$800 to fix this? Are they crazy?
03-09-2007, 03:41 PM
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RE: $800 to fix this? Are they crazy?
I paid $750 to fix this:
They had to paint the rear bumper, trunk, and door to blend it, If they just paint the affected area (in your case the door), there will be an abrupt transition between their paint and factory. Since paint is never an exact match, you'd notice the difference.
In your case, the area is so small you may be able to get away with just having them do the body work and using touch up paint yourself. Get a bodywork only estimate, and ask them what size the area will be that will need painting.
They had to paint the rear bumper, trunk, and door to blend it, If they just paint the affected area (in your case the door), there will be an abrupt transition between their paint and factory. Since paint is never an exact match, you'd notice the difference.
In your case, the area is so small you may be able to get away with just having them do the body work and using touch up paint yourself. Get a bodywork only estimate, and ask them what size the area will be that will need painting.
03-09-2007, 03:53 PM
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RE: $800 to fix this? Are they crazy?
ORIGINAL: richmod
I paid $750 to fix this:
They had to paint the rear bumper, trunk, and door to blend it, If they just paint the affected area (in your case the door), there will be an abrupt transition between their paint and factory. Since paint is never an exact match, you'd notice the difference.
In your case, the area is so small you may be able to get away with just having them do the body work and using touch up paint yourself. Get a bodywork only estimate, and ask them what size the area will be that will need painting.
I paid $750 to fix this:
They had to paint the rear bumper, trunk, and door to blend it, If they just paint the affected area (in your case the door), there will be an abrupt transition between their paint and factory. Since paint is never an exact match, you'd notice the difference.
In your case, the area is so small you may be able to get away with just having them do the body work and using touch up paint yourself. Get a bodywork only estimate, and ask them what size the area will be that will need painting.
03-09-2007, 03:57 PM
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RE: $800 to fix this? Are they crazy?
ORIGINAL: I8ACHEVY
a buddy of mine said to rent a vista blue Mustang from Hertz and swap doors [sm=icon_sneaky.gif]
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I had some scratches on my back bumper from a bad winter, and the local dealer wanted $600 to fix the scratches. I said screw it and got a takeoff GT bumper for $250 when I got the dual exhaust.
Mike
I had some scratches on my back bumper from a bad winter, and the local dealer wanted $600 to fix the scratches. I said screw it and got a takeoff GT bumper for $250 when I got the dual exhaust.
Mike
03-09-2007, 04:13 PM
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RE: $800 to fix this? Are they crazy?
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He said it would be a rather large area around that spot that would be primered and that they needed to spray the fender to match the door. If that's the case, why not paing the quarter panel too? I just don't get it. The car has 4k miles on it and sits in a garage most of the time...there is 0 paint fade from new
He said it would be a rather large area around that spot that would be primered and that they needed to spray the fender to match the door. If that's the case, why not paing the quarter panel too? I just don't get it. The car has 4k miles on it and sits in a garage most of the time...there is 0 paint fade from new
03-09-2007, 04:20 PM
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RE: $800 to fix this? Are they crazy?
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They only paint part of the door and fender - they feather it so it blends. Thus, they wouldn't have to paint the back half of the door, so the rear quarter wouldn't need to be touched.
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He said it would be a rather large area around that spot that would be primered and that they needed to spray the fender to match the door. If that's the case, why not paing the quarter panel too? I just don't get it. The car has 4k miles on it and sits in a garage most of the time...there is 0 paint fade from new
He said it would be a rather large area around that spot that would be primered and that they needed to spray the fender to match the door. If that's the case, why not paing the quarter panel too? I just don't get it. The car has 4k miles on it and sits in a garage most of the time...there is 0 paint fade from new
03-09-2007, 04:27 PM
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RE: $800 to fix this? Are they crazy?
ORIGINAL: I8ACHEVY
a buddy of mine said to rent a vista blue Mustang from Hertz and swap doors [sm=icon_sneaky.gif]
a buddy of mine said to rent a vista blue Mustang from Hertz and swap doors [sm=icon_sneaky.gif]
03-09-2007, 04:48 PM
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RE: $800 to fix this? Are they crazy?
FYI, if you have just dings or dents and no paint damage, check out "Dent Wizard" (if they're in your area), average repair runs about $50 for smaller dings/dents and about $100 to repair larger ones. I used them in the past and they did a great job.
03-09-2007, 06:35 PM
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RE: $800 to fix this? Are they crazy?
Prepping a damaged area for painting is 75% of the cost of having a body shop do it. The actualpaint is the cheap part. Wife's 06 Escape got rearended. Totaled the other car but just had to have her bumper replaced. It was just a black plastic bumper (not painted). That was $550 ($450 was the bumper) They said if it had been a painted bumper that would gone up to about $1500-$1700.. R&R bumper then primer, paint, blend with surrounding panels. They would have also had to remove tailights and other accessories in order to paint it correctly.
Part of the $800 they're charging you could be to check the alignment of the door..?
Part of the $800 they're charging you could be to check the alignment of the door..?
