[spesh]

Yiros, on Feb 10 2008, 03:14 PM, said:

Much more as it is very time labour intensive to prepare. Allow many hours work to strip back to bare plastic

Even if it is already painted?

[Yiros]

spesh, on Feb 10 2008, 04:01 PM, said:

Even if it is already painted?

Probably not so bad then.

The standard rubber finish is PITA to remove. If it is already painted, then a simple light sand should do the trick.

[PK]

Yiros, on Feb 10 2008, 04:14 PM, said:

Much more as it is very time labour intensive to prepare. Allow many hours work to strip back to bare plastic

:lol: Not everyone is as anal as you Andy!

No, seriously, took me two hours max.

And taking the dash panels out is a relatively simple and quick job.

PK

[Dragosani]

If you're happy for him to paint over the top of it (not rub it back to bare plastic) he will do it for the same price. I don't know how much he'd charge to remove the old paint.

You'd be better off pulling the dash out, removing all the 'bits' (climate control, buttons etc) and taking it down to him. It'll take you about 15-20 mins if you've never done it before and is really easy.

The reason this is so cheap is, as Yiros said, because there's hardly any labour involved and you're just paying for materials and booth time. But if he's required to do extra stuff that takes time, he has to charge for labour and that's when it ceases to be a cheap job.

If you really are against removing the dash yourself and preparing it, I can get a price for you. But you're far better off doing it yourself IMO. There's also something nice about knowing you put the work in yourself when you look upon the finished product.