Bodywork and respray reccomendations.

[Bendyknees]

It has come to that time where i have to make a choice... respray my van, get all bodywork done. Dont cut corners and do it right or just let time take its toll to my beloved van and i start to do cheap my style "rat and reclaim" repairs My van has been exceptionally brilliant to me over the past 7 years andhas only ever let me down once when the gearbox went bang on the M1 sliproad .
Ive had a look about online for reputable bod' w'shops and found a few who ive contacted and had a chat about what i want. However id like to hear from any of you guys that have had work done a while ago that still looks good, or anyone who has recenly come across a genius that we should all know about. I dont mind travelling for good work, but if there is anyone close-ish to peterborough i would be very interested to hear.

Also. I was thinking 2pac?? opinions
Paint oven?? as mine is a hightop it wont fit in many standard ones. I remeber from my days in the classic car trade years ago, the bloke who my boss used never used an oven, but used to get superb finished results??? sould i stick to places that it will fit? or go to a bloke who has a good standard booth?

[jimpainter]

a lot of places only have stamdard booths which as you say don't fit hightops, that is going to be your biggest problem. i have just built myself a self containef spray room and had the ability to go higher so made it big enough for high tops. to put it into perspective i have had to make the ceiling height approx 14ft so i have the height to spray the top comfortably. if that was a prefab booth it would cost £££££ the reason people don't have them.
jim

[Plasticman]

worry less about the booth/ no booth and go with who repairs it best to suit your pocket,
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[ScienceBoy]

Go for it mate. But we went with a garage that had to do it outside because of the height and it took 4 weeks rather than the 2 quoted, so do check.
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