How much to respray back panel of car?

sec79

The Toyota garage I got the car from has recommended a guy they use. Apparantly he does work for a lot of the garages locally (ie BMW, Audi) and his work comes with a 3 year guarantee. From my explanation he thought it would cost about £80 and he'd only need to do half the panel. He's going to come and give me a quote. I thought I'd also ask him for contacts of other people he's done work for aswell, just so I know he's good at his job and I won't end up with a bodge job!

I've also had a quote from a local body repair shop I have used before for £200.
The scratch is quite bad as it is down to the primer

mcjordi

price will depend on it being an insurance job or a cash job.. i got my corsa rear quater painted for £80 from a local bodyshop but i didnt get him to blend he said it wasnt worth doing the car was 10 years old at the time..

bu around £100-£150 ish seems about right for a cash job

thor

unfortunately post 10 would seem to rule it out but if it was possible I would go with the replace from scrapyard route.
A few months ago someone thoughtfully put a dent in my wing and did a runner. I went to a bodyshop and was told it would cost £300+ to repair and blend in the paintwork afterwards. There was no way I was paying that so I was prepared to wait a few weeks until a wing of the same colour turned up at a scrappers. It duly did and only cost £40. It took me a couple of hours to fit it myself but I enjoyed doing so and now it looks as good as new.

mealmond

My girlfriend made a little dent to the drivers side front wing of her Honda Civic.

I took it to Honda and was told it would need a new wing, with respray etc it was going to cost £850, which seemed a lot for a dent.

I went to a repair shop where I had my car repaired a while ago at and he repaired her car, including respray that matched up, and it is as good as new, without replacing the wing, for £185.

So, it is well worth shopping around or asking friends etc if they have had any work done.

Most of the good respray shops are always busy because of word of mouth.


Martin