[Thanks i appreciate that, I didnt want to accept that things had gone up that much in the last 10 years and found someone to do it for my budget. In the end its going to cost a lot more so lesson learned, That lesson is i cant afford to pay someone and i cant achieve the quality i want myself so need to learn to like primer i guess lol
You can save some money by doing some things yourself. A lot of time is spent disassembling and reassembling the car. You can take all the trim, weatherstrip, lights, etc off the car and put it all back on yourself. It takes a LOT of time to be careful and mark all the items that come off and organize the fasteners etc. Then it takes even longer to put it all back carefully. Also if you can, strip the car to the metal and epoxy prime it, that too saves a bunch of time for the shop......just some ideas to save a little $$$$
