Respray cost - 75 saloon

StephenEssex · 17th October 2020, 21:06

Hi has anyone here had their 75 saloon resprayed and if so how much did you pay? my car is very straight with no damage or dents, it is non metallic.

I'm thinking £2000 but wondering what anyone else has paid.

thanks
Steve

trikey · 17th October 2020, 21:11

It can be up at £12k depending on the paint, the prep and paint shop!!

StephenEssex · 17th October 2020, 21:18

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Originally Posted by trikey

It can be up at £12k depending on the paint, the prep and paint shop!!

Thanks. actually just came across a post on here from a couple of months back someone asking this question.

Mike Trident · 17th October 2020, 23:31

Depends how far you want to go with it.

I have seen superb re-spays for 2k, and some really bad ones for twice that amount. You need to shop about and see work they have done.

Just a few months ago while having some accident damage sorted on our other car, I asked him to look at my Rover with a few to having the paint sorted. It's pretty good, but has some lacquer damage here and there. I suggested a re-spray of the bottom half, up to the chrome trim. He quoted an unbelievable £450. If it turned out as good as the car we had fixed it would be quite passable if I was having the whole car done. If he was only doing the bottom half of the car, it wouldn't be quite on par with the Rover finish on the top half and would be noticeable.

The problem with re-sprays is we expect total perfection, far far better than the original finish! just take a look at the paint of most newish cars, the orange peel is very noticeable on most of them. If you paid for a re-spray and you saw orange peel you would be very disapointed, but it you bought a brand new car costing £££ and it had orange peel, you would except it.

StephenEssex · 18th October 2020, 10:34

Thanks all but my question was asking what have other people paid for their respray. I know you can spend thousands £££££ on this type of thing, I just wondered what anyone had paid for a respray and how good it was. thanks.

StephenEssex · 18th October 2020, 10:37

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Originally Posted by Mike Trident

Depends how far you want to go with it.

I have seen superb re-spays for 2k, and some really bad ones for twice that amount. You need to shop about and see work they have done.

Just a few months ago while having some accident damage sorted on our other car, I asked him to look at my Rover with a few to having the paint sorted. It's pretty good, but has some lacquer damage here and there. I suggested a re-spray of the bottom half, up to the chrome trim. He quoted an unbelievable £450. If it turned out as good as the car we had fixed it would be quite passable if I was having the whole car done. If he was only doing the bottom half of the car, it wouldn't be quite on par with the Rover finish on the top half and would be noticeable.

The problem with re-sprays is we expect total perfection, far far better than the original finish! just take a look at the paint of most newish cars, the orange peel is very noticeable on most of them. If you paid for a re-spray and you saw orange peel you would be very disapointed, but it you bought a brand new car costing £££ and it had orange peel, you would except it.

Some orange peel wouldn't worry me too much if you could see the state of mine currently

The horizontal panels i.e. roof bonnet and boot are in a terrible state.

SCP440 · 18th October 2020, 12:08

As has been said you can get a respray for anything from a Grand upwards. My mates body shop has recently completed a colour change on a Porsche and that cost the owner nearly £15k but has taken 3 months and it looks better than new.

The best advice I can give is look at the cars awaiting work outside, if they are all dealer part exchanges awaiting a tart up probably best run a mile. If on the other hand it is all high end and classics you are more likely to get a good job.

You also have to consider how much stuff is going to be removed or masked to do the work? If they are going to mask everything and there is vey little damage to be repaired that will be a lot cheaper than if they are going to remove every door handle, piece of glass and all the trim before repairing a dent in every panel.

Also some body shops will be happy for you to remove trim and bumpers before hand but you will also need to refit it once the work has been done.

Teflon · 18th October 2020, 14:37

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Originally Posted by StephenEssex

........ The horizontal panels i.e. roof bonnet and boot are in a terrible state.

Much of the cost for a re-spray is down to the amount of prep work that's required, so you'd need to factor in the condition of the panels. Best approach would be to have a friendly chat with a few local body shops and and outline your requirements / standards etc.

Cliff

bl52krz · 18th October 2020, 19:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Trident

Depends how far you want to go with it.

I have seen superb re-spays for 2k, and some really bad ones for twice that amount. You need to shop about and see work they have done.

Just a few months ago while having some accident damage sorted on our other car, I asked him to look at my Rover with a few to having the paint sorted. It's pretty good, but has some lacquer damage here and there. I suggested a re-spray of the bottom half, up to the chrome trim. He quoted an unbelievable £450. If it turned out as good as the car we had fixed it would be quite passable if I was having the whole car done. If he was only doing the bottom half of the car, it wouldn't be quite on par with the Rover finish on the top half and would be noticeable.

