Full respray for £399 - Too good to be true?

[HustleRussell]

Thanks for updating the thread with the results.

Close-ups?

[GAVBEY]

I dont really have any close ups, ill take some though

There is some dust particles, some orange peel and the fibreglass panels...well you know how fibreglass lays, They could of done with another coat of base but im not fussy. the car just gets thrashed around track etc anyway

[Sump]

GAVBEY said:

Sump said:

Donuts in someones car park. What a bellend. Lmao at the gang sign aswell. Overall a failure at life.

That was a lorry turning

Yup im a Fail at life

Do you prefer to go down the image of you doing the donut pisstake or the scientific calculation of the width of the tracks being too narrow?

Your call, I'm up for either argument.

[rb5er]

You are "up for" an internet argument?

And you speak of failures at life? Staggering.

[Sump]

rb5er said:

You are "up for" an internet argument?

And you speak of failures at life? Staggering.

Yeah, don't take it too literally, the pisstake had already been done in the post.

[carl_w]

So "full respray for £399" costs £499?

[battered]

If you want the dents filled and sanded then apparently yes. If you don't or you do that bit first, yourself, than maybe they will do the whole thing for £400.

I really, really don't get the animosity and sneering on this. Look, one more time with feeling, this is a quick blowover. No more, no less. It won't be great but it will be OK for a country job. If this is good enough for you, brilliant. If not, then get your hand in your pocket for £2k or so. Your choice. It really, really isn't complicated. If you drive a £30k 911 that's collected a few stonechips and parking dings, it's not for you. If it's a track car, or an old Landy, or a low budget resto, then maybe this is good enough.

[GAVBEY]

battered said:

If you want the dents filled and sanded then apparently yes. If you don't or you do that bit first, yourself, than maybe they will do the whole thing for £400.

I really, really don't get the animosity and sneering on this. Look, one more time with feeling, this is a quick blowover. No more, no less. It won't be great but it will be OK for a country job. If this is good enough for you, brilliant. If not, then get your hand in your pocket for £2k or so. Your choice. It really, really isn't complicated. If you drive a £30k 911 that's collected a few stonechips and parking dings, it's not for you. If it's a track car, or an old Landy, or a low budget resto, then maybe this is good enough.

Your right.

No thanks Sump im not very good at arguments. Im not trying to start any sort of War with anyone.

Cheers guys

[mikeyr]

What they said. Cheap and cheerful - would like to see closeups just to get an idea of the level of cheerfulness but as others said for a trackday, Landy or small van this seems okay.

[Toaster Pilot]

mikeyr said:

What they said. Cheap and cheerful - would like to see closeups just to get an idea of the level of cheerfulness but as others said for a trackday, Landy or small van this seems okay.

I see lots of vans on their Facebook page - buying a late model van with rough paint and getting it blown over for that price could be very attractive

[Fastpedeller]

Toaster Pilot said:

I see lots of vans on their Facebook page - buying a late model van with rough paint and getting it blown over for that price could be very attractive

I don't see the appeal of this when you can use a good yacht enamel (cost c£50) and put it on with a good brush c£12, ad get at least as good a result - ok you've got to put in the effort..... but if cost (or minimising it) is your goal! why not do it for less than 20% of the sum?

[carl_w]

Fastpedeller said:

I don't see the appeal of this when you can use a good yacht enamel (cost c£50) and put it on with a good brush c£12, ad get at least as good a result - ok you've got to put in the effort..... but if cost (or minimising it) is your goal! why not do it for less than 20% of the sum?

I guess it depends on how much your time is worth?

[ya_bollox]

behold the blotchiness! looks like a 400quid paint-job alright

pay peanuts you get monkeys, each to their own, suppose most Muppets would be delighted so let them on with it...bless em they know no better

[Toaster Pilot]

Might shortly be getting my hands on a Cat D car I'll be using as a runaround. Needs 2 new doors and the likelihood of finding them in the right colour is pretty much nil.

Good candidate for trying these guys out properly.....

[robbocop33]

V8RX7 said:

Any full respray under £1000 is highly unlikely to be a satisfactory job - many over £1000 are poor.

Materials alone for modern metallic paints are around £250.

Which leaves one day to prep and spray it.

I think the money you guys pay for resprays down south is eye watering,you 'can' get fantastic resprays round my way (Fife in Scotland)for a grand.In fact guy a mile from me is the best painter you'll get,he's fantastic and is constantly busy,he's had Porsches,Ferraris everything in,he's unbelievably good.Getting harder to get him to do my projects due to his trade work,Arnold Clark and the likes.
Best test of a painter is black paint.I remember he done an old gti Scirocco for me and when i excitedly went into the booth to see it i peered close up to the paint,as you do to inspect it,i just couldn't see the paint!It was like a mirror,all i could see was me and the walls of the booth!! ;-)

[carl_w]

robbocop33 said:

I think the money you guys pay for resprays down south is eye watering,

Resprays? The money we pay for everything is eye-watering.