Thread: Body Shop Revenue...

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Yeah, people need to stop looking at maacos prices. I recently had an email from a guy with a 70 bonneville. Now you know how big a car like that is. I quoted somewhere around a grand for singlestage enamel, 1250 for one of the budget base clears, and 1500 for dbc. This was for a complete paint job, fix rust around the wheelwell, and fix a pretty bad dent right on the corner of the quarter panel which is a really bad spot. Never heard from him again. I really hope he goes and gets a few estimates at a few shops. If it was another color then black it probably would be at least a few hundred more cause of the cost of paint. People don't realize how expensive the materials are to do this work, as well is the hours put in doing bodywork and prepping stuff. When you start stripping paint, doing a bunch of bodywork, and disassemble everything, and take off doors, ect to do a color change, it gets real labor intensive. Too many people think you should paint there car for 200 bucks and your outrageous cause of what you are asking. I have done things too cheap too many times, and if they are afraid to spend money they can do it themselves, and find out what they have to invest and tools and how much work they are going to be putting in. Or drive around with a maaco job. I can just imagine taking your car somewhere and getting a quote for 30K. That does seem pretty high, even going as far as removing everything and painting it all. I've done it before for a lot less, but it is a lot of work. Don't rush the people doing it. Everything seems to take longer then you plan for, and on a large job it is easy to get burnt out on it, so you need to take a little time off from it. Start working 7 days a week on something, as well as other commitments in your life, you can be overwhelmed.