Rusty arches how much £

[bowthruster]

Hi im sick of looking at the rust,so how much is a decent price to do both.Ive included pics.Theres a good backstreet bodyshop near me and ive seen his work-its very good.What sort of price do you think for each side?Cheers stu

[stants]

400 for both I'd say. Depends though, have you had a quote ?

[bowthruster]

!Removed! idiot! I posted the same side twice. :( I Have altered it now both sides.Tiny bubble on drivers side.Stants no I haven't had a quote yet.

[stants]

Haha I didn't want to point out that it was a duplicate, just get a few quotes see what you think and what kind if feel you get from the shops,

My mazda had sill/arch work done, took it to what I thought was a reputable bodyshop the work looked good but the metal used was so thin the sill started to bubble again after 12 months

[bowthruster]

Stants-youre to polite mate.I'll shop around next week,trouble is there's lots of rip off main dealers in this town who are charging £90+vat per hr labour! Robbing !Removed!!

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My mate just paid 5oo on his sti

[bowthruster]

Wot the F**K! Im not paying that..If its that figure then that's remap money :(

[Scoobyghost]

My classic had both arches done just before I bought it. It cost £435 with a bit of touch up paint on front and rear bumper. I'm not sure how bad the rust was though.

[quit]

if its that bad on the outside then its worse on the inner side!!

 

Depending how far they have to cut back, see if i got a pic in my phone what he sent me

 

another mate paid near a grand to sort his

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first bit, just rubbed back

 

 

this is how much had to be cut out and rewelded inside and out

 

[bowthruster]

Went to the bodyshop today....£300 inc vat max.Hardly any work needed on drivers side,its mainly the n/side..But cant book me in for 2 months!!

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Great stuff

[stants]

Least it shop's that he's busy which is better than nothing I suppose. Have you done anything to try and stop it from growing ?

I'd maybe take the paint off the worse side and treat the rust then pop some zinc based primer on it. Least it will slow it down a bit

[Gambit]

Good price that though :) 

[Mr B]

Quite hard do real long lasting job as does need all rust metal removed, pre weld primers applied prior to new sections added & likes of epoxy primers used due due high corrosion area. Inner side needs treatment too.

Don't do bodywork myself & even in trade it hard get real quality, prices vary by 100% & big price not always the best work.

Always get some idea on warranty against corrosion return, seen to many rear arches on nissan & subaru with repairs that don't make 2yrs & that shocking really with modern paints & chemicals ...