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Ways To Save Money At The Auto Body Shop

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If you have a vehicle that could use a few repairs to its body and you are forced to pay out of pocket for this expense, then you might be a little worried about the cost of it all. To help make sure that you are going to be able to cut the costs as much as possible, check out the following ways to save some cash.

Find The Parts On Your Own

Sure, the auto body shop can purchase the parts on your behalf, but there is a good chance that it would cost you a little bit more money this way. This is because the auto body shop really does not have enough free time to dedicate energy to making sure that you are getting the best price possible. They will generally have a couple of parts retailers that they will deal with and you might even be asked to pay a small surcharge for the benefit of having them track down the parts for you. Therefore, you might have an easier time finding better prices if you look for the parts on your own. This way, you will be able to comparison shop and possibly find used parts that will work just as well as the new parts but will cost a fraction of the price.

Tell Them To Skip The Paint

After popping out small dents, patching over small scratches, and replacing old parts, the auto body shop will be ready to paint your vehicle, but you might want to have them hold off on that. After all, with a little bit of effort, this is a task that you can do on your own in order to save you a substantial amount of money. All you have to do is to purchase, borrow, or rent a paint sprayer and then make sure that you are buying the matching automobile paint. This is especially important if you are just doing a touch up, as the slightest variance in color will be noticeable to a lot of people. To make sure that you are getting the correct color of automobile paint, you will want to check out the owners manual if you still have it, or read the paint color code on the inside of the drivers door.

As you can see, there are a couple of good ways to make sure that you are saving as much money as possible on the cost of the auto shop repairs.


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