body damage, price for undenting + paint? Options

[CelicaST_CALI]

hey i was just wondering whats a rough estimate for the price to take all the dents out of my car and paint it white??my dad has this guy do some body work on it but i think it didn't really help except he did fix the pas. door.









This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: Mar 10, 2008 - 12:00 AM

[hongkongnerdboy]

thats a lot of work..

[CelicaST_CALI]

lol thanks

[96bluevert]

wow...to fix all that damage and repaint I'd say you're looking at easily few thousand $$$ (if you're having a shop do all the prep and everything).

[presure2]

any decent bodyshop is gonna tell you 2 things.
#1, the dents are fixable, although you'd be better off with a new bumper.

#2, the delamination of the paint is a problem.
theyre going to want to strip all that old, damaged paint off, otherwise there is no garantee it wont start peeling again.
that can get expensive.

[goferris]

it'll probably cost more than the car is worth.

[speedfeen]

its really hard when ppl come on here and start asking for prices on this and that


every shop is different and i agree that they are going to wanna strip your paint in order to guarentee their work. This is going to get pretty pricy...

i will agree with the 3 thousand dollar mark because of your body damage....but call around or bring your car to some shops for a guesstimate.

[Daftboy]

Airplane remover....go team!

[presure2]

Airplane remover....go team!

hell yes.

[CelicaST_CALI]

lol,ok,so ill get my c-one hood,bumper then,easy.thanks for the input

[6G94celica]

to get a new stock hood, left fender and dents roughly equivalent to yours and have my car sprayed with a porsche red and many coats of clear it ran about 2800

[Rymaster]

could you possibly strip all the old paint off yourself? that save you a good bit

[CelicaST_CALI]

ya i would paint the whole car if i could,im a complete noob but i am a fast learner...i have the time and a place to do it at.somebody pm me and tell me how to if u could...

[JasonX]

just go to one day paint and body. it's not like it's name and done in one day. they had mine for about a week. I had front end damage, so I gave them a new bumper and they also took out all minor dents out, molded my body kit, and painted the whole car pearl white. came out real nice. I had the paint for over a year with no problems. it's about $1500 after negotiating a little.

[bootslimo]

I have done some body work before. You say your a noob, but the way to learn is to do it yourself,if your not sure on something, read a book, there are plenty. sand it down your-self, you will understand y body shops charge so much. When i had my old one painted the shop and i agreed that if i did the prep work they would knock off $200, paid $600. Looked great. The spraying is easy, the prep is the hard part.

For your rear quarter let a shop handle that one because of the crease. I would get a new door from a junk yard. (been there done that) Now you have a new door, no dents, spare parts for future, know where there is a car that u can get more parts off of, sanding experience, paint experience, bragging rights, saved money for future upgrades, and can now help your friends with their cars, or possibly a new career.

[boosted6g]

ouch.. sorry to see the damage. come down to SO cali and my friends and fix it =)

[CelicaST_CALI]

clear my friendddddd,y dont u return my myspace messages...i still need my prices,wanna quote me on how much it would be for u to install all my goodies,and take out the dent and paint it white??