is this right?

[paulk]

My car is currently being repaired after a bit of an off on a icy road.
They are painting the entire front end both sills and boot lid.
So I asked the question how much would it cost me to paint the remaining bits of the car roof doors and rear wings?
The price I got back has suprised me a little £1150 this consists of £840 labour £100 paint and the rest VAT

Do you good people out there think this is fair?

[Plotloss]

£840 labour seems reasonable for a skill that as far as I can make out is black magic...

Remember its not as simple as just spraying the paint, it needs rubbing back, priming, spraying, rubbing, lacquering etc etc...

[joospeed]

may be a little bit high, but roofs are proper pita to flat and paint, plus you have to do up to the awkward front and read screen seals .. all much more labour intencsive than say a bonnet or boot wich have a free edge all round. I'd say from a dealer that's not unreasonable.

[GCerbera]

Full resprays are around 3k, so doesn't seem bad to me?

[kojak]

£3K. I must be out of touch regarding resprays. Never thought it costs so much.

[GCerbera]

kojak said:

£3K. I must be out of touch regarding resprays. Never thought it costs so much.

I rang 3 companies last year just to get an idea for a piece on TCR

All were 2.5 / 3.5 k for standard paint!

[paulk]

Thanks for your advice I just got a bit of a shock, now where is that phone number for the bank manager .

It would be worth getting it done so the car dosnt look like a patch work quilt!

They said it would take an extra 28hours of labour to do properly so its not that bad I suppose.

[Captain Beaky]

It's cheaper if you keep the same colour so that awkward spots like under the bonnet and around the interior of the hinges do not need to be painted.

When I had my lights changed I ended up getting my whole car painted (same colour) since they were doing the wings and bonnet anyway. It also guarantees that I won't have trouble later with the new and old paints not ageing at the same rate.

[paulk]

I did ask them how much to change the colour of the car. He said no in other words more than I could afford. So same colour for me. I am keen on getting the whole car done as the paintwork is now getting on for nine years old as the car is an early one 96.

I should not complain really just feel lucky that the insurance company are fixing the car and not writing it off. Finding £1500 or so to get the car back on the road is better than £20k + for another.

[J_S_G]

paulk said:

I did ask them how much to change the colour of the car. He said no in other words more than I could afford. So same colour for me. I am keen on getting the whole car done as the paintwork is now getting on for nine years old as the car is an early one 96. I should not complain really just feel lucky that the insurance company are fixing the car and not writing it off. Finding £1500 or so to get the car back on the road is better than £20k + for another.

I'd check to see if the whole thing can't go through on the insurance, if I were you....

[RUSSELLM]

I had mine done last year at Ewelme (very good), also had a quote from Blackpool, your price seems very cheap.

good luck
Russell

[paulk]

J_S_G said:

I'd check to see if the whole thing can't go through on the insurance, if I were you....

Have tried that one no chance what so ever