body

Rocker Panel

for 2015 Kia Forte 1.8L I4 · FWD
🎨What's included: replacement labor only — panel R&R plus the interior/exterior strip and refit it takes to get there. Refinish work (prime, paint, blend) is billed as a separate operation, per standard body labor guide practice.
🖌️Refinish for this panel: ~2 hr base/clear (+0.8 hr per adjacent-panel blend) — billed as a separate operation from the replacement time above, per standard body-guide practice.
🔓 Step-by-step procedure: not written yet

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Labor Hours
8hr
Range: 6.810 hr
Data quality
Book-style estimate
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At $110/hr (independent shop)
$880
Estimated labor cost. Parts not included.

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