'96 SVX L AWD - Des Moines Iowa

[1986nate]

Originally Posted by BoxerFanatic

I was mostly curious, so that I am not steering my friend wrong.

If I could afford it, I have a brother-in-law who does bodywork. However he is in the next state, not real close to suggest to my friend. Then again, if it were mine, it would be getting a black tri-coat roof and trunk lid paint job, as well as the rust repair... But that is just me, the one with no spare cash for the car to begin with...

But an estimate of hundreds, rather than thousands, is a decent tid-bit of info. He may know someone who does that sort of work...

Yes, a good paint shop should be able to match the paint and clear without making it too obvious, under close inspection you will always be able to tell if something is repainted rather than just respraying the whole car. If there is rot though, you are looking at double that. And like I said, that is going to be around the cheapest. You can save yourself some labor costs by removing things like the plastic side garnishes yourself. And if no rot, then anyone should be able to work on it, even your friend. Just prime it for now until you can afford a complete respray...

In other words, there are many ways to go abouot taking care of this.