"Monkey B" (monkeyb)
05/14/2019 at 17:50 • Filed to: None
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"Monkey B" (monkeyb)
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For those that don’t know what I do from previous posts, I repair and recondition textiles and plastics, primarily in automotive interiors. It’s something I got in to while working in the companies other division, paint correction and touch up. I had a background as an automotive painter before that.
When I went on my own in 2003 I decided to do only do interiors. I enjoyed it more and it can be less physically demanding while also not exposing you to solvents etc. as the interior stuff is water based. Recently one of my long time customers asked me to do some paint stuff along with my regular services as the paint guy was in the hospital. So I told the paint guy in the hospital (we used to work together) if he parked his van there I’d keep up as much as possible for him with his stuff. I didn’t have the stuff in my van and wasn’t interested in buying it . When he came back to work the manager asked me to keep doing it, and because I did it there for a while I realized the other guy wasn’t able to get caught up, let alone stay caught up if he could get caught up (I w ouldn’t be able to either) . I decided I don’t hate doi ng it in a small capacity so I said yes. The fact is they move so many cars there it’d take 5 days a week to be caught up, but in the industry you can’t devote your entire week to one dealership...and they understand that.
So today I documented a car that required most of what I offer and was bad enough that it’d show up in a photo . The car has been through the detail shop, so I only have to concentrate on what they can’t do...which is quite a bit in this instance. 2012 Impreza with 93k, still needed some scrubbing, steering wheel was coated in make up etc., f ront seats and right rear seat required dye work, front bumper had been resprayed and was peppered in rock chips (repaints can chip easier for various reasons ) so touch that up along with the rest of the car , some paint correction on the hood and around the door handles and spray the side view mirrors satin black as one was res prayed and peeling.
top left is just a half cleaned seat, no dye work yet.
armrest just scrubbed, no dye work...steering wheel as well.
Curious, what would you pay for this Oppo?
CompactLuxuryFan
> Monkey B
05/14/2019 at 19:28 |
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You’re a miracle worker! I would expect that to cost so much that it’s definitely not worth it on pretty much any Crosstrek. $1,500 at least ? I am in San Francisco, though.
3 Jeeps and a Mazda wants a Fiata
> Monkey B
05/14/2019 at 19:29 |
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No i dea what I would pay. E xterior paint correction on my GT was $600 but this looks way more thorough than what was done to mine. Would you happen to live close to Denver by chance?
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Monkey B
05/14/2019 at 20:26 |
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A 2012 Impreza? $8k.
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Monkey B
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
05/14/2019 at 20:54 |
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I meant what would you pay for the services
car was 10k, guy coming from Pittsburgh (5 hours away) for it so I guess they cost more there...like Vermont.
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Monkey B
05/14/2019 at 21:02 |
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If I was paying someone with all the equipment to do this to my car I would say interior $200-$ 300 exterior around the same depending on how much work it needed. At a dealer it could add $1500 to the value of the car if it was in new looking condition. $10kbis too much for this car and this is the era of high oil consumption engines.
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Monkey B
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
05/14/2019 at 21:10 |
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agreed, too much... but they just pay me to make them pretty.
Good explanation of your retail expectation/price, would that be me taking a freshly cleaned car/no cleaning necessary to perform services or drop off a daily driver for detail/paint correction/leather refurbishing? I’ll explain how dealer pricing effects me and what I charge them after I get more responses so those numbers aren’t skewed by it ...but will say when it hits above certain amounts dealers just elect to let it go.
dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford
> Monkey B
05/14/2019 at 21:37 |
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Without dyes, I’d say $200
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Monkey B
> 3 Jeeps and a Mazda wants a Fiata
05/15/2019 at 07:13 |
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east coast I’m afraid