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Offline shepgti

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respray budgeting
« 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:
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Offline cuprajake

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Re: respray budgeting
« Reply #1 on: 14 February 2010, 19:48 »
depends where you go, if you come further up the country then yeah its do-able
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Re: respray budgeting
« Reply #2 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....
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Re: respray budgeting
« Reply #3 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!
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Re: respray budgeting
« Reply #4 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:
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Offline dan_apps

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Re: respray budgeting
« Reply #5 on: 15 February 2010, 11:31 »
get them to just prime it to keep the bare metal happy matey :smiley:
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Re: respray budgeting
« Reply #6 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:
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Offline dan_apps

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Re: respray budgeting
« Reply #7 on: 15 February 2010, 16:30 »
ahh, is it gona be outside aswell? u needz a unit or sumwhere indoors for her to sleep!
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Offline Dan34

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Re: respray budgeting
« Reply #8 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.
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Re: respray budgeting
« Reply #9 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
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