Van body work prep

mickell

Hi does anyone know if this is a done thing or not ....
I'm looking to get all trim and bumpers on my 2005 nissan primastar spay painted to match body, but the quotes I'm getting crazy high !
Is it possible for me to do all the prep work and leave the parts into the shop for spraying ? .... would this be common practice or would the shop just laugh at me.
Or if anyone knows of a sprayer who won't charge a fortune and does a good job.
Also if anyone can direct me to some useful tutorial online that would be very much appreciated... thanks lads ! (NorthWest Ireland)

colm_mcm

Could you actually prep it to the standard they need though?

When you're saying crazy high, how high?

mickell

colm_mcm wrote: »

Could you actually prep it to the standard they need though?

When you're saying crazy high, how high?

Well I'd like to think I could sand as well as the next man ( carpenter in the past ) .... Crazy prize was €1000

mickell

mickell wrote: »

.....
I'm looking to get all trim and bumpers on my 2005 nissan primastar spay painted to match body, but the quotes I'm getting crazy high !............

mickell wrote: »

Well I'd like to think I could sand as well as the next man ( carpenter in the past ) .... Crazy prize was €1000

€1000 is perfectly reasonably.
As a carpenter yourself I'm sure you can appreciate how folk would consider the pricefor hanging a few doors to be crazy when in fact the quote could be quite competitive.

There's not much sanding to be done if the bumpers etc are currently unpainted, that won't account for much of the price.

mickell

ok, thats fair enough ..... thanks for the replies, just wanted to make sure I wasn't getting shafted, thanks