Hi All,
Does anyone have any reccomendations for good body shops within the Nottingham / Derby area that I could look into for getting the rusty sill / arch sorted on my MX5? I have bubbling thats probably no wider than a 10p piece, but it goes around most of the upper arch starting a little forward of the middle, and curving all the way towards the rear centre of the arch. There is also a larger piece of rust underneath the sill just in front of the rear wheel, this has left quite a big crack and some of the metal on the outer skin has fallen away.
I've popped into Auto Body Tec today in Ilkeston today, and although they seem top notch their estimate seems rather steep at £600 to get the sill and arch done. It did seem to give quite a lot for the money though, cutting out all the rusty metal, welding in new stuff, and then priming / rust protecting that, then putting stone chip on the sill and re-priming before spraying and blending it in. They were estimating around 12 hours labour so with that in mind the price doesnt seem so bad.
I've come across another company called Cavendish Classic Cars based in Shardlow who I am going to attempt to get down to over the weekend for another estimate.
Does anyone have any first hand experience with either getting this kind of repair done on an MX-5 and the associated costs, or just general good bodyshop reccomendations in my area?
Thanks
Does anyone have any reccomendations for good body shops within the Nottingham / Derby area that I could look into for getting the rusty sill / arch sorted on my MX5? I have bubbling thats probably no wider than a 10p piece, but it goes around most of the upper arch starting a little forward of the middle, and curving all the way towards the rear centre of the arch. There is also a larger piece of rust underneath the sill just in front of the rear wheel, this has left quite a big crack and some of the metal on the outer skin has fallen away.
I've popped into Auto Body Tec today in Ilkeston today, and although they seem top notch their estimate seems rather steep at £600 to get the sill and arch done. It did seem to give quite a lot for the money though, cutting out all the rusty metal, welding in new stuff, and then priming / rust protecting that, then putting stone chip on the sill and re-priming before spraying and blending it in. They were estimating around 12 hours labour so with that in mind the price doesnt seem so bad.
I've come across another company called Cavendish Classic Cars based in Shardlow who I am going to attempt to get down to over the weekend for another estimate.
Does anyone have any first hand experience with either getting this kind of repair done on an MX-5 and the associated costs, or just general good bodyshop reccomendations in my area?
Thanks
