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Niiice. I'd love to find someone around here that does the Chemical dip. What does it usually cost to have that done?
 
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To dip a body from a full frame car the body alone is about $1600.00, for each part ie door fender they get about $150 per part a little more for a large part like a hood.
To dip a unibody shell like the beemer it was $2400 for the shell, their comment was you wont have to restore a frame so this is how they justify charging more?
All I can say is it saves me time from burning out by dipping them and the job is much more professional and ALL of the rust is removed.

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Wow! that's not cheap. But like you said, you more than make up for it in saved labor in a professional setting. I'm hoping to put my TR2 on the road for what it cost to dip that bimmer. Guess a "dip" is outta the question.
 

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Nice I'll keep an eye on it.
 
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