Car Respray

[safety1st.co]

Hi all,
Does anyone know how much it will cost to respray a car.
I have a black Skoda 05 with some scratches each side, kids bikes and so on. where is the best place to go and would i need a full respray and what kind of price should i expect to pay?? all comments are appreciated

 

[Ancutza]

This isn't an answer to your question but if you are thinking of having a complete respray done then be sure to take some good quality photos of the scratches before hand.

I, like you, had a car which was very badly scratched down one side and had it completely resprayed. When I came to sell it I had no end of hassle trying to explain that it hadn't been crashed just scratched. I probably lost about a grand in the selling price because of it. If I had have had the wit to photograph it before the respray then it probably would have helped my case.

 

[safety1st.co]

thanks for the tip... might come in very useful. was the respray expensive??

 

[Ancutza]

I live in Romania so I don't think the price I paid would be relevant to you in Ireland unfortunately!

 

[manta356]

If its only scratches on both sides,a good sprayer could blend it in without spraying the whole car which could cost thousands

 

[mathepac]

If its Skoda Black Magic (gold & silver metallic flakes through black) it'll be tough to blend.

 

[Ancutza]

As matepac says it might be tough to blend in to a metallic paint finish. If it's a solid colour and the scratches are not too deep then you might be better to try a little carefully applied rubbing compound followed by a colour-appropriate wax such as 'Turtle Wax' produce.