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Car Forum / MINI / April 2005

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the.drone - 31 Mar 2005 20:27 GMT
Any ideas on how much a respray should cost me for a yellow city e
(resprayed the same colour) in the north wales area.

has had a little bump and needs new door and sill so thought i'd get a full
respray while i'am at it.

drone
John Manders - 01 Apr 2005 00:26 GMT
> Any ideas on how much a respray should cost me for a yellow city e
> (resprayed the same colour) in the north wales area.

Don't go just on price for a respray. A good respray takes a lot of work. A
cheap respray can look just what it is. Decide how much trim you want
removed and how much will be masked. If something is masked, you will be
able to tell unless the spray shop spends hours doing the masking. Hours = ?
remember.
Then there's the preparation. Do you want the car taken down to bare metal
or just a quick top coat blown over?
Lots of decisions before you can get prices. I would suggest finding a
classic car body shop and chatting to them about just what you want.

John
TC - 01 Apr 2005 18:26 GMT
I don't know hourly rates your way but here a door and sill job was quoted
to me at 9 hours max - to remove & reskin two doors, repair/refit 'a' panels
and prime; then firm ?600 for full body strip and clean, etch prime and then
maybe ?400 for the final colour?

I haven't had this work done yet and I'd be interested in readers' opinions
on these prices in any case.

Finally, Yellow is a particularly diffuclt colour to spray as it takes only
a little bit of contamination to spoil your colour.  Orange has been
favoured by many because of this problem.

Cheers!
> Any ideas on how much a respray should cost me for a yellow city e
> (resprayed the same colour) in the north wales area.
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Fitzy - 03 Apr 2005 20:02 GMT
My friend has recently had his 2000 sportspack painted, from BRG to pastel
blue with a black roof, cost ?600,
all glass , door handles , bumpers , etc had been removed and refitted by
paint shop, under bonnet, door rebates and inside boot painted,
we actually took photos of the car in various stages of repair and paint,
if anyone is interested in this paintshop, email me for details,

Fitzy

>I don't know hourly rates your way but here a door and sill job was quoted
>to me at 9 hours max - to remove & reskin two doors, repair/refit 'a'
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