12-29-2004, 10:34 AM | #1 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: San Francisco
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Auto- How much should this paint repair cost?
In a nutshell, I brushed up against the left corner or a Cadillac's bumper in a parking lot and scraped the paint in about a baseball sized area (no denting, just scrapeage). I left a note and an elderly man contacted me. He got a quote from Cadillac and said it's going to cost $850 to repair because it's the white-pearl paint and they basically need to redo a large part of the bumper (he said the whole bumper but it sounded like he was trying to remember what they told him).
Anyhow, is this about what it should cost for the type of paint and repair? I've had paint repair done and I figured it'd cost around $200-$450 to get this one done when it happened but $850 seems very steep for such a small scrape, even if the paint is top-notch. Thanks for any advice guys. -T
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12-29-2004, 06:31 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Location: San Diego
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don;lt forget that often most scratches and such can require a 24" blend area all around them in order to get the color matching correctly. also the white pearl color that cadillac uses is not cheap, nor easy to blend. 850$ for a quality job does not seem that out of whack.
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12-30-2004, 10:00 AM | #5 (permalink) | |
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Location: Kingston, Ontario
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