As the title says... anyone got any idea how much a total respray would cost?

(For a fairly normal paint - none of this flip/flake malarky)

Not a serious thought right now, although thanks to some donkey keying the rear passenger door a while back it's going to have to receive the attention of a painter at some point soon...

In the same colour as you have now Steve? Black magic not tempting?

I would guestimate the cost to be around

Depends on who, where and how its done..sorry

I was thinking pink or maybe lime green....

For a top job colour change I think its around

1k... quite fancy gun metal grey myself

To do it properly, you will be talking removal of all trim, seals,plastic and glass so all bodyshell is accessible. However, the less removal of bits the cheaper it becomes.

Last time I checked it was about the

1k... quite fancy gun metal grey myself

:iagree:

Group buy anyone?

for a full strip down repaint on a fabia with all panels and glass removed you should expect to pay around 2k , a cheep job will just devalue your car

cheers

I'd have to agree: a decent respray, including all the prep, trim removal, in a decent paint shop with an oven, would cost between

I'd simply respray the scratched area, a resprayed car - even if done properly - will arouse suspicion at resale time.

As I said, the door and side panel will need respraying because of the length of the scratch... so was wondering what the price was for just this area (about

Personally if i was offered a paint job on my Fabia for 600 notes, i would be concerned at the quality i would be receiving.

IMHO i beleive you get what you pay for with paint jobs, i would be looking around the 2-2.5k mark for the job i want, but it all comes down to personal preference