DOH! - How much roughly for paint damage?

PaulStat · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:21

Through no one else's fault but my own I managed to scrape a parked car with my own, my car was worse off, I have a scrape from above the rear left wheel arch, all the way along most of my back left passenger door.

So roughly (hard without pictures?) how much would I be looking at to repair some paint damage on a Ford Focus?

Will Gill · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:24

through to the metal or just scuffed paint?

PaulStat · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:26

I think it's just scuffed paint. But if it were down to the metal how much difference in cost could that make?

Will Gill · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:37

if it's just scuffed you could polish/buff it out, if it's down to the metal you ideally need to sand it down, apply a primer then paint ontop.

the former is obviously a lot cheaper

PaulStat · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:44

any idea on the cost? a very rough idea

Ezah · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:56

How much is a bottle of T-cut and some elbow grease these days? It can work wonders.
But if you are still left with damage after that you will need to ask a body shop, and usually they want to spray the whole panel rather than just the damaged area.

My guess would be 200-300 quid for 2 panels. I paid that for 3 panels over here but then again labour is cheaper.

Hades · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:58

I hope you left a note?

PaulStat · 3 Oct 2011 at 10:02

^ Yup, I had to go back though as I didn't have a pen and paper at the time

mistercrabb · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:43

Cost me about £300 to get a door stripped and resprayed.

And yes they will probably have to do the whole panel.

PaulStat · 4 Oct 2011 at 09:55

Had a quote via email based on these pictures. £450 ouch!!!!! does that sound reasonable?

Ezah · 4 Oct 2011 at 10:37

Seems a lot. Get 3 quotes

mistercrabb · 4 Oct 2011 at 10:42

Seems about right to me for repainting 2 panels.
They might do it cheaper if you offer to take the panels off the car yourself (you would have to strip the door though).

Howard · 4 Oct 2011 at 11:21

Doesn't sound unreasonable to me either

blueboy2001 · 4 Oct 2011 at 12:50

mistercrabb said:
Seems about right to me for repainting 2 panels.
They might do it cheaper if you offer to take the panels off the car yourself (you would have to strip the door though).

I'd be more worried about cutting out the rear quarter than stripping a door!

£450 is about right for a main dealer or big commercial bodyshop. Doesn't mean the quality will be any better than a smaller place who will do it for half the price. There are so many people who are slap dash and don't really care the only way to pick a bodyshop is from solid personal reccomendations really.

Locky · 4 Oct 2011 at 12:57

I would be looking to pay 250-300 tops for that tbh, IMO £450 is to high. shop about dealership paint shops are not really all they are cracked up to be and usually indi paint shops are better.