The problem with re-sprays is we expect total perfection, far far better than the original finish! just take a look at the paint of most newish cars, the orange peel is very noticeable on most of them. If you paid for a re-spray and you saw orange peel you would be very disapointed, but it you bought a brand new car costing £££ and it had orange peel, you would except it.

Your comment about ‘orange peel’paint finish is spot on. Just shows there are no discerning motorists about now. Paying more money for a new car that if it was a second hand car 20 years ago, and a respray it would have been rejected. Times, they are a changing, ................and not for the best.

Parisien · 18th October 2020, 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by bl52krz

Your comment about ‘orange peel’paint finish is spot on. Just shows there are no discerning motorists about now. Paying more money for a new car that if it was a second hand car 20 years ago, and a respray it would have been rejected. Times, they are a changing, ................and not for the best.

Truth is no one buys a car any more merely rent them, why be the slightest bit worried about orange peel when you can hand it back, 1,2,3 years later

P

17th October 2020, 21:06	#1
StephenEssex Loves to post 2000 Rover 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Gibraltar Posts: 385 Thanks: 222 Thanked 75 Times in 48 Posts	Respray cost - 75 saloon Hi has anyone here had their 75 saloon resprayed and if so how much did you pay? my car is very straight with no damage or dents, it is non metallic. I'm thinking £2000 but wondering what anyone else has paid. thanks Steve

17th October 2020, 21:11	#2
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,766 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	It can be up at £12k depending on the paint, the prep and paint shop!! __________________ Lest we forget..

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Mike Trident Posted a thing or two Rover 75 CDTi Saloon & Citroen C1 Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Oakenshaw, Near Bradford Posts: 1,622 Thanks: 385 Thanked 552 Times in 328 Posts	Depends how far you want to go with it. I have seen superb re-spays for 2k, and some really bad ones for twice that amount. You need to shop about and see work they have done. Just a few months ago while having some accident damage sorted on our other car, I asked him to look at my Rover with a few to having the paint sorted. It's pretty good, but has some lacquer damage here and there. I suggested a re-spray of the bottom half, up to the chrome trim. He quoted an unbelievable £450. If it turned out as good as the car we had fixed it would be quite passable if I was having the whole car done. If he was only doing the bottom half of the car, it wouldn't be quite on par with the Rover finish on the top half and would be noticeable. The problem with re-sprays is we expect total perfection, far far better than the original finish! just take a look at the paint of most newish cars, the orange peel is very noticeable on most of them. If you paid for a re-spray and you saw orange peel you would be very disapointed, but it you bought a brand new car costing £££ and it had orange peel, you would except it. __________________ Rover 75 2.0 CDTi (131Ps) Conn SE Saloon. (Manual) 160 Remap, cruise control, electric window blind, temp gauge, Real walnut / ZT interior, FBH with GSM control. BORN Tuesday, 5th October 2004 @ 12:35:52 This vehicle was the 104,679th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 3,318th 75 CDT Connoisseur SE (135) to be made out of 4,744 This vehicle was the 12,440th 75 in Starlight Silver (code: MBB) to be made out of 14,280 Starlight Silver 75s Last edited by Mike Trident; 17th October 2020 at 23:53..

18th October 2020, 10:34	#5
StephenEssex Loves to post 2000 Rover 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Gibraltar Posts: 385 Thanks: 222 Thanked 75 Times in 48 Posts	Thanks all but my question was asking what have other people paid for their respray. I know you can spend thousands £££££ on this type of thing, I just wondered what anyone had paid for a respray and how good it was. thanks.

18th October 2020, 12:08	#7
SCP440 I really should get out more....... MG ZT-T 260 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Witney Posts: 2,504 Thanks: 6 Thanked 910 Times in 571 Posts	As has been said you can get a respray for anything from a Grand upwards. My mates body shop has recently completed a colour change on a Porsche and that cost the owner nearly £15k but has taken 3 months and it looks better than new. The best advice I can give is look at the cars awaiting work outside, if they are all dealer part exchanges awaiting a tart up probably best run a mile. If on the other hand it is all high end and classics you are more likely to get a good job. You also have to consider how much stuff is going to be removed or masked to do the work? If they are going to mask everything and there is vey little damage to be repaired that will be a lot cheaper than if they are going to remove every door handle, piece of glass and all the trim before repairing a dent in every panel. Also some body shops will be happy for you to remove trim and bumpers before hand but you will also need to refit it once the work has been done.