How much

[nova-saloon]

Went to my local bodyshop earlier to get a quote for painting a new wing on my mk1 nova. I tell the guy that i can supply the new wing and he comes away with a price of £130 plus vat:eek: . Am i right in thinking this is a bit expensive or am i just being tight.

[wwmnw]

Overpriced just a tad.

[nova-saloon]

Thats what i thought. Away to phone a few places that are further from me, hopefully i get quoted a better price.

[bai1ey]

i supplied the paint and the wing. a bloke near me painted it for 30 quid that is a vectra c just to give you a idea

[craig green]

They are clearly pricing themselves out of the job as they dont want to do a puny job on a w**ky car. Simples.

[Paul]

That is about right, maybe a tad overpriced but expect to pay over £100 for the first panel.

With paintwork, the saying 'you get what you pay for' couldn't be more true.

[nova-saloon]

The lowest price i managed to get was £90. My dad's away to phone a few of his mates to see if he can get it done as a homer.

[Jack]

That is about right, maybe a tad overpriced but expect to pay over £100 for the first panel.

With paintwork, the saying 'you get what you pay for' couldn't be more true.
Took the words right out my mouth.

First panel will always be the most expensive, you'd probably find he'd do another wing for an extra £20 or so.

[16v Nova Kev]

That is about right, maybe a tad overpriced but expect to pay over £100 for the first panel.

With paintwork, the saying 'you get what you pay for' couldn't be more true.

people forget you have to buy a minimum of paint just to do a wing i.e 20quid for a quarter litre :thumb:

[CoolTiger]

we dont even charge that for a bumper painting and a wing is like 100x easyer than that

[burgo]

why would you want to pay the lowest price you can. the less you pay the worse the job is gonna be. i got a quote to paint my estate. came back with 2k + which is fully what i was expecting as having worked in a bodyshop i know what effort goes into painting a car

[nova-saloon]

i want to find the lowest price i can because money is very short atm. and why the less i pay the worse the job, its there career and they should be good at it, if not why do it

[Jack]

and why the less i pay the worse the job, its there career and they should be good at it, if not why do it
Because if they quote cheap prices they get people who think "cheapest = best" lol

[Plug]

with any thing in life you pay for what you get.

cheap isnt best

[burgo]

cos if you pay a cheap price they let the apprentice do it lol.

how long and how much work do you think goes into painting a panel properly??

[Dod]

I actually have a guy that paints for me and he couldnt be cheaper. No one can beat his price and he always does a top job and I'm not talking sh1t either. Keith Robinson has seen one of the Novas he did for €500 incl any prep, filling etc that was needed. Ok, it needed a proper run with a powerbuffer but it was still spot on.

[nova-saloon]

how long and how much work do you think goes into painting a panel properly??

A brand new panel with no dents etc. about 2 hours worth of labour i'd say. Correct me if i'm wrong.