Front panel repair quote

[Rysee]

I've been quoted £200 to replace the lower valance panel :eek: I have the panel and would strip the bumper, wings, lights and everything for them

Is this as bad a quote as i feel it is?


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[General Baxter]

been doing a bit of crashing ? lol

they will quote high as they dont want to do it lol

[Rysee]

been doing a bit of crashing ? lol

they will quote high as they dont want to do it lol


Yeah before Christmas... Ditch

Would you like to do it? haha

[General Baxter]

no lol

[bazil]

If that's including prep and paint etc it ain't to bad,

[Rysee]

If that's including prep and paint etc it ain't to bad,


No paint just the chop and weld

[bazil]

Ooft

[Andy]

it is a time consuming job to be fair,drilling all the spot welds out and drilling new ones etc

[L14MNP]

I replaced the whole thing on my Nova with no prior experience in that area. Pice of pish. Took me a day like, just plodding along.

[Rysee]

I don't have a welder or anything

[Edd]

Yeah I agree can be very time consuming getting the panel off the chassis legs.

I reckon you should shop about abit, as I would expect for that prices to have it painted.

[Rysee]

Yeah I agree can be very time consuming getting the panel off the chassis legs.

I reckon you should shop about abit, as I would expect for that prices to have it painted.

I'd possible pay it if it was painted too

[bazil]

Have you seen the *how to* guide to replace a front panel in articles?

[Andy]

Its dear is that,shop around

[Rysee]

Have you seen the *how to* guide to replace a front panel in articles?

Yep but as said I don't have the tools, and quite frankly I don't trust myself

[blue_peg_16v]

contact ste porter he quoted some welding work for me and was very reasonable

[Rysee]

contact ste porter he quoted some welding work for me and was very reasonable

Trouble is he's a 220mile round trip

[General Baxter]

ill do it for £40, its called a gte bumper lol

[Andy]

Trouble is he's a 220mile round trip
so whats saved in cost is then spent on fuel.
Just have a ring round etc,must have a mate of a mate who will do it.I would have come and done it but your around 180miles from me

[burgo]

to be fair it is a pain in the **** job and most garages charge £50 an hour for welding

[General Baxter]

cant be as bad as my quote,

£900 for 2 arches and a front panel, no paint ether lol



to be fair it is a pain in the **** job and most garages charge £50 an hour for welding
it is when some turnip blunts the spot weld drill lol

[Andy]

cant be as bad as my quote,

£900 for 2 arches and a front panel, no paint ether lol
i didnt know dick turpin had gone into the body repair industry:confused:
spot drill bits are £9 from strap on and theyre ideal for drilling bread and cheese etc

[Graeme]

I was thinking the same thing, 4 hours solid work at fifty pounds an hour, pretty standard just to walk in most garages

[Rysee]

I'll find someone. My supervisor had the front panel done on his SR cheaper then that.

I went down here, the bloke was very helpful
http://www.halesfieldmot.co.uk/station_page.asp?session_ID=0&pid=309

[MattBrown]

Thats cheap £200

Bodyshops are £70 and hour usually, so £200 is fk all.

[Graeme]

Let Matt do it, but I have seen pigeons poo neater than his welding lmfao

[MattBrown]

Let Matt do it, but I have seen pigeons poo neater than his welding lmfao

Thats funny, as you have never seen my welding:wtf:

I think your getting at seans welding on the shell, with the reg on the gas turned off:roll: and the wrong settings on the transformer pulse lol

My welding is quite neat tbf:d

[Edd]

Maybe because I have only had bodywork done by a good long term friend and get it done at a cheap price I don't know the proper costs.

[General Baxter]

My welding is quite neat tbf:d

im happy i was sitting down for that lol

[Graeme]

Only joking Matt, are you having your man period or something? I have seen your welding when you were trying to put your big bore 2 tail pipe back on your white one

[Rysee]

This is the sum of my welding experience...

Half an hour with a stick welder lol

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[General Baxter]

thats rather good for a stick :)


if thats rysee's atempt with a stick you will blow brownie out the water with a mig lol

[bazil]

ill do it for £40, its called a gte bumper lol


I'd go for this idea lol

[bmw156]

lol ill do it, you come around and we will do it lol.

and tbh thats not bad welding.

yeh thats like 400 mile round trip!

[Rysee]

I need to buy a MIG. Bear in mind the plate's 8mm thick. I did a course at college, they got the safety gumph out of the way, we welded for half an hour then they cancelled the course before the 2nd week cause the numbers were low as they had passed some new rule about extraction with gas welding so it cut the amount of people on the course... GAY

Cheers bmw mental mileage, it'd double the amount of miles on my cars clock lol

[bmw156]

I need to buy a MIG. Bear in mind the plate's 8mm thick. I did a course at college, they got the safety gumph out of the way, we welded for half an hour then they cancelled the course before the 2nd week cause the numbers were low as they had passed some new rule about extraction with gas welding so it cut the amount of people on the course... GAY

Cheers bmw mental mileage, it'd double the amount of miles on my cars clock lol LOL you going billing, ill bring the welder and we can all get to work, VBOA will love us

[Rysee]

Haha they would I am indeed sunday morning

[bmw156]

Haha they would I am indeed sunday morning see ya there lol