original balzer
1/2 ton status
Very nice work! Im not sure I know what the carbon coating is. Do you have a pic with some of it on and some of it ground off?
2nd I know you are quick to defend body shops but I would like to know if you think my 2 local shops are up in the night on price.
What we have is a 71 ford short bed 2wd. It is in VERY good condition zero major damage and zero rust. It has quite a few dings but no real damage. it does have screw in snap buttons on the bed for a soft bed cover, so about 50 +/- screw holes to weld up.
I took it to 2 local shops and said I would strip the truck of all the chrome and bumpers gril glass rubber ect. so it would be ready to start on.
The first shop quoted me $4600 for the body work and single stage paint in the original color.
shop number 2 quoted me $4800 for the same thing.
Now I realize its still a lot of sandingand prep work but I still think this is pretty damn high for the easy body work and single stage paint.
EDIT: remember this is body and paint work ONLY I would be doing the reassembly of the above mentioned stuff I take off for them. If they was doing all that as well I would feel the price was more justified.
when my dad had his 56 chevy car done the whole pass side rear quarter and a lot of the trunk was smashed. He paid $4000 cash for the body work and paint on that. Granted that was almost 10 years ago and it wasnt a shop but a guy in his own shop behind his house.
Now the rant. these are the ONLY 2 shops in my area that will even take NON insurace work. here is probably 5 other shops around here but they wont even consiter doing it unless its insurance work. THAT is something that pisses me off....... Its like saying 'oh your money is no good to us. stop bothering us.''
2nd I know you are quick to defend body shops but I would like to know if you think my 2 local shops are up in the night on price.
What we have is a 71 ford short bed 2wd. It is in VERY good condition zero major damage and zero rust. It has quite a few dings but no real damage. it does have screw in snap buttons on the bed for a soft bed cover, so about 50 +/- screw holes to weld up.
I took it to 2 local shops and said I would strip the truck of all the chrome and bumpers gril glass rubber ect. so it would be ready to start on.
The first shop quoted me $4600 for the body work and single stage paint in the original color.
shop number 2 quoted me $4800 for the same thing.
Now I realize its still a lot of sandingand prep work but I still think this is pretty damn high for the easy body work and single stage paint.
EDIT: remember this is body and paint work ONLY I would be doing the reassembly of the above mentioned stuff I take off for them. If they was doing all that as well I would feel the price was more justified.
when my dad had his 56 chevy car done the whole pass side rear quarter and a lot of the trunk was smashed. He paid $4000 cash for the body work and paint on that. Granted that was almost 10 years ago and it wasnt a shop but a guy in his own shop behind his house.
Now the rant. these are the ONLY 2 shops in my area that will even take NON insurace work. here is probably 5 other shops around here but they wont even consiter doing it unless its insurance work. THAT is something that pisses me off....... Its like saying 'oh your money is no good to us. stop bothering us.''
paint prices have really gone thru the roof the last 5 yrs or so..
you can see the little piles of it here and there from all the grinding....
