# Rusting Scratches

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/rusting-scratches/89155>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** honda\
**Created:** [February 26, 2015, 9:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rusting-scratches/89155 "2015-02-26T09:06:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rusting-scratches/89155/5 "2015-02-26T19:52:38Z")

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Body work and painting always seem to be more expensive than customers anticipate.  
Let’s just say that this type of work doesn’t come cheap nowadays–if you expect to get good-quality workmanship.

All of that being said, I believe that the OP has underestimated just how much work is entailed in getting down to the bare metal, smoothing the metal, repairing the dent, priming, and repainting.  
A bill of at least $1,500 for this work doesn’t surprise me at all.

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