Testarossa Bare Metal Respray Cost

My guess is $10 to $15K assuming no metal repair needed just strip and paint. The doors and grates would be a pain, the grates should be soda blasted. What about door weatherstrip, glass runs, window wiskers and trim restoration? If the exterior trim is tired then you have to pay to make that right too. Add another few K for that additional work. The end result would be perfection at least on the outside.

 

Greetings.. I agree with Newman.. I think 10K should just about do it.. Keep in mind the car is kind of small. I would figure an additional 2k for additional trim pieces that break and weatherstrips... Cost would increase if there is a lot of dents and dings to repair. The body industry is hurting right now.. You could probably get an agreed price for around 8K (as long as your keeping the same color). Figure around 80 to 100 hours total for primo work.. I can write it up if you like to get something more accurate (kind of a worse case scenario). Let me know..

Robbie

ps... I need to know now.. I will write up a mock estimate keeping in mind that your panels are straight. Mock up would also include parts that may not remove easily, sort of a worse case scenario. I will keep you posted.. I need a day.. Just keep in mind I am not a body shop but a damage appraiser.

R

 

12k from my guy. Top notch verified work.

 

Does it really need to go down to metal? Ferrari uses a lot of filler from the factory and taking one to metal is usually pretty serious in terms of labor to get it back ready to paint. Unless it has had a lot of bad repairs or rust, going down to metal will make it very expensive when maybe it isn't needed.

 

Why would keeping the same color matter, the color goes to black in the door jambs and under the front and under the front trunk lid and engine compartment lid ?

 

Repair roof, 11 hours? How bad was that roll over?

Remove and disassemble front bumper, 4 hours?




All I can say is WOW.



Still have not heard anything that makes me think it really needs to be stripped to metal. If there are issues under the paint, sure. But if not sand off the lousy repaint, fix the problems and reshoot it.

 

Wow.. those are some very very crazy numbers. 25 hours to block sand and polish... If you block for 25 hours there will be nothing left to polish... Way way crazy estimate. I agree with rifle.. I would not strip to metal unless absolutely necessary.. They can DA all the existing material off down the the primer put on the factory.. wow those labor hours were crazy... Its almost like he is telling you in a nice way that he prefers not to do the job..

R

 

Color match the side skirts and spoiler lip if you do paint it.

 

WOW crazy hours, my mechanic can remove rear bumper replace clutch and replace rear bumper in 3 hours. This fellow obviously has one arm and a wooden leg.

 

Just one other question - were you going to pull out the glass or just the trim and mask around them? This may be the time to redo the upper dash if you at least pull the windshield.

My car appears to have had a repaint (just sand and respray) sometime in the past. Now, having some rock chips I think I may have a limited respray done on just the affected nose parts - after I drive it for awhile longer.

My take would be that the super-down-to-metal would take a lot of financial guts - hard to see any upside in this for a long, long time.

 

Joe
If you would like to take a ride down to North Salem NY with the car, I can evaluate it for you, and give you a better idea what your options are. I know of plenty of people that would do a wonderful job on it for well under 15k.

Jay

 

Thats kind of what I was thinking.

 

"The shop" in my area..........western central NY/Finger Lakes.................bare metal, windows out, hoods/doors/lights removed, many dings, no rust, prior bad paint work to correct and same color (metallic black)...............$12k

 

+1

 

Hey Joe,

Congratulations. Looks like you found the flying mirror TR that you were looking for. Surprised that it ended up red/tan versus black, but it looks very nice. Well done.

I was about to call you as I have a 90 Black TR coming in, 29K miles. Thought you might be interested in it. But looks like you beat me to the punch.

Enjoy. Drop me a line sometime, and let me know how you find the TR versus the 308 family. Every so often, I think about moving to a TR myself -- and perhaps with this black one within my reach, I just might.

Regards, John

 

Dear Member My best Advise,
is to sell this one and buy another testarossa.. Its going to be a lot more work then you might think... Sell it buy another one....Thats in Perfect Condition,,,

My Advise...
john

 

A quick question a little off topic sorry.. but how many layers of paint should be use to match factory layers? thanks

 

FWIW based on Joe Meisinger's quoted hours for that job it that would cost you $10K in our market @ $40 per hour, which is the average going rate for bodyshop labor pretty much everywhere in our city.

Now you can negotiate on that of course, by paying some of it upfront for a discount in kind, and/or giving them the car over the winter months instead. It makes a difference price wise moreso than setting a specific short timeline for delivery.

Of course, I'd be replacing all the weatherstripping if I was going down that far......so add for whatever that costs.

Pricewise it is very similiar to the last 70's generation 911 coupe I totally disassembled and stripped down. Interesting dat.......

 

I wouldn't pay anything over $10k. There is a local shop here that I guarantee could do it for under or around that. They are a custom restoration shop that specializes on classics and hot rods and turns out A-1 work. They quoted me $6k for my Esprit back in the day and actually did the rear clip on the car when I upgraded my tailights.

No way you couldn't find a similar shop in your neck of the woods.

Save yourself the cash and find someone else.