GRP specialist paintshops?
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Apologies if this isn’t the right forum but can anyone recommend either a bodyshop or paintshop that will do an excellent job on my TVR. Following an accident repair late last year I have been left with a car having had a full respray and looking in many areas, appalling. For example windscreen trim not having been removed (let alone screen) and paint now literally peeling away from this, paint so soft a 2mm stone chip is now almost 2cm in size and can be picked away with my fingernail, run marks in the lacquer, white marks in the paint, overspray, paint so soft roof panels have dug into it etc.
I’m going through the motions with the insurers at present (theres not a cat in hells chance I’ll let the original repairers near the car again for various reasons that aren’t important to this post) and this may well end up going down the legal route. I’ve had my own independent inspection done and their assessment is the paint is not finished to an industry acceptable standard and for many reasons, ideally needs fully stripping back to gel coat and re-doing.
However, in the meantime, regardless I need to find somewhere I can take my car to, have it stripped back and resprayed – I’m aware of some of the recommended TVR shops and know of good and bad but TVR specialists aren’t the only ones with GRP experience. Does anyone on here have recommendations for this type of work? I’m assuming potentially there are a number of specialists who look after kit and custom cars with this sort of bodywork?
I’m going through the motions with the insurers at present (theres not a cat in hells chance I’ll let the original repairers near the car again for various reasons that aren’t important to this post) and this may well end up going down the legal route. I’ve had my own independent inspection done and their assessment is the paint is not finished to an industry acceptable standard and for many reasons, ideally needs fully stripping back to gel coat and re-doing.
However, in the meantime, regardless I need to find somewhere I can take my car to, have it stripped back and resprayed – I’m aware of some of the recommended TVR shops and know of good and bad but TVR specialists aren’t the only ones with GRP experience. Does anyone on here have recommendations for this type of work? I’m assuming potentially there are a number of specialists who look after kit and custom cars with this sort of bodywork?
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