can you tell me what you have paid/been quoted so I have an idea of what i need to save or if people are ripping me off with what they say.

or if you can recommend anyone that would be swish.

Cheers, much apprecaited
 

[rowlers]

mine was £600 for sides tailgate and bonnet




delighted for the money

[FBF]

no bodywork to be done?  just prep and a blow over then? i would charge you 600 quid  but im too busy

[rowlers]

no there was a lot of preping on both sides, from various dings etc... over the years... the tailgate was rotton underneath the plinth (I didn't know this when booked in!) the front wings were clean and the bonnet wasn't bad either.

either way I'd been quoted over £1500 for more or less the same work, so more than happy!

[FBF]

i was referring to the original question   

[Thom89]

I painted my 3dr 16v yesterday.. so far I reckon that I've spent over £600 on paint and materials alone (cost price). topped of with over 150 hrs of labour @ £25ph..thats £4750+vat
good job Ive done it all myself! and cut absolutely no corners!
Bottom line, set yourself a budget, try not to get involved in doing any of the bodywork yourself, unless your good at it! very often self prep repaints can set the job further behind, and very frustraiting for the people actually doing the job! best way to help out to keep the price down, is to strip all the parts off the car, and then screw it back together yourself...
Tom

[Ben Lessani]

if i had paid for mine it was £1200 including dent filling and diff. colour respray, apart from engine bay and interior (more of a blow over i suppose).

[FBF]

I painted my 3dr 16v yesterday.. so far I reckon that I've spent over £600 on paint and materials alone (cost price).

damn dude what are you painting it in?  gold leaf?

[Rawfie]

Cheers,

Im not gonna get her re-sprayed right away.  I just wanted to have an idea of what i was looking at price wise.

Im hoping that it wont be costing me 4k and im deffo not gonna go it myself 

[Thom89]

I painted my 3dr 16v yesterday.. so far I reckon that I've spent over £600 on paint and materials alone (cost price).

damn dude what are you painting it in?  gold leaf?

Actually, not quite true.. it was late when I posted I have spent just over £600,  but I forgot to mention that £160 of that was on the purchase of 2 new genuine front wings.....
Tom