Cheers guys, thats basically straight out of the booth... the polishing etc will happen after xmas. Its the original colour of the car and although i toyed with the idea of a complete change int he end i really like the mica blue and it was just more hassle so it stayed original.

In terms of cost.. well its hard know what the going rates are really, plus i did a lot of the stripping and the majority of the base body work, they flatted it all off and did some of the finessing to get things looking decent. I'm putting it all back together again so again saving on labour.

I'm sure 75% of places would have been more expensive but i know they guy for a few years now and he lets me borrow things from his shop when at my lock up and will let me use his ramp to change the gearbox and stuff so all in all i'm ok with the price.

Paint was a huge chunk of the cost... it was also one of those... heres the keys to my lock up do the car in between other jobs... jobs so again that helped.