Ok, just a quick question. I want to shave my side moldings on my 2000 gsr, i was just wondering how much ppl have been paying body shops to do this? somewhere around 500? Thx

 

ya, 500 a door if u want it done right and not wavy as ****.

 

big waste of money!!!!

 

500 a door, are u serious? or 500 total?

 

ya, a door

 

500 for the shaving sounds about rite.. but not per door...

 

thats nuts. just do it yourself with fiberglass and bondo, not too hard. theres some write ups

 

Doing it with fiberglass and bodo is the wrong way..It will crack..And most likely look wavey,,

The right way is to weld in metal strips over the door...
Grind and shape them down to fit the contour of the door..
Prime and paint..Thats the right way and it's not cheap unless you no someone..

 

mines is welded.. then bondo

 

i paid 300 for a 4-dr...and no waves...didnt use bondo either...
welding is a good technique...and make sure the shop does NOT use bondo...they did NOT use it when they did my doors...

 

Looking around 500 + dude... DIY?

 

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ahh i love these ****** kids that go and destroy their cars w/ bondo tryin to do that **** themselves...if u go to a good custom shop they will chargge about 500 a side...thats because they kno what they **** their doing and itll be perfect...or u can be a cheap **** and go wwreck your car. your call.

 

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welding is a good technique...and make sure the shop does NOT use bondo...they did NOT use it when they did my doors...</TD></TR></TABLE>

i bet you if we sanded our paint down there will be a small thin layer of filler....

you cant get away from using body filler on a project like that ..... have the holes welding and then its gotta be smoothed over with filler and then protected form the back from rust...

i would know this because iam a body tech ... .. so i would be the professional working on the car just like a person you would take it to in a shop

as for your question .... the best bet would be to buy some ITR doors and then slap those on and then you only have to shave the holes on the 1/4 panel ... .. might as well get a whole repaint if your going to paint most of the car anways

 

$500 is about right. Welding is the only way to go if you want it to look nice (long term). The body shop I used charged 8hrs of labor, although it took longer.

 

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ahh i love these ****** kids that go and destroy their cars w/ bondo tryin to do that **** themselves...if u go to a good custom shop they will chargge about 500 a side...thats because they kno what they **** their doing and itll be perfect...or u can be a cheap **** and go wwreck your car. your call.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

What do they shave off off? Just the door handles? And what does it cost to get the front bumper and trunk shaved if you just want the emblem holes covered?

 

ya, its not really worth it, but i did it anyways to my teg...haha.

 

Does $500 cover any paint or is that just for filling up the holes?

And when they repaint, they dont repaint the entire door and rear quarter panel right? I would think that would cost a lot of money to do, since that is around 40% of the car. Can someone explain the painting process when shaving moldings?



Modified by itr8 at 5:30 PM 12/31/2004

 

i dont know about the 500 A DOOR like stated above....im getting my four door shaved right now....the dude wanted 120 each door but im really good friends with his cousin so i got a good deal on it....weldng technique too

 

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Ahmen it looks sooo stupid