Does this seem reasonable?

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:51 pm

enuff_zed wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:49 pm Possibly, but then you get there and remember he moved to Yorkshire.
Do try to keep up at the back.

What?
I thought Lynchy lives in North Yorks now and MikeyH lives in Devon, unless one has moved recently!

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:14 pm

Pondrew wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:51 pm
enuff_zed wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:49 pm Possibly, but then you get there and remember he moved to Yorkshire.
Do try to keep up at the back.
What?
I thought Lynchy lives in North Yorks now and MikeyH lives in Devon, unless one has moved recently!

Ah ok. I got it the wrong way round. I blame it either on old age or red wine

Lynchy · Post by **Lynchy** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:05 pm

Pondrew wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:43 pm
Lynchy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:23 pm As a SMART Repairer I’d charge £150 to repair and paint that corner and blending into existing colour/Lacquer
Would that include the travel to deepest, darkest Devon?

Definitely not

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:20 pm

Lynchy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:23 pm As a SMART Repairer I’d charge £150 to repair and paint that corner and blending into existing colour/Lacquer

That’s the sort of price I had in mind but another smart repair guy has just emailed me a quote of £220.00?

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:23 pm

Lynchy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:05 pm
Pondrew wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:43 pm
Lynchy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:23 pm As a SMART Repairer I’d charge £150 to repair and paint that corner and blending into existing colour/Lacquer
Would that include the travel to deepest, darkest Devon?
Definitely not

That’s a shame

Are you sure

Lynchy · Post by **Lynchy** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:30 am

MikeyH wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:23 pm
Lynchy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:05 pm
Pondrew wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:43 pm Would that include the travel to deepest, darkest Devon?
Definitely not
That’s a shame Are you sure

I’m sure

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 11:00 am

MikeyH, you have to make it worth Lynchy's while. Try offering a holiday for a week, B&B, touring in the area, guided walks

I can recommend his work as he repaired my vandalised Audi some years back.

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:53 pm

pvr wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 11:00 am MikeyH, you have to make it worth Lynchy's while. Try offering a holiday for a week, B&B, touring in the area, guided walks

I can recommend his work as he repaired my vandalised Audi some years back.

Better than that, perhaps I could have a holiday at Lynchy's while he does the work

james.benedetto · Post by **james.benedetto** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 7:06 pm

That’s is a pretty bad quote, get some bondo putty, a can of base coat, and a can of clear coat, and you can fix any scratches in the future as well

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 11:39 pm

I’ve had a quote from a chap for £160.00 no VAT to add. Found out he did some work on my wife’s car a few years ago, still okay. He’s on holiday at the moment but I will book him in next week. Thanks to Lynchy for that, his price made me look around a bit more.

Yes I could faff around and spend all weekend doing it and getting a passable job done but at that price what’s the point.

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:35 am

MikeyH wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 11:39 pm Yes I could faff around and spend all weekend doing it and getting a passable job done but at that price what’s the point.

Exactly. You will never get it as good as the professionals will (hopefully), unless you invest in all the gear and practice a lot.
I am currently re-doing some bits of paint on our E89 which I did badly a couple of years ago. It's not easy getting it nice, even on a solid white car!

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:03 pm

Exactly Pondrew, back in the day when every car I owned was non metallic I would, after hours of work make a reasonable job of it but the colour match was always a problem with some colours. There used to be a guy in Exeter, many years ago, that would colour match the paint and put it into a spray can, was double the price but matched really well. If I had the time I would give it a go but metallic paint is awful to get correct.

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:44 pm

Okay so the saga goes on. The guy who quoted £160.00 seems to have packed up

so searching again, found this one, I think they’re having ‘a tin bath’. £384.00 to remove and replace the bumper but only do the corner.

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MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:42 pm

Well, just chased up the guy with the £160.00 quote and he's off work for the unforeseeable future as he has damaged his arm on holiday

So, I'm going to give it a go myself, if I make a crap job of it I'll get him to tidy it up when he is back at work again.

Have to wait for better weather though

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