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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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Thumbs down 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...
 
Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:22 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.
 
Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:44 PM
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$1,000 is way too high.
 
Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:58 PM
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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......
 
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 09:08 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.
 
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 09:26 AM
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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.
 
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