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What do y’all think of my price?
Local body shop owner had a guy come to him with a 1980 Corvette. The car had been repainted and has orange peel, customer wants it corrected.
Body shop told me he would sand it up to 2000 grit, buff it with his rotary and wool pad, and hand it to me to finish out and wax it.
Body shop quoted the customer 600 out the door. I told body shop I’d need 300. He agreed. Something tells me though this Vette owner is getting a deal.
Thoughts...?
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Re: What do y’all think of my price?
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Local body shop owner had a guy come to him with a 1980 Corvette. The car had been repainted and has orange peel, customer wants it corrected.
Body shop told me he would sand it up to 2000 grit, buff it with his rotary and wool pad, and hand it to me to finish out and wax it.
Body shop quoted the customer 600 out the door. I told body shop I’d need 300. He agreed. Something tells me though this Vette owner is getting a deal.
Thoughts...?
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I would have waited until the body shop was done with it before I quoted it to see exactly what I'm cleaning up.
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Re: What do y’all think of my price?
Is a 1980 Corvette single stage paint, Or BC/CC?
And is working on painted fiberglass that has been sanded down different than sheet metal?
I have no idea, but I'm sure our body guys do..................
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If they don't get EVERY one of the sanding marks out, you're going to have to and then you're kind of kicking yourself over the price. Like said above, I would have waited to see it.
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All great advice!
Without looking it up I believe Corvettes didn't get clear coated paint until 1982 but who knows with the repaint. I'd FOR SURE wait to see what the bidyshop does, hope they check how much paint is on there before they get going with a rotory and wool
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Your taking it on the chin or at least risking it. All my "estimates" are based on the starting point and how far they want to take it. Something like this is no-doubt going to need a correction and given it's a re-paint over fiberglass that's wet sanded and hit with a rotary, there's a lot going on that could end up from one end of bad to the other of not so bad before you get it.
On that car, a one step AIO product $350 but the results will again be based on existing condition. Two step that and I'm up to $450. If it's really bad though, then I might hit him at $495.
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Re: What do y’all think of my price?
Thanks for the responses guys. So helpful.
The last response gave me an idea that I will probably try; using HD Speed with 6-8 section passes and seeing what results I get.
I will be in close contact with the body shop. I wish I had done things a little differently, but I have a feeling this will be a learning experience.
Thanks again.
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To get wool marks out I'd probably go with something a little more aggressive than Speed but will finish out. Something like TLD.
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Looks good from the pics but you should put a light directly to it and take a pic for honest opinions
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