corb
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Been to a bodyshop, who are extremely good, to get a quote for having my car re-sprayed as its quite tatty now and needs some tidying up. Ive been quoted £2000 for a complete exterior re-spray in white, changing nothign except taking the washer jets out the bonnet.
Now, what I'm wondering is, as its £2000 to get the whole exterior done in standard white, do i pay an extra £400 - £500 to get the door shuts and boot shut done aswell, in a Pearlescent White. It'll leave me a bit tight on money, but should i go all out and just get it done? Only other thing that's bothering me about it, apart from the extra money is what if it gets chipped/scratched/damaged, cos as its pearl, instead of a standard white, im buggered if i need a colour match. Really cant decide, whaddya y'all reckon?
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chumbly_warner
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Registered: 22nd Aug 03
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Spend the extra money and get the pearl
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Ojc
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Corb baby, I had my entire car re-sprayed for £1300 and you've seen how good mine is, and that was with all the work I had done.
That included, door shuts, suspension turrets, all inside the car.
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BYRON
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£2000
I would expect my door shuts etc to be done for that
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corb
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yeah, but its in REALLY shite condition if im perfectfly honest. He did say that if the paint wasn't flaking and without the cracks in the arch joins etc. it would only be £1500.
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Ojc
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Corb  you saw my car at Lee's did'nt you?
I can safely say that was in worse condition compared to yours
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RKS
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yeh sounds a bit much to me, try somewhere else first mate? and then go back to the first lot and say so and so said they would do it for this.....
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Filby1
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Registered: 12th Dec 03
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Full bottom end respray + Light Brows Bonnet and Mirrors 700 quid up here in West Yorks. only took four days
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ed
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2k for a blow over. Your being had...
[Edited on 08-04-2005 by 1800ed]
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Colin
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£2k
Ive been quoted £1k for exterior & door shuts - pretty much everything you would want to do!!!
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V8
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Do yourself mate - Im doing mine at mo (2nd time round coz of speedbumps!!!) and its cost me £165 for all the paint e.t.c.
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Corsa E-Tec
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£2K is alot i thought, i'm spraying mine from caribic blue to black and i was only thinking of paying 1800 max from midas.
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
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I had mine resprayed, and all the little cracks and bumps etc fixed, bad boy bonnet fitted and vectra door handles for £700. Admittedly that was slightly cheaper than normal cos i knewthe guy, but £2000 is a hell of a lot.
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Jambo
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Corbina sweetie they are trying to rip you off.
I had mine done which was in AWFULL condition (see my garage for pix) with LOTs of additional work smoothing etc for £1600.
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python
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where did the work on everyones cars??
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corb
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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yeah, but you hear stories about companies who are absolutely excellent, then the occasional bad report. I dont want to be the occasional bad report, as Bodyline are 100% everytime. And they're local, last time i had it done, took it to Doncaster, and that was a cunt to get there and back for picking it up etc.
And this time it HAS to be perfect. I mean, if I go to pick it up and I aint happy with something, I'm not taking it away until it spot on, and wont pay a penny more for the correction.
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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Bring it to Reading then you divvy. Let me have the parcel shelf.
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corb
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out the corsa? will it fit 
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M333KS D
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thats well steep i think, can get a full respray at my local bodyshop, including door shuts boots shut and evrything stripped off (like ariel and washer jets) for around £700 - £800, and that comes out perfect every time, you wanna get it down to derbyshire mate!!
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Ojc
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I can understand what Corb is saying though, he wants to pay 2k and be 100% sure of a good job.
Same situation Rachel has with her car, take it to Midas get a 90% good job or take it to S&T and get a 100% job and have to pay an extra £400.
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Ben
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fair enough if thats what you want mate but £2000 to paint an old car? cant you just get it done at a cheap place?
i would not be able to sleep knowing ive just forked out 2k for painting an old car
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corb
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
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I'm going to be keeping it for a long time if I get it sprayed anyway, but rarely use it. Try to keep it mainly for shows etc. if I can, then save up again and buy a 3 or 4k reliable everyday motor, instead of having a 21yr old nova, cos i want a semi-decent reputation! Wouldnt mind a leon or summit, we'll see. Also bear in mind I live in Kent, expense capital of England anyway.
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Ojc
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Oii you c4nt my Nova is 20 years old
But I don't care much for reputations.
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corb
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
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yes, but your nova is nice looking, and semi-fast. Mine is standard, faded and slow as fook. Im not prepared, i dont think, to spend lots of money on 2 projects, nova and corsa. If it was just the nova, it'd have a LET, and look spot on. x
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Ian
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Pearl white can look dirty compared to base white if the weather isn't great.
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