Mental quote for resto/ bare metal respray

[jasonpi]

right the low down i have got the cash sorta baby is due he will be sorted i promised myself if i got another mk2 i would do it up as a treat for smashing the last 1 up as for i wont get my money back i dont expect to its the love of it isnt it and when i do the mk1 would be with a view to sell on and i know u can ask for top dollars for full restos not as keen on the mk1  i mean i love it dont get me wrong but the mk2 is something special and i walked out of a crash at 70 mph alive im not tempting fate.
let me ask all of you how much have u spent on ur mk2 the cost im quopted would be near enough everything done over the years how much has ur vw cost you?

im not being defensive i thought restoring cars regardless of cost was the love of it.
ive never came across any other car i would restore except an e type or maybe a moris minor (sad i know)

[...joe]

woah!!! punctuation please!!! i'm just starting to sort my paint work and i've managed to get some good deals, its looking at about a grand for everything i want done which is about 1.5k less than i was quoted. everything else i did myslef so saved a shed load of cash that way.
4.5k sounds good for a full resto though. i guess most people only upgrade/repair/replace as and when they have to.

[jasonpi]

sorry but i couldnt be arsed who needs grammar and punctuation anyway?!?!?!?!

[shaft69]

My mate who on one the other forums was quoted 4k by premier for bare metal respray on his rallye. He took it to our b/shop at work told him bare metal ok for show cars, but if you take it down to bare metal you be loosing protection of the metal put on from factory. Got quoted 2k at our place, £800 on my car if i stripped it myself.

[Dizzie]

a lot of bodyshop's won't just do a respray and let someone else do the prep work as it's prep work that makes or breaks a perfect finish.

I think the bodyshop I use want between 2k and 3k to totally restore my car. I need to get my tailgate done soon so I'll ask again.

[shaft69]

I just strip it take window out, bumpers, handles all that crap of, Lat them do the rest. Im BMW tech, body work i no nothing. Absolute mint spray come out of our body shop like. Cost £3 million pound body shop 4 spray booths, 1 aluminum booth, 6 or 8 jig bays, 16 prep bay. I work for biggest BMW dealer in europe.

[jasonpi]

ive decided to strip it myself so save £'s but might get them to do the tricky parts

[Mr Blue]

yeh like Shaft said.^

strip it. I left my windows, lights and driver seat on. drove the car like that to the resprayer kinda like this..



 

[GPT27]

Did it feel faster without all that weight?

I quite like the look too, any idea on legality?

[Dizzie]

Blue you tit. without the bumper on the front the whole front of the car isn't very strong! you could of bent it seriously driving it like that!