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Cost and Pricing Guides
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Real numbers at posted rates: body and paint at $210 per hour, mechanical and electrical at $260, diagnostics at $285, detail at $95. These guides break down what actually drives the total on collision, roof, paint and delamination work, and why the same damage can produce two very different estimates.
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Price questions about RV repair usually get answered with a range so wide it is useless. The reason the ranges are wide is real, though. On a laminated structure the visible damage is a fraction of the job, and the honest answer before teardown is a range. What is not honest is refusing to explain what moves the number inside that range. So these articles take the total apart. Labor hours at the posted rate for the discipline, paint supplies calculated at $55 per paint hour, body supplies at $5 per body hour, hazmat, parts marked up 100 percent under $100 and 35 percent over, and 7.75 percent sales tax. Then the variables: how far separation has traveled, whether graphics cross the repair, whether the substrate is sound, and whether the carrier is billing at negotiated rates rather than posted retail.
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2026-04-24
How Much Does RV Collision Repair Cost in Southern California
RV collision repair runs $1,000 to $150,000 and up at $210 per hour. Here is the arithmetic: labor, supplies, parts markup, hazmat, tax and deposits.
2026-04-19
RV Roof Replacement Cost vs Repair Cost
Recoat runs $900 to $3,500, targeted repair $500 to $4,000, full membrane replacement $4,500 to $18,000. The decking under it decides which one you get.
2026-05-02
What Actually Drives the Cost of an RV Paint Job
Preparation is the cost of an RV paint job, not paint. Masking, disassembly, cutting oxidation and reproducing graphics drive the hours at $210.
2026-04-30
Delamination Repair Cost Explained
Delamination repair runs $1,500 to $20,000 and up, 10 to 100 plus hours at $210. Mapped extent and substrate condition set the number, not the bubble.
2026-05-11
Why Body, Mechanical and Diagnostic Labor Rates Are Different Numbers
Body and paint bills $210 per hour, mechanical and electrical $260, diagnostics $285, detail $95. Equipment, compliance and output explain each number.
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