hadyn Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Im thinking of having my car resprayed gloss or mettalic black. How much would a full respray cost? Id imagine about £1k? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Id imagine you would need to at least triple that figure! Where were you going to go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 3 grand for a respray?!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 That would be about the going rate for a decent job. However, budget a little more for metallic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 You did your own didn't you rob IIRC? How much did that cost you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 You did your own didn't you rob IIRC? How much did that cost you? Thats right mate, it cost me around £800 in materials all told, but that included buying an air fed mask, and didnt include any costs related to the compressor or guns. Thats just paint & thinners/activators, wet n dry paper, masking tape etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top secret car Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I'm having mine sprayed at the moment and its costing me £4250 but thats for a decent job but for a chap you are looking at £2500 onwards thats what i was told when i was searching about at different garages and i searched over 10 and the average price was £3000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I think I might have to learn how to spray:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Surely some of these bodyshops are having a laugh??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supragold Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I don't think you appreciate the work involved mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Boy Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 It amazing how much it costs for a respray these days. I remember when I was a young lad just over 10years ago:), I managed to get my 1st and then 2nd car both resprayed in my fave colour at the time a mettalic Green/Blue for around £600 with me removing all glass inc windcreen, door handles, flatting down the bodywork and doing minor tidying with filler, stopper etc. Was a bloke Paul I knew who worked for a BMW Stephen James bodyshop, who would rent out a local oven over the weekend. Basically tack cloth down the car i'd prepped, and spray away.. Etch Prime, 2Pack Base Coat, laquer and low bake for however long it took. Finish would depend on how good prep was. I spent weeks prepping so came out pretty good door shuts and all! I wish he still do it, think he's getting on a bit now and i've heard he's a big cheese bodyshop manager now so not much chance of that. I take it all bodyshops have to use water based paints now, has this got anything to do with the cost of resprays now days or is it all just inflation?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Its all in the prep work really mate, sure you can get cheap paintjobs, but they look like cheap paint jobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supragold Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Its all in the prep work really mate, sure you can get cheap paintjobs, but they look like cheap paint jobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT Robbo Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 four ferkin grand, might aswell sell my supe,put four grand in and buy a minter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra_dan Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I got a mate who will do a full repray for about £1200 I think I could get it cheaper with helping with the prep.... Just depends on who you know and how well u want the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Boy Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Thats why I haven't bothered asking anyone to do my a private job respray cos I'd have no come back if it came out crap, so if I'd want to make sure it was done properly i'd have to pay full wack which i would expect to be at least £2k That why i never understand when you go to these Chav shows and see shitty little cars with loadsa work gone into fitting lairy bodykits and complex paint finishes why they put that much money into it, when i can't even justify it on my Supra! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT Robbo Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I got a mate who will do a full repray for about £1200 I think I could get it cheaper with helping with the prep.... Just depends on who you know and how well u want the job done. may aswell come to cornwall for mine done then but it would cost me four grand in petrol:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra_dan Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 may aswell come to cornwall for mine done then but it would cost me four grand in petrol:p ha ha still be cheaper than 4k lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShamelessTT Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 4k? i hope thats some form of quad tone paint or paint directly from lambo if you basically talking a standard car respray!. However if thats body kit spraying / blending etc etc , then you have to pay the price for that. I looked around before doing mine , seemed the going rate for a respray in different colour was between 1.5k and 2k and thats for a pretty much stock car. (Toyota std colour, i might add) 4k? im still blown away by that figure........i think id want gold leaf on my door handles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 ha ha still be cheaper than 4k lol does he clay bar them with a pasty ? Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Its all in the prep work really mate, sure you can get cheap paintjobs, but they look like cheap paint jobs 4 grand is still a laugh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 4 grand is still a laugh... Im sure its very funny to you, but 98% of what you say is comical to me I dont recall saying anything about 4 grand I maintain, that for them to do an acceptable job, time must be spent on prep, and that time, for it to be done correctly, is NOT cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supragold Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 You get what you pay for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra_dan Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 does he clay bar them with a pasty ? Rich Yeah and pixies apply the detailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 You get what you pay for. Yes that's true, but i think, that in many situations it is overpaying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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