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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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painted Body Panels

Does anyone know of a place that would paint the body panels of my Mini?
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 05:03 PM
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Which body panels are you talking about? The wheel arches, perhaps?
 
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by skitelluride531
Which body panels are you talking about? The wheel arches, perhaps?
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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I purchased fresh wheel arches from Classic MINI in Ohio, and had them sent to Lambspeed in New Jersey. Bill at Lambspeed did a superb job with all of it.




Oh...and did I mention it costed me significantly less than what others have paid . I would defintely recommend Lambspeed for this type of work! I am going to post pictures of everything tommorow.


However, one thing I would recommend is putting a clearbra type material on the front arches as they will become VERY prone to dents and chips.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by skitelluride531
I purchased fresh wheel arches from Classic MINI in Ohio, and had them sent to Lambspeed in New Jersey. Bill at Lambspeed did a superb job with all of it.




Oh...and did I mention it costed me significantly less than what others have paid . I would defintely recommend Lambspeed for this type of work! I am going to post pictures of everything tommorow.


However, one thing I would recommend is putting a clearbra type material on the front arches as they will become VERY prone to dents and chips.
Thanks for the info.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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about how much would one expect to pay for this?
 
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by S_Hapens
about how much would one expect to pay for this?
Generally, the average body shop would charge anywhere from $600 - $1200. I've seen 'em all. There's only one body shop where I live that will even touch those parts. The other shops don't like to mess with the textured stuff.

skitelluride531, I'd be interested to hear what you paid. Well, that was kind of rude. If you dont feel like posting what you paid, where would I or another NAM member find contact info for LambSpeed?

Thank you.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by qwertmonkey
Generally, the average body shop would charge anywhere from $600 - $1200. I've seen 'em all. There's only one body shop where I live that will even touch those parts. The other shops don't like to mess with the textured stuff.

skitelluride531, I'd be interested to hear what you paid. Well, that was kind of rude. If you dont feel like posting what you paid, where would I or another NAM member find contact info for LambSpeed?

Thank you.

Well...It was between $200 and $300. However, this was just for the arch pieces that go around the 4 wheels, and did NOT include the trim pieces that are on the front and rear bumpers (I have the aero kit and thus, in my case, the front and rear bumpers had to be repainted in my case).


www.lambspeed.com (PM: lambspeed)
 
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