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From: "negusm" <negusm@y...>
Date: Tue May 13, 2003  5:26 pm
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] going under the knife...finally

Body:
Well, for what it sounds like you need, $3200 seems very expensive.
But I still have you beat by a good stretch.

I too got a new (refurbished to perfect condition) front and rear
bumper covers, NOS outside mirrors, all new ground effects, and NOS
side mouldings but my car needs ALOT of straightening.

I am having them remove all of the trim, paint the car dark blue
metallic, paint the trim dark charcoal and ground effects dark blue
and then reassemble the trim and ground effects with the new mirrors
and mouldings.

This shop is also getting a crack at doing a Shelby GT350 soon and
everything I have heard is that he does top notch work. We shall see.

Maybe upstate podunk Cobleskill, NY prices are more reasonable.

BTW, I recommend JJ Bumpers out in Rhode Island (www.jjbumpers.com).
They can take a POS bumper cover and make it absolutely brand new.

-Mike



--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "InfoSysSec" <infosyssec@i...>
wrote:
> Well, on my convertible I put a new hood, new front bumper cover,
rear valance, etc etc etc and brought the entire body up to a primer
stage. Than I trotted around to three of the decent shops around
town for a quote to finalize the sanding and paint. Oddly enough
all three came in with an identical quote - $3200 ( which included
painting the inside of the door wells and the trunk ).
>
> But alas, time has run out for me in the States and so I have to
take the McLaren up to Canada and get the final paint work done
there. Fortunately all my effort was mostly spent on the operational
aspects of the car ( new brakes, new trannie, etc etc ). So the car
can handle the five hundred mile drive to Canada. The only good
thing about returning to Canada will be the weak Canadian dollar may
end up saving me some money when I take it to one of their body
shops. The only bad thing is having to go through the US Customs
and Canadian Custom's paperwork binge for importing a car into Canada
from the US.
>
> So I don't know if the $3200 is in the ball park of the quote that
you received. Frankly I was a little disappointed by these quotes
considering that I have done the lions share of the parts
replacements and repair work.
>
> Marq
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: negusm
> To: ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 3:40 PM
> Subject: [ASC McLaren ] going under the knife...finally
>
>
> Well, I just got word that we finally have a set date for getting
my
> Coupe into the body shop. Monday, 5/19. Its going to take 2-4
weeks
> to finish and no I won't tell you how much its gonna cost.
>
> Boy I hope it turns out good, I'm going to have my fingers
crossed
> along with every other body part.
>
> This is definitely one coupe yanked from the jaws of death. If I
can
> find the pictures of what it looked like at its lowest point,
I'll
> put them up along with the finished product.
>
> -Mike
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