Deal or No Deal?

[Ian B Walker]

Just been quoted £250 to get the coupe roof side strip and rear quarter resprayed and laquered. (Laquer peeling off )Plus having the rear bumper sprayed as well. Deal or no deal, what do you think?

 

[Flash]

Average cost of panel repray is around £100. A good backstreet bodyshop may be able to quote you less but £250 sounds the normal going rate. A bonnet respray on a W203 by a approved MB bodyshop is £300 plus depending on where you go.

 

[Vips]

250 sounds like a very good deal. Assuming its done properly.

 

[Will]

Deal

 

[Ian B Walker]

I stumbled across this guy while doing a gearbox swap on that damned W208. (No offence intended to 208 owners) I saw the quality of his work on a number of cars and to be honest they were very good. I dont have a clue as to what the current costs are likley to be. OK I know Merc charge an arm and a leg so I am really after what people would be prepared to pay taking into consideration that I may be tasked with wing replacements etc in the very near future.

 

[league67]

If you are happy with a work

I'd say sounds very reasonable. The best price that I've got from couple of MB auth. bodyshops to respray bonnet (plus 'blend' on the wing) was £580 + VAT. But then again they've done stellar job. (thanks Flash for recommending them).

Regards Voya

 

[Vips]

If it helps, from an MB approved sprayer, I have been quoted 500.00 to have the 2 front wings and bonnet sprayed, along with tidying up a few scuffs around the front headlamp washer area and front bumper touch ups. The 2wings I have to supply, though not sure how much they are.

Still thinking whether to do this or not.

 

[glojo]

Hi Ian,
I'm a great believer in you get what you pay for. If you have seen the person and are happy with his facilities, then price must surely be secondary. I am old fashioned and still like to see proper spray booths with bake facilities. The back street garage with perhaps just an extractor fan might be alright for a short term jobbies, but if it were my car, then I would want something better and hopefully this person is 'something better'

Regards,
John