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Auto Body Repair Cost Calculator

Price mobile body and paint work the way SMART techs actually bill: a flat price per repair, quoted from the damage. Tap each repair — wheels count per wheel — and add one paint-and-materials line per spray job.

Bumper scuff repair & respraysand, prime & color-blend the scuffed area
$375
Deep scratch repairthrough the color coat — fill, prime, match & blend
$450
Clear-coat scratch polishdidn’t break the color — wet-sand & buff, no paint
$125
Paint chip touch-up sessionrock chips by brush & pen — hood, fenders, mirrors
$150
Wheel refinish — per wheelcurb rash — fill, refinish, clear
$150
Headlight restoration — pairsand, polish & UV seal, both lenses
$90
Bumper crack repairplastic weld the crack, then refinish
$475
Paint & materials — per spray job
$50
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You priced the job. Now run it like a business.

That's the hard part done. SideWRK runs the rest from your phone: text the estimate, your customer taps approve, and the money hits — card, Apple Pay, Venmo, Cash App, or Zelle, no merchant account, no three-percent bite. It keeps a line on who still owes you, logs every material and cost so your real profit and your tax write-offs tally themselves, and stands up a free website with reviews that feeds you the next job. A free estimate today, or your whole operation in one app. Built for auto body repair and every trade.

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Quote the repair, not the hour

Mobile body work sells against the body shop, so quote like one visit instead of a shop week: a flat price per repair, trip rolled in, materials as one honest line. Hold the sweet spot on bumpers — $300–$450 covers the sand-prime-blend cycle and still beats the shop’s $800 respray. Stack the add-ons while you’re there; a second wheel or a headlight pair costs you minutes and pays like a service call. And know your walk-away line: primer-deep damage across more than a panel is booth work, and saying so is what makes the rest of your quote believable.

Questions

How much does mobile auto body repair cost?
Mobile SMART repair prices per repair, flat. In 2026 a painted bumper scuff repair runs $150–$600 with most tickets landing $300–$450; a clear-coat scratch that polishes out runs $75–$150; a deep scratch repaired and blended runs $300–$600; and a chip touch-up session runs $100–$250. A typical solo mobile ticket lands between $250 and $500.
Why is mobile SMART repair cheaper than a body shop?
A shop reprints the whole panel — $300–$900 per panel plus blend time — while SMART repair refinishes only the damaged area and blends it into the surrounding paint. Smaller area, less material, one visit in your driveway. The honest trade-off: on aged or faded paint the match is approximate, and damage past about a panel belongs at a booth-equipped shop.
How do wheel and headlight jobs price?
Per unit, flat. Curb-rash wheel refinish runs $100–$250 per wheel, with $149–$199 flat tiers common. Headlight restoration runs $50–$150 for the pair, averaging around $100–$120. Both are natural add-ons — the "while I’m here" upsell that turns a $375 bumper visit into a $600 ticket.
What should the materials line be?
Collision shops bill paint and materials at a rate times refinish hours — the national average is about $50 per refinish hour. Solo mobile operators simplify that to one flat paint-and-materials line per spray job, usually $40–$95. This calculator defaults it to $50; skip it on no-paint work like polishing and headlights.
Is this calculator free?
Yes. It runs in your browser, there is no sign-up, and nothing is stored anywhere but your own device.

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