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Number: 2633
From: "jdawg" <jdawg@e...>
Date: Tue May 13, 2003  6:30 pm
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] going under the knife...finally

Body:
when i had mine painted...snicker....i had the thing gutted before i
took it in, the guy stripped it to bare metal and painted it 2stage
candy emerald green(you guys' favorite color of asc...lol) it ran me
$3000 and needed no body work. i thought that was a bit high for a
rag top. ut the paint job was good so i still got my moneys worth.
jdawg
wonder what it will cost to go back red? lol....someday

--- 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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