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Old Nov 11, 2013 | 06:19 PM
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How much would you pay?

How much would you pay to have your body panels aligned? I have aftermarket fenders and I think they are garbage. So how much would you pay to have someone at least try?
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Old Nov 11, 2013 | 11:18 PM
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I doubt I'd pay to have someone else do it but I'm cheap like that. I'd probably do it myself

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Old Nov 12, 2013 | 06:28 AM
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I would try first, then get a quote from the body shop, laugh and get suggestions from the body shop and go back to doing it my self. I am too poor I.
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Old Nov 12, 2013 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 19mike92
How much would you pay to have your body panels aligned? I have aftermarket fenders and I think they are garbage. So how much would you pay to have someone at least try?
Realistically, there aren't many body shops out there that will give you a fixed price for doing that work. Every shop I've been to wanted T&M on my truck, other than the paint work that I recently had done. I guess I Got lucky.

Unless it's insurance work, replacing a fender / bumper or whatever, when it comes to our trucks, these shops look at us as though we're driving Ferrari diablo's and take advantage of it (my experience anyway)

So.... on the low side $50 per hour....x.... however many hours it takes for them to do it.
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Old Nov 12, 2013 | 08:00 AM
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Realistically, there aren't many body shops out there that will give you a fixed price for doing that work. Every shop I've been to wanted T&M on my truck, other than the paint work that I recently had done. I guess I Got lucky.

Unless it's insurance work, replacing a fender / bumper or whatever, when it comes to our trucks, these shops look at us as though we're driving Ferrari diablo's and take advantage of it (my experience anyway)

So.... on the low side $50 per hour....x.... however many hours it takes for them to do it.
^^^^^ This. Although I don't think they all look at us as if we are driving Ferraris, it takes time, especially with aftermarket parts to get a decent line out, INCLUDING sometimes cutting, bending, etc...... No way in heck would I even quote a rough cost, because even parts that look like they will line out, sometimes bite you.
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