Respray costs

[nevpugh308]

Sorry to pea roast from the main gassing section, but I didn't get much of a reply on this.

If you were getting a full, almost concours respray done, little bodywork needed and no real need to take most of the paint back to bare metal (just the nose really, where it's had a few resprays over the years) .... how much would you consider fair (GBP) for a really, really s**t hot proper job ?

Cheers

[Nightmare]

partly depensd on which paint you use - obviusly they charge paint by the litre and it can vary from about 30 quid to 700 for some old bugatti colour (I may have got numbers wrong, but it is a silly amount!)

A real top notch monkey job with average cost paint....according to bodyshop friend....should be around the 2K mark. An official ferarri dealership will likely charge double, but get it done at the same place and then pocket half the cash!

>> Edited by Nightmare on Thursday 2nd October 12:28

[nevpugh308]

Cheers NM

[nevpugh308]

Actually, I'm getting quotes for between £4000 and £5000 (for a near concours job)

[lotusnobles]

Not quite a Ferrari, but the bill I got with my recently purchased Elan for a full quality respray (done just over 12mths ago) organised by a Lotus Main Dealer but paid direct to the body shop was just shy of £2.5k if that helps

>> Edited by lotusnobles on Saturday 4th October 13:26

[scampbellb]

I had my Ferrari 400 stripped back to the metal and repainted a couple of years ago and it cost me £4k. Cracking job though. The car won it's class in the 2002 FOC concours, so I have no complaints. Now if only the car would increase in value enough to recoup some of my costs .....

[Nightmare]

be quite surprised if you couldnt get it done for less than 4 - 5 K. To be fair, almost all the money goes in the prep - I dont know how hard to strip down your partcular beast is - so I guess this could affect the price a lot. 4 - 5K still seems somewhat high to me.....

[iguana]

I'd say you could pay up as high as £6K for a really pukka job.

[Nightmare]

you could pay double that - it just doesnt tend to translate quality wise necessarily (a 6K job wont always be better than a 3K job, depends on the bodyshop)

[Davel]

Was quoted £2k for my 308 GT4 earlier this year, prior to selling her and that needed a minimum of work prior to painting in silver/grey.

I think that red would have been cheaper(about £500 less) but wanted to keep her original.

[nevpugh308]

Haha ! I've just been quoted 10k by one shop ! Yes, you got it, 10,000 of your British pounds ! And thats a respray on a car that needs minimum bodywork and not stripped to bare metal !

Thankyou but ............ no

[lotusnobles]

10k!!!! Now ask them how much to respray a fiesta! Wouldnt have anything to do with the dancin donkey on the bonnet would it?