Respray - How much???

Goll Mac Morna

My sister needs to get her car resprayed, it's a 1995 MAZDA 323.

The car is in excellent condition with very low mileage, the only problem with it is its paintwork (it is red and is suffering from the fading and pinkness that red cars often suffer). :mad:

Can anyone give an estimate of the cost of a respray in red, I was talking to someone today who had had cars resprayed a couple of years ago for £400.

Would €600 to €800 be a fair price???
Thanks for any help.

BrianD3

Have you tried T-cut or rubbing compound on the paint.

heggie

last time i got a quote from a company that does excellent work on show cars etc, it was around 2,000 for a full respray.

KTRIC

Pinking is just the outer coat of paint oxidising. It can be removed with paint renovator.

dahamsta

What those guys said. And pardon the hijack, but has anyone here had their car cut and buffed professionally? What kinda money?

adam

RicardoSmith

K-TRIC wrote:

Pinking is just the outer coat of paint oxidising. It can be removed with paint renovator.

T-Cut only lasts for a little while. Or are you talking about something else?

Goll Mac Morna

Thanks for the replies.
She has used T-cut before and it has worked well, but the problem re-occurs further down the line.
Originally Posted by K-TRIC
Pinking is just the outer coat of paint oxidising. It can be removed with paint renovator.


Is this "paint renovator" a different product?

I think she will only settle for a total respray.
I will let you know how I get on.

woody

www.carcraft.ie


you may not need a respray just revitalised

woody

between 99 and 149

these guys are great
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fully inclusive of paint touch ups[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]€149[/font]

commited

The price of a respray is probably more than the car is worth unfortunately

Dades

commited wrote:

The price of a respray is probably more than the car is worth unfortunately

Probably true.

If she is resparaying with the intention to sell she'd never recoup the expenditure.

Goll Mac Morna

The Atheist wrote:

Probably true.

If she is resparaying with the intention to sell she'd never recoup the expenditure.

Nah, she's not selling. She just really likes the car, she bought it in 1997 with about 8K on the clock. She doesn't do much driving at all (wallks to work) and it only has about 50K on the clock.
It's a really immaculate car (like new inside, and in great mechanical order) the only let down is the paintwork (it's faded in places).

Thanks WOODY for the link, looks good.

manchine

I had some work done on mine a few months back.
Had to get a good bit of bodywork sorted out (there was damage to the front left pannel and was keyed on both sides) and ended up getting all but the roof and the boot resprayed.

The work was done by these guys:
http://www.gerrymaguire.com

All in all it came in around 2K.
They were very good/professional, plenty of expensive cars lined up to be worked on outside too that gives you more confidence in them.

dahamsta

manchine wrote:

The work was done by these guys:
http://www.gerrymaguire.com

Show me the money! SHOW ME THE MONEY!