well, as some may know my cars clear coat was startin to flake off, and practally the whole roof was white anyways i took it down to the 'gong to a mates, mates business partners son and got him to take a look at it, he reccons that the clear coat was rooted and it needed another one so he is going do the enitre roof and bonnet, by sandin back the clear coat and respraying it as well as sanding back the front bar to plastic and re sprayin it (stone chips), and givin the entire car a good buff anywhos he said that he would take care of me and do it for what it costs him

now i dunno much bout paint prices or anythin so im wonderin wat do u people reccon it would cost him, and wat he should charge me?

thats pretty good mates rates from what i know i think it should cost him under 1k its the labour of sanding etc that takes ages...sanding sucks man that dude is a top bloke

Buy him a box of beer and give him some cash for his efforts.
Unspoken rule of helping someone.

^ im with koma

or help him out with the sanding and preperation of the car too, might aswell learn something

wish i knew somone who was a spray painter

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or help him out with the sanding and preperation of the car too, might aswell learn something

wish i knew somone who was a spray painter That's what I reckon too. Get in and have a go at the sanding part, it's the worst part. You'll learn something and he'll think you're a top bloke for helping out.

well i cant giv him a ahand sandin wid school, work n all
well he charged me $700 and has the car till wednesday....he reccons its to cover the cost of paint n stuff

wat ya reccon, btw for any1 down in that area its at elchaars accident repair centre in chapman street fairy meadow, hes a nice bloke jusd wanna know if he is speakin the truth or not
i alwayts ring him reguardin paint work and he always say take it to him and he will help me out and show me wat to do...

so reccon the price is fair?

yah thats a good price for bonnet roof and front bumper

ask him to colour code while hes at it

Off the top of my head - I'd say you're looking at $150 worth of paint all up at the very most. Don't get me wrong - $700 is a f*cking good price.

Bottom line is he's charging you for labour - but not at the rate he would charge an insurance company.

i got a friend who is a spraypainter and when he done my bodykit i offered him a hand and he said "no" only cause he said i did'nt know how to do it properly and it would just make more work for him ... sounds harsh but when i thought about it it sounds right ... i'd only have to sand to much off and he'd have to come along and fix it

$150 for front bar, and no more then $300 for roof, you got ripped.

You guys realise they have machine sanders these days dont you???

I was talking to a spraypainter friend of mine if the guy uses good qual clear then that costs about $100 a litre magna needs about 3-4 litres, then theres buffing compound thats dear aswell and the sand paper isnt cheap either for the good stuff

So i'd say that was a good price for a good job not some dodgy backyard hack

I was talking to a spraypainter friend of mine if the guy uses good qual clear then that costs about $100 a litre magna needs about 3-4 litres, then theres buffing compound thats dear aswell and the sand paper isnt cheap either for the good stuff

So i'd say that was a good price for a good job not some dodgy backyard hack

awesome, thats just what i wanted to hear:D:D.
he runs a fairly large smash repairs shop down in wollongong so he defintaly isnt dodgy :P

$150 for front bar, and no more then $300 for roof, you got ripped.

You guys realise they have machine sanders these days dont you???

the price covers

$200 front bar
$200 bonnet
$300 roof

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its a good price snr88

but if i was u id get boot done aswell, if roof n bonnet got clearcoat problems i wouldnt be surprised if boot is next

']its a good price snr88

but if i was u id get boot done aswell, if roof n bonnet got clearcoat problems i wouldnt be surprised if boot is next

the boot lid got replaced bout a year ago (due to a reversing accident) so it paint job is brand new :D

If its just to rub back on the clear coat and painted then thats a pretty normal price, you're not getting a good deal and you're not getting ripped off.
If he was serious about giving you a discount it would be less then $500. Rubbing back clear and spraying is easy, you dont need to rub back much at all, its just a case of rubbing it back with 600 wet and dry then maybe 800 then spray and he would only need 1.5L of clear max to do that.

well, got my car back today and all i can say is AWESOME!!!!!!!
Absolutely excellent job by the boys at ELCHAARS in Fairy Meadow I would reccomend the 110%, great quality job, great customer service and very friendly people,
welll they ended up resprayin the side guards and front bar completley and re sprayin the clear coat on the roof and bonnet,

once again boy and girls, if you need any panelbeating done ELCHAARS down at Fairy Meadow is the place :D

Hmmm, im looking at getting a new front bar soon, and when i do my exhaust, im gonna have twin pipes, so ill need to make a new cutout, and considering my rear bumper is really scratched (not by me), ill get a new one, so ill consider it.

BTW, and pics of your new paint job? Before and after maybe? Did he spray the side guards bcoz of ur supermishap?

Heh, I did'nt see you got the bonnet done aswell, well that is good then, good score dude, my bad. lol