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Old 01-11-2011, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Sparky67 View Post
Well, I have seen some average people get in over their heads. Weld jobs were a mess... There is another option, and typically these guys are lot cheaper than your shop rates. Sometimes around $30 an hour, but they work out of their garage. If you chose to do it yourself, then have someone that knows how to do bodywork to teach you. My friend's Dad helped me, but he started doing bodywork at age 16 and still doing it now...He is in mid 70's.

Jeff
It's very true that people do work at lower than shop rates, but for every person who does good work at reasonable cost, there are probably four who do garbage work or no work at all.
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