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I have a '96 F150 XLT regular cab and short wheel base. A while back I had my back left tire blow on the interstate doing about 80, snagged the supports for the bed and rolled up the back left fender behind the tire. anyone know what a fair price for a body shop to fix this would be?
I've seen other trucks with the same rolled up fender and seems to be the norm as far as what happens on these particular bodies when you blow out a back tire at a decent speed....... Haven't had the spare cash until lately to get it fixed, so just now getting around to it.
I can provide pictures if needed. Planning to go around to various body shops in the area and see if they can give me an estimate but curious to find out what kind of $$$ I'm looking at here as far as being a fair price.
I've got a few odd dents and deep scratches mainly from morons in parking lots, kinda curious to find out what would take in terms of price for a body shop to work out everything (atleast the main rolled up fender) and a new paint job. anyone have any ideas on what it might run? Probably be a budget of $1000-1500 so might just come down to as much as I can get done for that.
any help or info would be appreciated
I've seen other trucks with the same rolled up fender and seems to be the norm as far as what happens on these particular bodies when you blow out a back tire at a decent speed....... Haven't had the spare cash until lately to get it fixed, so just now getting around to it.
I can provide pictures if needed. Planning to go around to various body shops in the area and see if they can give me an estimate but curious to find out what kind of $$$ I'm looking at here as far as being a fair price.
I've got a few odd dents and deep scratches mainly from morons in parking lots, kinda curious to find out what would take in terms of price for a body shop to work out everything (atleast the main rolled up fender) and a new paint job. anyone have any ideas on what it might run? Probably be a budget of $1000-1500 so might just come down to as much as I can get done for that.
any help or info would be appreciated
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http://slackwolf.com/ford/fender.jpg
http://slackwolf.com/ford/fender2.jpg
http://slackwolf.com/ford/fender3.jpg
as you can notice, that's the original paint and it's been through it's paces over the past 10 years.... but you can see how the lip on the portion infront of back wheel is rolled out slightly and the portion behind the back wheel is rolled up.
that's about the only damage to the body. any idea what it might run to get that fixed and maybe shoot a decent paintjob with the original white?
there's a few other small dents but really aren't major or noticeable so not worried about the cost of those. I know that back left fender and the paintjob will be what costs the most, so just trying to figure out what kinda $$$ we are talking here.
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http://slackwolf.com/ford/fender2.jpg
http://slackwolf.com/ford/fender3.jpg
as you can notice, that's the original paint and it's been through it's paces over the past 10 years.... but you can see how the lip on the portion infront of back wheel is rolled out slightly and the portion behind the back wheel is rolled up.
that's about the only damage to the body. any idea what it might run to get that fixed and maybe shoot a decent paintjob with the original white?
there's a few other small dents but really aren't major or noticeable so not worried about the cost of those. I know that back left fender and the paintjob will be what costs the most, so just trying to figure out what kinda $$$ we are talking here.
Thanks
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Originally Posted by slackwolf
...but you can see how the lip on the portion infront of back wheel is rolled out slightly and the portion behind the back wheel is rolled up.
Originally Posted by slackwolf
I know that back left fender and the paintjob will be what costs the most
Sorry, no idea as to the cost. But I'm thinking it's less than two hours of labor. Just my 2 cents worth!
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Originally Posted by desertdave55
Most importantly, it's the original damage. Many times, DIY'ers try to bang the dents into submission, which only makes more work for the autobody tech.
Sorry, no idea as to the cost. But I'm thinking it's less than two hours of labor. Just my 2 cents worth!
Sorry, no idea as to the cost. But I'm thinking it's less than two hours of labor. Just my 2 cents worth!
those are about the most major damaged to my truck except maybe the dent in my frontend between grill and bumper. had someone with my guess is a lifted truck with a hitch without a ball backed into my frontend and dented it in a while back in a parking lot. then a minor dent in the top portion of my front left fender, and believe a small ding in top side of the back right of my bed.
will get around to taking shots of the other dents on my truck, maybe someone who has experience with pricing of the most general body shops can give me an idea of what I'm looking at for costs. really would like to get my truck looking good again, she's been neglected lately due to college expenses.
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Originally Posted by slackwolf
will get around to taking shots of the other dents on my truck, maybe someone who has experience with pricing of the most general body shops can give me an idea of what I'm looking at for costs. really would like to get my truck looking good again, she's been neglected lately due to college expenses.
Hoping someone 'in the field' chimes in with some input....
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I have 1990 f150 that im taking to the body shop sometime to fix a few dents and get painted. (one big dent from where i lost a tire and the whole body behind the back wheel got crushed like a can, thank god it didn't crush my exhaust tips i just got put on) I will try to get him to give me an estimate on just the dents and post them ASAP if you would like.
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Originally Posted by MyOl'F-150
I have 1990 f150 that im taking to the body shop sometime to fix a few dents and get painted. (one big dent from where i lost a tire and the whole body behind the back wheel got crushed like a can, thank god it didn't crush my exhaust tips i just got put on) I will try to get him to give me an estimate on just the dents and post them ASAP if you would like.
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Originally Posted by MyOl'F-150
yea i had been putting off doing this off but then i lost a tire and put a nasty crushed can look to my truck bed so i figured now is as good of time as any.
one thing curious about is I got the factory option of bedliner in my truck (tuff liner brand? don't even remember the drop-in brand though), but one thing I want to do on into the next few months since will be putting money into truck is get a line-X sprayed into bed but have a feeling that drop-in liner has done some major damage just judging by how bad the sides of the bed are scratched. any ideas if probably just need new paint in bed or what kind of work the body shop might need to do to get it ready for a spray-in liner?
really am getting tired of going down interstate and air starts getting under the liner. had some ice formed into the bottom and hit interstate and started sounding like I was being bombed with glass from all the ice flying up slamming my back window.
just yet another thing on my list for my neglected F150.
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I would like to know what the average going rate for a good paint job is these days so if you guys could share what youve been quoted, that would be great and id appriciate it. Im considering painting my truck myself this summer (after some new cab corners) and ive priced materials, which will be at least $600. Paint is getting very expensive these days.
slackwolf, with the bed liner situation. I think a spray in liner is the way to go. I got a permatech one and I think its great. If your bed is scratched or rusted bad, the shop will have to put some primer on the bed to make the liner stick better. Mine was so scratched up that this is what they had to do with mine. good luck
slackwolf, with the bed liner situation. I think a spray in liner is the way to go. I got a permatech one and I think its great. If your bed is scratched or rusted bad, the shop will have to put some primer on the bed to make the liner stick better. Mine was so scratched up that this is what they had to do with mine. good luck