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Car Forum / MINI / September 2004Full body referb
Hi all, I have just got a quote for some work to be done on my car and I would like to know if there are any mini specilist's that can do this work and if possable, cheaper! It is an L reg Mini mayfair. The price given was a worse case guesstimate as he could not get it over the ramp to have a look underneath. This is what needs doing - Full front end replacing (wings and a-panels) I believe the front panel is salvagable but I think some rust is leaking through to the scuttle panel. Also included was filling up any dents or dinks with lead filler if possable or else the normal filler. Then when this is all done it will have a full repaint (inc door closes) into a colour of my choice. I was quoted worse case at ?3000. On top of that tho, the lump needs some work. Numbers 2 and 3 cylinder are wearing a bit (you can move the pistons back and foward slightly) and also the gearbox is starting to become 'crunchy' I didn't get a quote for that but I do need the lump worked on as well. Any ideas on good places to go in the East London area that works mainly on mini's? Thanks in advance Nick hi if you are considering paying that price why not buy a new heritage shell and have a brand new one. fragged > Hi all, > I have just got a quote for some work to be done on my car and I would [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Thanks in advance > Nick Sounds to expensive, full respray inc removing dents, ?600 to ?900, wings & a pannels ?500, recon ?1500 or less is more realistic, if the underside is ok, Steve. > Hi all, > I have just got a quote for some work to be done on my car and I would like [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks in advance > Nick >> On top of >> that tho, the lump needs some work. Numbers 2 and 3 cylinder are [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > worked >> on as well. Depending on exactly what you want from the car it might be better to just get a second hand engine, clean it up and drop it in. A 1275 cc Metro engine will be cheap and if it's a 998 and you just want a 998 to replace it, they are virtually free. > Sounds to expensive, full respray inc removing dents, ?600 to ?900, wings & > a pannels ?500, recon ?1500 or less is more realistic, if the underside is [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Thanks in advance > > Nick <<---cut--->> Do you know of any mini repair place in the East London area that will give a decent quote and a decent job? Thanks Nick > Do you know of any mini repair place in the East London area that will give > a decent quote and a decent job? > Thanks > Nick I can't really recommend anywhere down there, don't know the area too well, maybe someone else on here can help with this one, I am actually in Merseyside, I normally do all my own work as quite a few others do on here, it really cuts down the cost, my cars only go in garages for mots normally, & the occasional rolling road tune, good thing with older mini is you can fix anything, not like newer cars that need hooking up to dealer computers, Steve68s. > > Do you know of any mini repair place in the East London area that will > give [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Steve68s. Hmm... Really that was what I wanted to do, most of the mechanics I can actually do on a mini (or else my friend can help me.) The only problem is that I can't weld and to be honest I really don't want to mess around with the shell or bodywork etc anyway. Nick |
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