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I found a car that I am considering and it is fine other then it has numerous rock chips on the front end. My auto body friend threw me a price of $1000 to strip and paint hood and both front quarter panels. (Kind of low in my opinion, maybe he was giving me a deal?). The other issues is two of the tires are polished aluminum and need refinished. He as a guy with a portable truck that does this to the tune of $100-200/ wheel. So maybe $1500 off the price of the car. Or should I let the dealer do all this and keep the price the same. I have a feeling they won't do the same quality and just push it through their shop and make me feel like I am overly picky (which I am). What do you think that would cost to do?