After a mild hit on the driver door while parked I took the car in to have all dents removed and new paint. The pics of the body work are in the link below for those interested.


Just as I like my women... shaved


In the shop...


the rest of the pics are at: http://12.235.181.139:320/car/


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[Modified by TegSE, 5:05 AM 2/6/2003]

 

Nice color , ugly rims

 

i like those rims...they look a little big tho.

 

they do...but eh...overall...........car looks good!!

 

I kept the stock 15"s as well- but really the rims are only 2lb heaver than stock so they're not too much of a drag. In retrospect I'd have gone with 16"s. The bronze rims might be up for a powdercoat come spring.

 

Personally, if you were patching all the panels on your car, i would have removed the door moldings, and had the OEM side skirts and lower front lip painted the body color.

I will be painting the entire car later this year and have the moldings removed.
Looks like the shop did good job. Car looks great.

 

Yes, it looks good!

How much did all the work cost?

 

Your bumpers were not removed before painting? I hope they remembered to add the flex additive or your paint will crack.

Also, what type of paint was used on your car?

 

The car really looks great! I like the color.

Did you paint on the bumpers, too?

How much did it cost?

 

Looks good.

 

I'm interested as well, cost of the paint job?
Why not change the color..?
Too much to paint engine bay and door jams is my guess

 

Hey TegSE, I'm in Seattle too and am looking to get my emblems shaved, where did you go to have yours done?

 

are those 17 konig heliums or roat c8's in bronze? if you drop the ride height a lil they'll look perfect on there

 

About shaving the mouldings- The car picked up a lot of door dings so I wanted to keep them. If it wasn't my daily driver I'd have considered it. A complete repaint in a different color was an option, but if I had that done I'd want ALL of the original paint covered up. That woud have doubled the price and I'd have had to pay about $3K more than insurance was paying for the door to be fixed. I just didn't think it's worth it on a used car that might try to trade in in the future. There are other things I'd do with that money- this time of year lift tickets, gear, and ski trips eat up a lot of my extra income. Sideskirts would look better painted until I chipped them kicking the snow off my snowboard boots.

The body work ws done at Precision Autobody on 11th and Pine (capitol hill). I found out about them through my co-worker that had his M3 and WRX worked on there.

 

total was around $2500

 

OEM paint was used. I was told a flex additive was used on the bumper- I have had a few "bumps"since then with no signs of cracking.

 

Actually the rims are RH CP-8's The car "looks" lower with the 15"s on it. its dropped on H&R OE's - which were put on before I got the rims-

 

The average paint job is about 3g's right?Door&trunkjams and engine bay?

 

Paint alone is about $3K. Bodywork on top of that, including new door skins, etc. adds to the cost.

 

I've gotten quotes from $1500 to $2500 for a quality pro paint job, OEM color, NOT Maaco-style. And then add $600 for color change. Includes body work (rust, small dings, etc.)

Ben

 

Cool

 

you need to lower that sucker.....nice paint

 

Looks great- but a lot of mud all over the car- you had a lot of dings man!!

That "body shop smell" inside your car is the greatest!

 

The smell was awful I drove around for a week in the winter with the windows down. Smells great now!

 

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