Sydney Panel Shop Prices…

[Citroënbender]

I’ve just been quoted $850 to prep and paint a bare plastic bumper. No R&R, just take the bumper, paint it to match and give it back.

Expensive? Would have thought from $500-$650. I’m open to suggestions my wallet is out of calibration.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

I’ve just been quoted $850 to prep and paint a bare plastic bumper. No R&R, just take the bumper, paint it to match and give it back.

Expensive? Would have thought from $500-$650. I’m open to suggestions my wallet is out of calibration.

Sounds about right to me, you can get other quotes for more accurate costing.
Remember nothing is cheap these days unless you are willing get cheap dodgy work done, price is for quality.

[prktkljokr]

We quote roughly a grand to paint a panel, but that includes strip and blend in most cases.

Once you add up materials time and labour your at $500, plus to do a 1 off job takes from the real money jobs, booth time is the same for 1 panel as it would be for a full side, so a profit of $350 out of it is pretty much in the ball park, especially if they guarantee their work.

[Citroënbender]

At the price, I’d hope it’s guaranteed. I’ll be checking in with a couple of different places - one is productivity focused, while the other is simply close by.

Bar (used) $110
Strip $300
Plastic welding $170

Starting to add up. I’m definitely under-insured on my cars at these figures.

[FTE217]

Maybe a cash job @ 500ish but you couldn’t expect a wty behind it I expect.


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[Jastel]

You have a Panel beater ready to do the job...you have already won!

[Citroënbender]

A local shop came in at $550+ with an estimate of 2-3 days turnaround.

Think I’ll give that a whirl - it’s a front bumper, first thing in the firing line for most cars. A bonnet or turret, different story - definitely want quality and durability there.

[Citroënbender]

Results were pretty reasonable, it took a calendar week overall.

Overall I felt the shop was a little larger than I prefer to deal with, perhaps that’s the trade-off for a lower price.

[FTE217]

I think with all the ongoing work be it large or small shop a week is fine imo.
Reasonable ? that isn't good enough to me by the sound of it.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Results were pretty reasonable, it took a calendar week overall.

Overall I felt the shop was a little larger than I prefer to deal with, perhaps that’s the trade-off for a lower price.

Small cheap jobs when time permitting are usually squeezed in between the bigger paying jobs.
A week sounds reasonable.

[oldel]

Originally Posted by prktkljokr

We quote roughly a grand to paint a panel, but that includes strip and blend in most cases.

Once you add up materials time and labour your at $500, plus to do a 1 off job takes from the real money jobs, booth time is the same for 1 panel as it would be for a full side, so a profit of $350 out of it is pretty much in the ball park, especially if they guarantee their work.

True. I found that out when trying to get a front guard painted. Most shops charge $1k otherwise not interested.

For anyone in Perth I did find a shop in Wangara that was $660 for my front guard. On my old BMW E34 the top of the guard was all crazed from old repairs - the rest of the 30+ year old Alpine White 2 factory paint was good (single stage thick paint), but where ever it was repaired locally during it's life using clear coat etc was stuffed.

On top of that I had scraped the wheel arch on the garage door, on top of that I had a dent on the bottom of the front door I asked to fix and blend in.

Gasoline panel and paint did in for $660 in 3 days. I found them by luck and they were doing a complete resto on a kombi van when I went there, and a couple of utes (you can se pics on their facebook page). Minis, custom vans and so on.
They had more interest on working on the E34 than any regular paint shop did.