Body shop bliss

[pishta]

I love to see a quality job. These guys did up my Lexus nice. This bumper was in pretty sad shape paint wise and it had a ripple in it. You know those elastomeric bumpers never look good after the first love tap, clear coat crazing and cancer..so they installed a new bumper cover and reshot it. Wow, it came out nice..like nicer than the rest of the car now. So ill give it a week and wash and wax the rest of it. I even persuaded them to give me a shot of the paint in a bottle so I could hit a few spots myself. What do you expect for a insurance grand? I guess thats sort of like a $7 insurance aspirin....

 

[ralleyred]

nice

 

[Abodybomber]

Damn,that's REALLY nice...Still amazing,what this work costs,nowadays..?

 

[GeorgeH]

Looks nice. I do my own work, but what I find amazing is what quality materials cost these days.

 

[daddio4048]

Labor rates are just crazy these days.

 

[70Duster440]

...but what I find amazing is what quality materials cost these days.

Tell me about it. I spent over $250 per quart for yellow base coat recently.

 

[ocdart]

So, for those of us in SoCal, who are "these guys"? Would you have them paint your Mopar? Or do they only do insurance work?

 

[pishta]

Its "Tustin Body Works" a shop down off Redhill by the LTA base in Tustin. They are the Mercury insurance go-to guys and thats who I ensure with. This cost $1350 (0 out of my pocket) but the 'labor paint' was only 4.4 "Units" at $40.00/hr! The replacement bumper cover was $714 bare. I dont know if they would paint a car for $40/hr. The paint was OEM, $102 itself.