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Originally Posted by Flashtime
Yes.
Keystone is over priced. For aftermarket parts, there should be a few smaller
independent shops offering MUCH better prices for the same thing.
I do use aftermarket parts. Mainly for older vehicles and/or those with
a tight budget. They're not as good as OEM as wagonproject mentions, but
they certainly have their place. Especially bumper covers.
If the vehicle is newer and popular (Accords, Civcs, Camrys, etc.) the fitment,
even non Capa, tends to be decent.
Your bumper is around $45 and hood around $60 (shop price less 20% markup).
Don't quote me on this but i'm in the ballpark for my area.
Do you know what type of sealer he'll use before shooting the paint?
Epoxy would be nice but i doubt he'll use that (costly and slow).
Since the shops uses RM, which is excellent stuff, they'll hopefully prep
properly and use a decent sealer. Try to talk with the painter himself.
I would also tip him too.  |
Those prices you quoted are definitely higher than I'm paying. List price for the CAPA bumper was around 131CAD, which 105US, and after discount is 79CAD which is 64US.
The hood's list price is 230CAD, or 185USD (for the Platinum+).
I will find out what sealer he's using and ask him about prep. He did some work for me before which I wasn't too happy with, but he admitted that he rushed, so he knows what my expectations are this time around. In this time he's done some work for other people I know and it's been fine. I'm picking up the bumper and throwing it on the car right away without paint because my current one is in pieces. Once I decide what to do about the hood, I will be getting everything sprayed at once.
He repainted the bumper on my Mom's Odyssey with a 'chip resistant' clearcoat, and it held up reallllly well! Too bad some asshat backed into the bumper and now we need a new one, lol.
Thanks again for your replies!
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Originally Posted by Flashtime
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That's came out great! Nice work!
wagonproject - I think I will end up going with base & clear, and have the fenders blended as well. It will cost me extra but not much.