Repair my arches!/Respray

[GrahamT]

Couldn't see anywhere else to ask so here goes!

I would like to get all 4 arches repaired and resprayed. I was quoted £600 but that sounds a bit OTT to me! But then, I haven't had anything sprayed/repaired in years!

Also wondering how much a respray (total or maybe just bottom half) would cost, roughly, doing my own prep work???

Anyone had this done recently?

Cheers,
Graham

[FredTransit]

Sorry Graham, but how long is a piece of string? We have got our work lutons resprayed (blown over!!!) for £400, last one a couple of years ago. Our body man (not the £400 merchant) is very good, but quoted me £1000 for a LWB panel, he does quality work with all the prep. So you would be looking for something in the middle.

[GrahamT]

Thats fine, I know its a bit of a finger in the air job but judging by your answer a rub down, fill and spray for four arches should be a fair bit less than £600! I think he was politely telling me to "bugger orf"!

[Luke]

Its the repair part that will cost the money!! - if you just wanted them rubbing down and respraying you'd probly get that done for £200 or less but cutting the old arches out welding in new repair panels - thats where the labour cost is - it's quite time consuming!!

[Valsheda]

HIYA MATE ,

HERE GOES , I HAD A NEW WING , SECTION OF ARCH CUT OUT AND REPLACED , BONNET STRIPPED AND PAINTED FRONT BUMPER MACHINED BACK AND PAINTED AND THE ROOF STRIPPED AND PAINTED ,
BUT THE TROUBLE WITH MY PAINT WAS THAT IT IS METALIC , WHICH MEANT THAT I NEEDED ALOT MORE PAINTED SO THAT IT BLENDED IN AND DIDNT END UP WITH ODD PANELS , I HAD THIS DONE AT A LOCAL COACH BUILDERS WHICH HAS A HIGH REPUTATION ,

THE COST :-

LABOUR - £1174.50
FRONT ARCH PANEL £23.40
WING - £74.10
WINDSCREEN REMOVAL/REFIT - £35.00
CAVITY SEALERS - £10.00
PAINTS AND MATERIALS - £268.28

VAT - £268.42

TOTAL - £1862.70

SOUNDS A HELL OF ALOT , BUT , THEY HAD MY VAN FOR TWO WEEKS , ICOULD GO AND SEE IT BEING DONE AND COULD NOT FALT THE QUALITY OF THE WORKMANSHIP ,

END RESULT , VERY HAPPY ,

I COULD OF GONE ELSE WHERE AND GOT THE WORK DONE CHEAPER , BUT I THINK IT IS A CASE OF YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR ,

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY , IT DOESNT MATTER WHERE YOU GO LABOUR CHARGES ARE THE BULK OF YOUR OUTLAY ,

[GrahamT]

WOW! You had a lot of work done and your bus looks great for it! I'm pretty sure the arches don't need cutting out, just a rub down and a bit of filler. I could do most of that myself and I have done many times on my older bangers, even done my dad's Sierra a couple of times now and he was happy! I would just like to get a nice professional finish to the job. Rather than a couple of Halfords spray cans!!
Cheers,

[apples26]

you local to southampton?



i can offer you a competitive quote

[GrahamT]

Sorry mate, I should've said. I'm in Hereford, can't quite see Southampton from here, so must be too far!
Thanks for the offer though!

[Buster]

I am meeting the man who painted my van next weekend ,so that he can quote me happy for two rear arches,two front wings ??? and front arch step section,and respray them back into match (hopefully).... The only problem is hes in Barnsley ,,but hes good .(my van has been done 7 years and it still shines like the day it was done,,,shame that the rust is starting to come through )

[Luke]

hes in Barnsley

thats near me who is it?
Did he do the airbrushing aswell!!!

[Buster]

His name is Garry he done all the prep and body work (i had a new side panel fitted after an accident )he also done the paintwork and the final laquer coats ..He trades as Autoshine , He now does a lot of bodykits on cars and has vechicles that just won trophys at the Doncaster Show ...
The murals and artwork was done by Andy Scott ,who i beleive is from Sheffield (He done my work at Garrys) he now does mostly trucks and his work can been seen at most truck shows and in most truck magazines...

THESE TWO MEN ARE HIGHLY RECOMENDED AND DO A VERY PROFESSIONAL JOB

Please contact me for phone numbers.