Trade bodyshop services from our Bury St Edmunds workshop

Trade and dealer bodyshop services in Bury St Edmunds

We offer our services to trade dealers as well as the general public. If you run a garage, MOT centre, used car dealership or valeting business and would rather not turn bodywork away, send it to us. Smart repairs, resprays and alloy refurbishment are all done in our own spray booth in Bury St Edmunds, by a team with 22 years in the trade.

Technician machine polishing a repaired bumper at Smart Spray Bodywork
What we take on for trade

Smart repairs and bumper scuffs, panel resprays, alloy refurbishment, small dents and paint correction before sale. Forecourt prep on part exchanges and stock is regular work for us, as is the customer car a garage has nowhere to paint.

Technician assessing damage on a car before a trade repair at Smart Spray Bodywork
Straight answers on stock cars

A stock car has a margin, and not every mark is worth chasing. We tell you what will help a car sell and what would be money spent for no return. If a job is not worth doing we say so.

Right first time, so the car sells

Trade work only pays if the car comes back once. Every repair is painted in our dedicated spray booth, where temperature, airflow and moisture are controlled, which allows us to achieve quality results that stand up under forecourt lights. Colour is matched and blended so nobody can see where the repair was.

Exterior of Smart Spray Bodywork's workshop in Bury St Edmunds
Consistent turnaround for stock

A car in the bodyshop is a car not on the forecourt. We plan trade work so it is back with you quickly, give you a realistic timeframe when we quote, and do not keep cars longer than we need to. Batch work is welcome.

Technician handing back keys after a repair at Smart Spray Bodywork
Trade terms on application

We agree trade terms with garages and dealers who send us regular work, and we invoice the business. Send photos of a job to 07939 755264 on WhatsApp for a free quote and ask about an account.

From WhatsApp photo to forecourt ready

How trade work runs with us

Technician preparing a car for paint inside the Smart Spray Bodywork workshop

Your customer's car, or your stock

Dealers and garages use us in two ways. Some send their customer straight to us with the job agreed, and we look after the customer on your behalf. Others bring the car themselves and we deal only with you. Either works, and you decide how much your customer sees of us.

How a trade job goes through

Send photos of the damage to 07939 755264 on WhatsApp, with the registration, and we quote free.

We tell you what is worth doing on that car and what is not, and agree a date that suits you.

The car is repaired in the booth, colour matched and blended, and handed back ready to sell.

Serving the trade across Suffolk and Cambridgeshire

We are just off the A11 and A14 in Bury St Edmunds, within easy reach of Newmarket, Mildenhall, Thetford, Stowmarket, Haverhill, Sudbury, Ely and Cambridge. We already look after independent garages, MOT and service centres, used car dealers and valeters.

What we do not take on

We do not take on heavy structural or chassis work. We do cosmetic and panel bodywork, and we will tell you straight away if a job is beyond what we do.

Rushed paint. Every job is painted in our spray booth and given proper time to cure, because a finish that fails costs you a second visit.

Guesswork. If we cannot see the damage clearly in your photos, we ask for more before we quote.

Fleet Vehicle Repairs covers how we handle vans and company cars, and Full Resprays explains what is involved when a whole car needs painting. WhatsApp 07939 755264 to talk about sending us your bodywork.

Smart Spray Bodywork's workshop exterior in Bury St Edmunds
Trade questions

What garages and dealers ask before sending us work

Do you offer trade rates?
Can you handle regular forecourt prep?
What is your turnaround on trade work?
Can we send our customers to you directly?
What do you not take on?
How do we set up a trade account?
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