Who Here Is A Panel Beater?

[TTT]

I'm thinking of buying a car.

It has hail damage like a "slightly" fat chicks thighs (ie not really deep but easily seen)

Lets say I bought it, and wanted the damage fixed and a couple of other dings, and get the car resprayed in the same factory colour...

what sort of dollars are we looking at?

the colour is a metalic waroon/wine red thing.

I know this is kind of a "how long is a piece of string" question, but I want to know if it's worthwhile or if I should move on.

in terms of purchase cost of said car, compared to others without the damage...

said car = $4K

others = $8K

would repairs and respray cost between $2K - $3K? or more?

like is there a saving here or not?

[r32line]

I'm not a panel beater but respray's have a huge range of prices. But as a minimum I would think $2k just for the respray is your lowest price, add the cost of fixing up countless dents from hail etc... you are realistically going to be comming up pretty close to the $8k total I would think.

A car like that would be perfect for someone wanting to track/drift (if its a sportscar) or just a runabout shitter that you don't care about. I think it would be better to buy a car in good nick from the start rather than buy this car, and have to put it straight in the shop for a month or more...

G/l either way.

Edited June 10, 2009 by r32line

[r32line]

Oh, one other thing - if the hail has damaged the roof then that can lead to the car being classified as a write off.

Its different for different states, but its something you might need to check if you get serious about buying the car.

[NZM.031]

there are guys that do paintless hail damage repairs... the use a vacuum or plunger and pull the dent out.. dont need a respray... otherwise... for that price, you could get a new c/f bonnet, bootlid, and front and rear wide guards... get the roof hail fixed and paint it black.

or... keep the hail damage... make it look stock and uncared for... and find a monster turbo kit.

[TTT]

yeah I know of the dent removal guys..

but if they charge per dent.. lol..

The car will need a respray anyway i rekon.

Might be ALOT cheaper to buy a car with a straight body

[JAS-25T]

also, consider how much $$$ the inconvenience is wroth of not having a car you have paid for while it is repaired.

[lineskee 33]

Id say have a crack yourself at it. Sand back the panels, knock out the dents as best you can then bog up the slight imperfections. prep it then take it to the painters to paint the panels and it should just cost you a couple of hundred for the paint and minimal labour. Thats what i would be doing.

[TTT]

lol.. um... no

I'll pass on the car