Does having a complete respraying devalue
#31
As above with what Ryan says.
Although I did my car in four days, that was non stop work over a weekend on a car that was in reality very very clean with only a handful of marks.
Then you still factor in
Screens out, full strip down etc
It took two people 6hrs to strip down, so there's 12 hours labour right there,
We then had three people on prep on the sat and that was a 13hr day, so 39 hours,
The Sunday saw two of us work another 10hours = 20hrs combined
Then the rest of the build up was another 6-8 hours with 2people.
You can add that up yourself, this doesn't inc machine polishing which hasn't been done yet.
Last respray we did totalled 60 odd hours and that was on a gtr.
It's like anything in life you can pay cheap and get crap, pay middle of the rd and get a great job or pay top whack a d get a show stopper.
There are however exceptions to the rules, little one man bands who have no overheads who can turn out quality at a fraction of the price. Sadly these are hard to find.
Although I did my car in four days, that was non stop work over a weekend on a car that was in reality very very clean with only a handful of marks.
Then you still factor in
Screens out, full strip down etc
It took two people 6hrs to strip down, so there's 12 hours labour right there,
We then had three people on prep on the sat and that was a 13hr day, so 39 hours,
The Sunday saw two of us work another 10hours = 20hrs combined
Then the rest of the build up was another 6-8 hours with 2people.
You can add that up yourself, this doesn't inc machine polishing which hasn't been done yet.
Last respray we did totalled 60 odd hours and that was on a gtr.
It's like anything in life you can pay cheap and get crap, pay middle of the rd and get a great job or pay top whack a d get a show stopper.
There are however exceptions to the rules, little one man bands who have no overheads who can turn out quality at a fraction of the price. Sadly these are hard to find.
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Always makes me laugh threads like this,tbho 16 hours to do a respray is beyond a joke,so you could strip a car ie windscreens/bumpers,mirrors/trims/roof rails/boot/spoiler/bonnet/lights all round/sill covers/strip bumpers down to single components and then take care of any defects and if its around an 04 sti for arguments sake it will no doubt have numerous stone chips and car park dinks so that means high build primer of thoses areas and a flat down plus rebuilding it all in 16 hours on your own...........like **** you could unless you did a completely rough *** job and cut corners all over the place like theses big insurance only places tend to do who run on quantity not quality but tbho with there hourly rates driven down they have to.
as for the usual clowns comment. how would a 1k job be rubbish? all am trying to get accross is just because you spend 3k doesnt mean your going to get a better job. its down to the person doing it. simple as that.
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Dont ALWAYS assume that a cheap price = a not so good paint job.
A small family run garage will do just as good as a big name garage, but cheaper. This is speaking from past experience, I found a small local family run garage and they transformed my standard 1.8T Golf to a show winner, for a fraction of the price that I had been quoted. They carried out a few minor paint jobs before moving onto custom work and a full 2 tone respray.
Look around and ask to see examples of previous work.
A small family run garage will do just as good as a big name garage, but cheaper. This is speaking from past experience, I found a small local family run garage and they transformed my standard 1.8T Golf to a show winner, for a fraction of the price that I had been quoted. They carried out a few minor paint jobs before moving onto custom work and a full 2 tone respray.
Look around and ask to see examples of previous work.
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Decent re-spray is going to be at least £2500
A mate of mine runs his own bodyshop, and I see the amount of work that goes into a full re-spray.
It's all about the prep work. Of course, you could rush the prep and get it done cheaper, but it'll be a poor job.
I was considering a full re-spray a while ago, and even with 'mates rates' and me helping with the prep work it'd be at least £1800-£2000
A mate of mine runs his own bodyshop, and I see the amount of work that goes into a full re-spray.
It's all about the prep work. Of course, you could rush the prep and get it done cheaper, but it'll be a poor job.
I was considering a full re-spray a while ago, and even with 'mates rates' and me helping with the prep work it'd be at least £1800-£2000
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my old 3dr sierra was painted at weston accident repair centre, i stripped the car to a shell, then they fitted the cossie kit, blended it all in properly, smoothed out the engine bay, cut out the boot floor and flat sheeted it, made and welded int he bucket seat mounts, made and welded in the pedal box mounts, made a saphire front bumper fit the 3dr - had to cut and extend the sides 3" and a lot of other stuff i cant remember.
then a full inside and out respray in audi rs blue, and they painted the roll cage anthracite.
120 hours on the job, £6500
and as you would expect, it was a f*cking good job too!!
then a full inside and out respray in audi rs blue, and they painted the roll cage anthracite.
120 hours on the job, £6500
and as you would expect, it was a f*cking good job too!!
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ruff edges?
have a look at this, no rough edges at all.
http://www.pwpro.co.uk/cars/?portfolio=subaru-impreza-4
have a look at this, no rough edges at all.
http://www.pwpro.co.uk/cars/?portfolio=subaru-impreza-4
Plus I have a couple of car park dings here and there (should just pop out) but I personally would prefer to know that car was going to come out of the paint shop looking BETTER than when it rolled of the production line!
I'm pretty **** about detail and finish so I'd rather have a full respray done to a show winning quality and pay what needs to be paid.
It's just trying to find someone with that renowned reputation and ability near to Carlisle!
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