Here's the situation. i am fairly new to auto body, i went to a shop the other day to get a quote on body work cause i'm going to have my car painted. well the shop gave me a quote of 1100-1200 in labor about 28 hours to do the work. ill show you some pics and you can see what you think. i have a really good feeling the shop was trying to get one over on me.


im not goin with an expensive show quality paint, i think i'm going to go with a flat black but i want to get the rust fixed. i was thinking bout doing the body work myself.

my questions are did i get over quoted and am i getting myself into a difficult job if i do it myself?

 

thats the drivers side door (pic 1&2) and the drivers side rear quarter (pic 3,4 & 5) and these pics are the passenger rear quarter. o and the quote they gave me was just labor not even materials or to have the car painted.

 

that is a lot of work needed. i'm sure the whole cost is going to be around the $3500-4500 range. that's a lot of metal they have to cut and weld and also a lot of bondo to smooth it out.

 

well the thing is the rear quarters where it is bubbling on both sides thats bondo under there not rust. the door is the worst part.

 

this is maybe a lil better.

 

Thats a reasonable price. To get that thing to look decent and last is going to take alot of time and work. If you havent done any bodywork before I wouldnt suggest trying to tackle this project. You wont get it to look factory I can assure you that.