Respray my E39?

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My 02 540i needs a number of paint items. The front bumper/spoiler badly needs repainting, I've got (currently small) bits of rust coming through on the arches plus a couple of other small patches elsewhere, I've been meaning to have an all over machine polish / detail for some time and to cap it all I've carelessly scraped the side about 3 inches reversing into the garage.

Given all that might I just as well have a complete respray? (except for the bootlid/rear bumper I had done last year).

Keeping the exact same colour (Imola red) what would I expect to pay for a "refresh" (as opposed to a bare metal job). Based in Milton Keynes.

All advice gratefully received

CofB

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gizlaroc said:

I would expect to pay around £1200-2000 depending where you are.

That's fair

I was thinking, by the time I've totted up 3 or 4 jobs at three or four hundred pounds each, I'm getting towards a respray anyway

Thanks!

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V8Sully said:

Have a look at Retro Classica in Bow Brickhill. They did a good job on my E39 and were very reasonabley priced.
Cheers
Dave

Thanks I will

Can you expand a bit on "very reasonably priced"?