My $3150 mistake.
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RobertBrown
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While your thinking of it, now is good time to make a checklist of things to look over next time.
That's how I do it....less regrets that way. If you buy a bad one than you can say you did your best, rather than overlooked it
That's how I do it....less regrets that way. If you buy a bad one than you can say you did your best, rather than overlooked it
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Honestly, given the cost of materials, I would say your bodyshop did this at a fair price.
If anyone doubts me, go to a body supply shop and price out a quart of basecoat/clearcoat with everything needed to apply (primer, reducers, sandpaper, patch panels etc)...Your head will spin. It's insane...That's why I got out of the restoration gig as a side job...Unless someone is willing to pay dearly.
If anyone doubts me, go to a body supply shop and price out a quart of basecoat/clearcoat with everything needed to apply (primer, reducers, sandpaper, patch panels etc)...Your head will spin. It's insane...That's why I got out of the restoration gig as a side job...Unless someone is willing to pay dearly.
Turbys_1700
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I would say that your body shop did it right and fixed the problem the right way...
The labor was high but you should have a very good truck now...
The labor was high but you should have a very good truck now...
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Most shops don't want to deal with rust..Collision is far more profitable..37.5 hours is one guy for a week...That adds up in a pro shop....I agree though, he most likely got a pro result.
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Yeah, body work and paint job look factory or better. I am a muscle car guy who shows his cars, and trust me, I am **** about paint. The shop is a 2 man shop, the owner and another body tech. He specializes in rust repair on later model vehicles and also does light collision work. His low overhead allows him to keep the labor rate reasonable. He is always very busy and I had to book him 5 weeks in advance!!!!
The local collision shop quoted $4800.00 to do the same job.
Sasquatch4100
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Had a story recounted to me when I was in tech school about a kid who'd bought a classic 'cuda back in the early 90's. He brought it into the shop to take a look at it up on the lift and when he was raising it up the front end started going up and the back didn't (old style dual post front and rear). They stopped and looked to find out that the lift post had went into the car quite a bit. Apparently it was a complete rust bucket that'd been patched with bondo, tape and undercoating spray to make it look normal. Heard it was a really sharp looking car. Except for that. It was in the North east so it's prime rust belt territory.
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Yikes. I've got the rusty bed arches on my 2001 F350. I rolled some paint on them again this fall. When the bed falls apart finally it will become a flatbed.
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Its weird how the rust works. My rear wheel arches looked a lot like those pictures of the rockers. There was still a lot of solid metal, but there was surface rust on the back of the panel that was working it way through to the show side of the panel.
I was very pleased how the truck came out and I was also happy with the price. I was just hoping the cost would be less than 5k. I restored a 70 Challenger in 1970 and have been in the car hobby since then and have a pretty good idea the amount of work it takes for this kind of stuff. Whats tough about the rockers is they have to be cut, welded, and blended into all the door frames, which on a four door truck is a lot of work.
I was very pleased how the truck came out and I was also happy with the price. I was just hoping the cost would be less than 5k. I restored a 70 Challenger in 1970 and have been in the car hobby since then and have a pretty good idea the amount of work it takes for this kind of stuff. Whats tough about the rockers is they have to be cut, welded, and blended into all the door frames, which on a four door truck is a lot of work.
I was just going to say I'd never heard of such rusting issues in a ~10 year old vehicle. I really wanted to blame it on being a Dodge issue and then remembered the salting of roads up north. ha ha
