[Jeff Alton]

I agree with everything posted by the painters. My only point was if labour is 100/hr and the labour bill is 8,000, then I would expect 80 hours be spent on the job. Same goes for anything that has a per hour rate, if that is how you bill.

Do most shops bill by the hour or by the job? I could understand either way of doing it.

I also would recommend you ask to see some of the work a shop does before spending your hard earned cash. I have seen lots of big dollar jobs that I would have been pretty upset with if I was footing the bill.

I guess it comes down to checking out the work the shop does, getting an estimate and deciding if the results would justify the cost.

On a side note.... Do the good shops (axiom, Kevin adn matt who have posted here) mind if someone brings the car without trim or glass and plans on doing their own reassembly or would you prefer to do it?

Cheers