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feel free to recommend to me a panel beater that does good work and wont charge me a fortune

woman backed into a wooden pole and has trashed a rear panel :*(

darwens have quoted me 700 bux, im hoping i can get good work done, but cheaper than that (getting front bar resprayed while we are at it)

preferably southside, inner city

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I'm also after names, places etc for the work i need done .. when i do finally get it done :D

Don't want to drive to 50 places to get quotes so some recommendations by people would be a great help. Probably needs to have worked on skylines, and needs to do a very good job.

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In Brisbane?? this is QLD and QLD specific thread.. but yeah, when i was in melb already been to palm.

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DMD does good work, their pretty busy but ask them or another place called wizard smash repairs

DMD is not the sort of place I'd take my car to get painted for this sort of thing. May need a small dent popped out on the door i've got on anyhow.

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Dr Kustom (Shawn) - does the best prices in Brisbane from all the places I've found quotes from. Tell him Bryan recommended you and I'm pretty darn sure he'll take good care of your ride at a very affordable price.

contact: 0402 637 642 - panel shop is in morningside

he doesnt advertise and owns his workshop - thats why he can do such great prices.

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He gave me a ball park figure to which i am not posting because he really did not want to commit to a certain price as he wanted to inspect the vehilce first and then give me a definate price, bit hard to explain just how bad my roof is so he wanted to have a look at it first. Which is understandable.

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Camerons at coopers plains got the job

mainly coz they were the ones that originally painted my car (street machines blue) so it made it easier to match the colour

plus they were cheaper by over hundred bux on the next cheapest quote

plenty of nice imports there being worked on also

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zoixy dude, bugger all

ive done pretty much what u did (ripped front bar off, i just had mine tied on with cable ties)

would only be a couple hundred to get it resprayed and reattached propperly

especially if camerons already did your car, means they got your colour ready to roll

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I paid about $350 for my frontbar to be painted and fitted from raw.. but i was getting some insurance work done at the same time so they may have charged me cheaper.

My 400R is 110mm off the ground, but I've got adjustable coilovers.. Depends on your setup? I definitely wouldn't go much lower than that, its already JUST bareable on most QLD can throw at it.. but it will die an eventual death.. I give it another 12-18 months till it needs replacement. If you go low and actually drive it, front bars are a throwout item.

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