cfiiman
Viper Owner
Hey guys,
So now that winter is here I decided to get the drivers side rocker fixed (passenger side is great). It has several bubbling places so I took it off and went body shopping today. I went to several that I wanted to fix it and they either would not do it because it was aluminum and they said they were not "certified" or they said they would but when I asked how they would fill any holes they said "body filler" like I was crazy to think of some other way. I told them that they needed to be Tig welded/filled (after a lot of research last night on the subject) and they all said I would have to go some place else.
My last stop of the day was a new state of the art body shop that specializes in toyotas/audis and porsches. Low and behold they have 2 certified aluminum welders there and they gave me a quote for the drivers side for repairing the damage the right way (tig welding) and repainting the whole rocker, including the black and then clearing it for $316.00. I feel that this is a great price, although I seem to recall that people have had both sides done for that (which seems hard to believe if there was any damage repair). So is this a good price? The place said they would color match the panel exact by putting it on a spectrometer or something machine. Guess I'm just curious b/c it seems like a night and day difference from the lower end places that actually quoted 350 and they were just going to fill it and only get the original match paint (no machine that matches the actual paint on the panel) which I think would be a far less desirable way to do this correct? Thanks for any help.
So now that winter is here I decided to get the drivers side rocker fixed (passenger side is great). It has several bubbling places so I took it off and went body shopping today. I went to several that I wanted to fix it and they either would not do it because it was aluminum and they said they were not "certified" or they said they would but when I asked how they would fill any holes they said "body filler" like I was crazy to think of some other way. I told them that they needed to be Tig welded/filled (after a lot of research last night on the subject) and they all said I would have to go some place else.
My last stop of the day was a new state of the art body shop that specializes in toyotas/audis and porsches. Low and behold they have 2 certified aluminum welders there and they gave me a quote for the drivers side for repairing the damage the right way (tig welding) and repainting the whole rocker, including the black and then clearing it for $316.00. I feel that this is a great price, although I seem to recall that people have had both sides done for that (which seems hard to believe if there was any damage repair). So is this a good price? The place said they would color match the panel exact by putting it on a spectrometer or something machine. Guess I'm just curious b/c it seems like a night and day difference from the lower end places that actually quoted 350 and they were just going to fill it and only get the original match paint (no machine that matches the actual paint on the panel) which I think would be a far less desirable way to do this correct? Thanks for any help.
