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Old 24 November 2006, 09:06 PM
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to be honest m8 the panels are the cheapest bit its pure labour ona job like that, and we would also like a good look to see what else have moved, eg roof, front door gaps etc
Old 24 November 2006, 09:14 PM
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no there is nothing in the roof at all, but i'm thinking 250 for jigging, 200 for somebody to cut the panels i need of a car they are breaking e.t.c., 250 for the welding and about 350 for spraying. Are these prices unrealistic ?
Far too cheap! there is a good days work just to stip it out and jig it, atleast a day and a half to cut it appart and line up the new pannels, i work in a body shop as a painter and there is a good days work to prime, prep and paint it and at atleast £35 an hour labour? Plus parts paint and materials. It looks very bad, doubt most places would like to repair it?
Old 24 November 2006, 09:17 PM
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looking at the car looks like you more lost it and span round and hit a bollard?


anyways i say 1200 is a quote but it could easily grow to a couple hundred over, but we repair write offs for a living
Old 24 November 2006, 09:39 PM
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i wouldn't of minded half as much if i had done it drifting it about or something rather than backing out of my drive, its not very hardcore is it
Old 24 November 2006, 09:43 PM
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pmsl spose not m8 no, have to admit shes pretty god damn fooked deffo insurance write off, wasnt expecting no were near that amount of damage, some of the bigger bodyshops will be quoting you 2k + to repair that
Old 24 November 2006, 09:48 PM
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just have to find some gypsies with a jig and welding gear and hope for the best.

cheers
Old 24 November 2006, 09:50 PM
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they will prob deliver you a rung up scooby lol
Old 24 November 2006, 10:46 PM
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£1200 sounds like a more than good offer for repairing that mate, i'd concider it if i was you
Old 24 November 2006, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobchrissy
£1200 sounds like a more than good offer for repairing that mate, i'd concider it if i was you
Thats just what i was thinking,i've done a few accident damaged repairables in my time, and if you can get that back on the road fixed correctly for under 2k then your geting a good deal!!
Old 24 November 2006, 11:09 PM
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Just been offered all the panels to fix it for 170 pound from a 95 wrx.
Why do you need to strip a car to jig it?
Old 24 November 2006, 11:44 PM
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Just been offered all the panels to fix it for 170 pound from a 95 wrx.
Why do you need to strip a car to jig it?
Take all the bits off which need to be removed i.e lights inner trims, windows (rear screen will need to be cut out) remove the exust maybe the rear wheels? most jigs realine cars via lazer to measure sertain points so the car ends up straight when repaired.
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cheers for clearing that up
Old 24 November 2006, 11:50 PM
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No worries good luck if u decide to get it repaired, and remember a busy body shop is a good body shop there r lots of cowboys out there.
Old 25 November 2006, 12:00 AM
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anything i can do to reduce the cost ?
Old 25 November 2006, 12:12 AM
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stira2, I think the car is knacked. Doing it on the cheap will result in an unsafe vehicle that you will have to offload onto some unsuspecting buyer at some time in the future. Strip it and buy another is my advice.
Old 25 November 2006, 12:23 AM
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I wouldn't offload it on some unsuspecting buyer i would just break it, but at this moment in time i can't afford to buy another car nor do i have the time to break it. Thanks for the advice anyway
Old 25 November 2006, 06:11 PM
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[QUOTE=stira2]Just been offered all the panels to fix it for 170 pound from a 95 wrx.
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they havent got any more panels have they im after the rear panel

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