SideWRK is a cheap invoicing app for auto body techs who work on the side.
It keeps every customer and vehicle on file, sends the estimate and the invoice, and shows what you actually made on the panel.
SideWRK starts every auto body tech at these prices and does this math on every job you write up. Change any number.
What an Auto Body & Paint job looks like in SideWRK.
The auto body & paint job as the app lays it out — your own cost sitting on it, and the estimate your customer approves from their phone.
Built for mobile SMART repair — in one app
Flat per-repair pricing, like the trade bills
Bumper scuff, deep scratch, chip session, wheel, headlights — each repair is a tap with your price on it. Wheels bill per wheel, and "Paint & materials" rides as one honest flat line per spray job, the way solo operators actually simplify P&M.
The paint code on file
Year, make, model — and the paint code off the door-jamb sticker, because the color match starts there, not at the paint store. VIN scan included, so the vehicle record builds itself in the driveway.
Pre-work photos, time-stamped
Photos of the damage and any prior bodywork before you touch the panel are the dispute-killer in paint work. Snap them on the job and they live on the record — estimate, invoice, and after.
Approved in writing, before you sand
California's BAR requires a written, itemized, authorized estimate before body work starts — and it's good practice everywhere. Your customer taps Approve from their phone; the name, time, and amount are logged, and the color-match disclosure rides the document.
Truck stock that warns you
Sandpaper sleeves, 2K aerosol clear, masking tape, mixing cups — logged once, decremented as you use them, with a per-item "warn me when down to" so you never mask a bumper with the last three feet on the roll.
Real profit, not just revenue
A $375 bumper ticket with $30 of materials in it is a very good day — if you can see it. The Money tab shows what the visit actually netted after paint and supplies, month by month, ready for tax time.
Auto Body & Paint
The work this app was built around.
Estimate. Invoice. Get paid.
SideWRK runs the business side from your phone, on the job.
It keeps every customer and vehicle on file, sends the estimate and the invoice, and shows what you actually made after costs.
From scuff to "paid" in three steps
Write it up
Add the customer and the vehicle, grab the paint code, tap the repairs off the menu, and snap the pre-work photos. The estimate builds itself while you walk the damage.
Send it
Text or email the estimate. The customer sees the photos and taps Approve — a written authorization with the disclosures on it, logged before the sandpaper comes out.
Get paid
It becomes a numbered invoice with your registration number on it. Card money lands in your own Stripe account and pays out on its normal schedule.
What does mobile body & paint work cost?
SMART repair prices flat, per repair — quoted from the damage, trip rolled in. Here's what the work runs in 2026, plus a free calculator to price a job. And the honest scope line: this is the legally-clean mobile service mix — spray-gun refinishing needs a filtered enclosure, and past a panel it's booth work you refer out.
By the repair
A painted bumper scuff repair runs $150–$600, sweet spot $300–$450 — under the shop's $800+ full respray. Chip touch-up sessions run $100–$250. A typical solo ticket lands between $250 and $500.
Depth decides
A clear-coat scratch polishes out for $75–$150 — no paint at all. Through the color coat it's a $300–$600 fill, prime, match & blend. Primer-deep past a panel is booth work, and saying so sells the rest of the quote.
Wheels & headlights
Curb-rash wheel refinish runs $100–$250 per wheel; headlight restoration $50–$150 the pair. Both are minutes while you're already set up — the "while I'm here" add-on that turns a $375 visit into a $600 ticket.
Auto body repair cost calculator
Tap the repairs — scuff, scratch, chips, wheels — and hand back a number before the customer walks inside.
The auto body & paint rate behind SideWRK's estimating defaults is $95/hr, with 85% of a typical ticket paying for time rather than materials. Both numbers come from our 2026 Side-Work Rate Report, which publishes the same figures for all 42 trades.
These tools run free right here — inside SideWRK they fill your estimate for you →
One plan. Every trade. $19.
There is one plan and this is it. The Auto Body & Paint build you are looking at is one of 42, and every one of them is already switched on — no upgrade, no add-on. Pick up a different trade next month and the app switches with you. Your customers come with you — one book of people, every job you have ever done for them, whichever trade you had your hat on for that day. $190 a year if you pay yearly, which is two months free.
- Branded estimates & invoices
- Registration # on every invoice
- Customer approvals + photos
- Real profit tracking
- All 42 trades, switched on — not a bundle, not an add-on
- One customer list across every trade — the same person, every job you ever did for them
- Unlimited customers and jobs — no caps
- Real profit on every Auto Body & Paint job, from your own private cost
- Auto Body & Paint expenses, mileage and a year-end tax packet
- Your own Auto Body & Paint page, work gallery and booking requests
- Card, Apple Pay, Venmo, Cash App — Zelle if your bank offers it — or cash
Nothing above is behind a higher tier. There is no higher tier.
The dent’s out.
The scraped fender is the next ticket — same driveway.
One app, every trade.
Every trade — all 42 on one $19/mo plan.
Add dent repair — the other half of the panel.
Half the damage you quote comes with a dent under it, and half of those dents don't need paint at all. Paintless dent repair picks up exactly where SMART repair leaves off: dents without paint, paint without a booth — same driveway, same customer. Small dents start around $150 and the consumables are glue sticks. Both trades are already in your plan — one login, one client list, nothing more to pay. Month-to-month — add or drop a trade right from Billing. Detailers land here too: SideWRK for Auto Detailing rounds out the same driveway visit.
SideWRK for Paintless Dent Repair →Auto Body & Paint FAQ
Is mobile auto body and paint work even legal?
The SMART service mix is — that's the point of it. Scratch polishing, brush and pen chip touch-up, aerosol work, and airbrush or small-cup (3 oz or less) spot repairs sit outside the EPA's spray rule entirely, and headlight, wheel, and bumper-crack work applies no spray at all. Full spray-gun refinishing is legal only inside a filtered mobile enclosure with HVLP equipment and current painter certification — and many cities restrict body and paint work in residential zones regardless, so check your city and air district. SideWRK puts the right notice on the document; the legal setup is on you.
What should I charge for mobile body work?
Flat, per repair. In 2026 a painted bumper scuff repair runs $150 to $600 with most tickets landing $300 to $450; a clear-coat scratch polish runs $75 to $150; a deep scratch repaired and blended runs $300 to $600; wheels run $100 to $250 each and headlights $50 to $150 a pair. Use the free auto body repair cost calculator to build a number.
How does the color match work on a mobile job?
It starts with the paint code off the door-jamb or B-pillar sticker — SideWRK keeps it on the vehicle record so the basecoat gets mixed to the code, not eyeballed. On aged or faded paint an exact match isn't always possible on a spot repair, so the honest move is the color-match disclosure on the estimate before the work, not an argument after. The app carries that note for you.
Can I run more than one trade?
Yes — every trade is unlocked and you switch in a tap, sharing one customer list. Body and paint pairs naturally with paintless dent repair — dents without paint, paint without a booth, same driveway, same customer.
How much does it cost?
SideWRK is $19/month — every trade, everything included. You start on the free plan: five jobs a rolling year, no card, and no expiry. Paying lifts every limit — $19 a month, or $190 a year.
Wondering what to charge? How to price Auto Body & Paint jobs — with real numbers →
Spraying mobile? The EPA 6H lanes and the repair records →
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