Well, my Si will be registered and insured again shortly so I can drive it around and start getting quotes on the body work.

Can anyone with body experience give me an idea on what I should expect to pay for this level of repair?

Rust along the back of the hatch. It goes through to the inside.








Large dent on the passenger rear quarter




I should just post this up in the paint/body section but with so many skilled people and those doing restorations just like this one, figured I'd start here.


Thanks,
Steve

 

Prob less than 2k... Are you spraying the interior or bay?

 

Well, they're going to have to spray some of the interior, around the hatch area. But I wasn't planning on doing a full "baller status" repaint. Just engine bay, outside and jambs.

Steve

 

Ah. I don't know what kind of engine bay work they'll be doing but expect $2,500-3,000

 

I'm hoping to be in the $1750-$2k range. I'll paint the bay myself if that's the case.


Steve

 

There are lots of factors involved when figuring estimates on body work. I'd just drive it around and get a bunch of body shops to throw you some ballpark quotes with the car right in front of them.

 

Yeah you dont have 1/4 rust so I guess that's a pretty reasonable estimate.

 

That's what I'm going to do, just trying to make sure that I'm not fooling myself before hand. Plan is go to at least 6 to 10 shops and pick one that's in the middle price range and where I like the person/people I meet.


Steve

 

From last winter...

 

Ill try to take some more recent pictures, that was in the process of putting it together. Its hard taking your car out when it snows every week

 

Looks like it wasn't too cold out there lol. It was -20 this morning ftmfl

 

-25/30 this morning. wtf...

 

Dang..78 here.


Steve

 

damn steve, that rust made me cringe. it sucks that our cars are getting old enough now that serious rust is becoming a issue, its getting hard to find a eg hatch without some significant rust on it somewhere.....

 

LIES! I just bought one from you last month took less than 2 hrs to fix the tiny rust spot.

 

I am having no problems finding rust-free examples. I've never wanted a car as new as an EG bad enough to drag it home with rust. But then again, I buy cars from AZ, CA, TX, FL - GA for the most part. Now my older stuff (Datsun 510 - 77 Civic Hatch, etc) are so hard to get that you have to pull the trigger even if there is some rust. Guys up north though have a tough time with it.

 

What rear lip is that and are those stock sides smoothed and painted?

Thanks,
Steve

 

 

As always I can appreciate the effort... I really can. But DO NOT WANT!!!!

 

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i will never understand what people think when they drive around like that

 

^^ This.

 

x3