Not too sure about paint, but, I can give you a quick example of how Al's is...
I dropped the car off on a tuesday morning. Gave him a quick overview of what was happening.
Four hours later, I get a phone call.
"Ok, your speed sensor I can replace, your brake line was rubbing against something, and frayed, dumping all of your brake fluid all over the street. I can fix that, but, thanks to how Ford built the car, there's a bit of labor involved.
Oh, and that 420 code? Your O2 sensors are fine, the cat's fine. There's a sizeable hole in your exhaust, and it looks like a stud came out. So I'll need to weld you a replacement stud and replace that section of pipe."
I'm shuddering in fear at this point, expecting to get rolled under the bus in $$.
"How much?"
"I haven't nailed it down, but, I think it'll be right around $500 for all of it, total."
$525 for all of that work, and I had my car back the NEXT DAY.
Class guy, great work.
*edit* the brakes had failed two nights before I brought it to him... my original post made it sound like it happened while he was looking at the car*
Last edited by bishop375; 07/17/05 08:08 PM.
