Respray in a low cost country?

[jeremy156]

I'm considering a respray for my W210 as it's riddled with rust spots. With most of the expense being the manual labour to prepare and only a small amount of the cost being for materials, I suspect the cost of a re-spray would be much lower in somewhere like Poland.

Has anyone tried this? Any success or horror stories? Is this common practise? I would have no hesitation in taking a 1000 mile drive across Europe to leave my car there for a few weeks while they did their work - it would make a couple of interesting "long weekends".

I'd be interested to read any comments or warnings!!

 

[Howard]

Sp!ke did this with his w124 coupe ......

See ...

http://mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=3041&highlight=slovenia

http://mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=3332&highlight=slovenia

http://mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=588&highlight=slovenia

I gather he is very pleased with the results, and they used the prope3r cellulose paint, that is hard to get now, as opposed to the water based paint .... but i guess a w210 would have water based paint from new ...

 

[jeremy156]

I've just read with interest - and I'll try and contact that place for a quote somehow. All I need now is a translator....

My partner has friends in Poland, so I'll ask them if they know of anywhere local to them - with the benefit that they could keep track of progress and help with native language... but failing that, I'll consider this guy in Slovenia.

Thanks! By the way - did anyone else follow Spike's lead? Any good experiences?

 

[chipray]

Have you thought about Spain? At a proper Merc dealer in Granada the labour rate is 41 Euros + VAT per hour and I for one am leaving my paintwork repairs until my next visit.