bodywork advice

well as most of you have seen the arches on the prelude are pretty scabby
a few months back i went to bpdy panache in stafford as reccomended by a few ppl on here
i got a quote of around £2500 to sort the rust and respray which i thought was a bit on the expensive side
so last weekend as reccomened by some others on here i went to try body matters as they were supposed to be reasonably priced
got the quote today and they said rather than cut and weld the arches, they would replace the rear quarter panels completly they phoned Honda and they wanted £450 per quarter panel
so they said to replace those it would be £1300 per side, so a total of £2600.
they said to do the whole car (fit lip kit & respray) i would be looking at close on £4000!
so now i'm in the thoughts of if i can find anyone else, or think of scrapping the car and starting over

any thoughts would be welcome

prices sound about right to me mate for a quality job. i got a quote from body panache for front and rear lips, side skirts, and grille fitted, also boot welded and smoothed and the spoiler removed and refitted plus a complete respray including dent removal to perfect concours quality for £1200 + VAT

problem mart has is the labour cost of rust repair

A lot of money Mart.........is it relly worth it on a car of that age.......i know you love your Lude,but 4000 smacko's get's you a good choice of wheels dude.......you are in MR2/EVO territory.........

Bodge the repair yourself, sand it smooth, then take it to a cheap bodyshop for a £500 blow over.
This is a cheap blow over in 2 pack paint (Not the illegal kind)