Anybody have experience with body shop work?

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10-06-2006 | 12:50 PM

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Anybody have experience with body shop work?

I'm trying to get a ballpark figure on how much it would cost to paint my drivers side door! Strip all the old paint off and repaint! I went to service king to get an estimate and they are charging me $1,000..

...I told them that was too high for me...

10-06-2006 | 01:22 PM

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When I had my Tahoe, someone scraped the door, it was repaired stripped and painted for $150. But, that was a hell of a hookup from a good friend of mine.

10-06-2006 | 01:44 PM

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$1,000 is way too high.

10-06-2006 | 01:47 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Boon44

$1,000 is way too high.

WAY, too high! +1,000,000,000,000,000,001

I'd say about $200-400 bucks max..

10-06-2006 | 01:58 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by wnracing

WAY, too high! +1,000,000,000,000,000,001

I'd say about $200-400 bucks max..

Hell yeah, I knew he was blowing smoke up his *** when he gave me a quote like that...

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10-06-2006 | 02:01 PM

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Yeah, I was going to have the 6'er completely stripped and repainted with a Similar color blue and alot of metallic flake + wetsanding + warranty on the paint for bubbling, flaking, clear etc for around $2200.. So $1000 for the door is nuts!

10-07-2006 | 10:08 AM

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you gotta go around places rates vary soo much. when i had my 99 f150 i had a hood for it and i got est. from 700 too 200bucks. And the place that did a 300buck ets. had the nicest finish out of all the other shops. So go find a phone book or look online and check out different shops.

10-07-2006 | 10:11 AM

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your cars black, just get a sharpie and you'll save a bunch of monies.

10-07-2006 | 10:26 AM

MattJ

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You need to make some friends at dealerships/autobodys. You seriously have no idea how much money you can save by knowing some people. For example, your 1000 dollar estimate would cost me 100 bucks from start to finish.