Paint Estimate for BMW

[DB87442]

So prior to my owning it, someone had just the drivers door repainted on my 335i, now the paint is failing so I took it up to my local body shop (not BMW) that I've used before and the estimate really surprised me.... $1800 to paint the door and blend it into the adjacent panels. Does this sound right?? I was figuring more in the line of $1000 or less. Kinda seems to me like they don't want to mess with a small job so they overpriced it... What do y'all think? Of course i'm going to get estimates from other shops, but since my family has done business here before I started with them.

 

[Kamloops cutlass]

That sounds ok to me , but I would still get a second opinion

 

[69hurstolds]

Good sh*t ain't cheap, and cheap sh*t ain't good. It's likely priced accordingly. Obviously people need to make a living so there are some markups to ensure a reasonalbe profit. But with what I see, if they did that job and didn't take at LEAST 4 days to do it, then they're padding the bill. With the paint and body labor broken out like that, it appears to suck up 24 hours. Most paint places don't work more than 8 hour days, at least around here anyway. That's 3 entire days, assuming they worked on it the entire time it was in the shop. I just wish doctors and hospitals would do estimates.

 

[DB87442]

I'm certainly no painter but if one body panel costs $1800 then a full paint job for say 9 panels (doors, fenders, quarters, hood, roof, trunk) would be around $16k. Wonder what they would actually quote for a full paint job. In the end, the cost is what it is and I'd much rather pay for quality than have to do it over again in a couple of years... but geez.

 

[Streetbu]

I'd ask them what the 15hrs of body labor are for, when the paint labor is broken out separately. All I can guess is they are going to strip the door of all components, and then strip the existing paint from it....

 

[airboatgreg]

I just had a LR quarter panel replaced on my 2018 Tacoma and a scrape on the RR quarter. Round figures was $3,500.00. Just the right side scape was $1k

 

[mikester]

I'm certainly no painter but if one body panel costs $1800 then a full paint job for say 9 panels (doors, fenders, quarters, hood, roof, trunk) would be around $16k. Wonder what they would actually quote for a full paint job. In the end, the cost is what it is and I'd much rather pay for quality than have to do it over again in a couple of years... but geez.

I paid $10K to have my wagon done back in 2016. That was the cheapest price I could find. Most shops were $15-20K.

 

[Ribbedroof]

Didn’t see the first page posted but to do it properly they’re going to have to remove the bumper ,fender liner ,any rocker moldings ,any lower body cladding ,completely Detrim the front door and de trim the rear door ,probably strip the previously refinished panel. The only thing I saw that looked unusual to me was a charge to scan the paint, that is usually used when you don’t know what color the vehicle is or it’s not close to the chip in the book. I’ll also add that while I am not in charge of that particular task at the shop I work at I do know that paint materials are on a rocket sled ride ever higher and higher

 

[DB87442]

I paid $10K to have my wagon done back in 2016. That was the cheapest price I could find. Most shops were $15-20K.

That's depressing... Was there anything special about the paint or the work they did? Did you have them do door jambs, remove glass, etc?

 

[mikester]

That's depressing... Was there anything special about the paint or the work they did? Did you have them do door jambs, remove glass, etc?

Doors and tailgate removed. I took the nose off the car before they took it. I pulled the door glass, they did the rear sides. Windshield was left in. They sprayed everything. In the end they did the job a second time due to a problem with the water borne base/clear. Second time it came out 1000%. I was very lucky that the shop owner was a stand up guy.