How much is this likely to cost - paint bubbles
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Not sure what a SMART is (apart from a very small car). Who are you buying it from? If from a dealer then make it a condition of the sale and then it costs you nothing. If privately then it has to be taken into account in the price but I can't give you an estimate as both of mine had tiny bubbles in front of the mirror and were sorted as part of the sale (main dealer). Others will be able to give you more idea as I understand AML don't always make a 100% contribution.
V8V Pete said:
Not sure what a SMART is (apart from a very small car). Who are you buying it from? If from a dealer then make it a condition of the sale and then it costs you nothing. If privately then it has to be taken into account in the price but I can't give you an estimate as both of mine had tiny bubbles in front of the mirror and were sorted as part of the sale (main dealer). Others will be able to give you more idea as I understand AML don't always make a 100% contribution.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/how-to/1028617...We've all been there.
SMART repairs are no good as they sand out like a sore thumb (I tried), its a panel and blend job I'm afraid.
Aston direct will quote the National Debt of Greece to fix, I found a good independent to rectify and they were superb. I used a place near me (Aylesbury) who specialise in Classic car restoration and they did my bonnet, wings and pillars for 1/2 the cost AM quoted for the bonnet alone.
PM me if you want their details as don't want to be accused of advertising.
If you leave them, they WILL get worse.
Other thank that, Astons are great fun and we all love owning them.
SMART repairs are no good as they sand out like a sore thumb (I tried), its a panel and blend job I'm afraid.
Aston direct will quote the National Debt of Greece to fix, I found a good independent to rectify and they were superb. I used a place near me (Aylesbury) who specialise in Classic car restoration and they did my bonnet, wings and pillars for 1/2 the cost AM quoted for the bonnet alone.
PM me if you want their details as don't want to be accused of advertising.
If you leave them, they WILL get worse.
Other thank that, Astons are great fun and we all love owning them.
Sunray3006 said:
We've all been there.
SMART repairs are no good as they sand out like a sore thumb (I tried), its a panel and blend job I'm afraid.
Aston direct will quote the National Debt of Greece to fix, I found a good independent to rectify and they were superb. I used a place near me (Aylesbury) who specialise in Classic car restoration and they did my bonnet, wings and pillars for 1/2 the cost AM quoted for the bonnet alone.
PM me if you want their details as don't want to be accused of advertising.
If you leave them, they WILL get worse.
Other thank that, Astons are great fun and we all love owning them.
totally agree ....apart from SMART repairs such as dent master for removing car park dings .......minor paint repairs are always visible ..........to the OP I've had some minor bubbling repaired on a wheel arch and roof joint line for £400 SMART repairs are no good as they sand out like a sore thumb (I tried), its a panel and blend job I'm afraid.
Aston direct will quote the National Debt of Greece to fix, I found a good independent to rectify and they were superb. I used a place near me (Aylesbury) who specialise in Classic car restoration and they did my bonnet, wings and pillars for 1/2 the cost AM quoted for the bonnet alone.
PM me if you want their details as don't want to be accused of advertising.
If you leave them, they WILL get worse.
Other thank that, Astons are great fun and we all love owning them.
I had a lot of paintwork done on my V8V recently, as the drivers door handle had a bubble coming up and also had a couple of bubbles exactly where the posters has his. Also the passenger door had bubbling coming up around the door handle enclosure. So I bit the bullet and went a bit mad!!!I had both doors, door handles and both rear quarters re sprayed, as the rear wheel arches were quite stone chipped. Having had that done, also had some foil protection on both wheel arches and lower sills put on too.
I needed a new inner door seal on the drivers side, as my fat a**e had made a whole in it over time, with me getting in and out of the car. I also had both door outer margin seals replaced, as they were perished a little and coming away from the door frame.
Had it done via my dealer.......all in all not cheap, but they did a good job.
I needed a new inner door seal on the drivers side, as my fat a**e had made a whole in it over time, with me getting in and out of the car. I also had both door outer margin seals replaced, as they were perished a little and coming away from the door frame.
Had it done via my dealer.......all in all not cheap, but they did a good job.
Edited by bomberh on Wednesday 30th September 10:17
Literally just dropped my car off at my "dodgy" bodyshop. He isn't dodgy, just isn't AM approved. Came across him when I was driving past his sketchy looking unit and it was filled with 10 11 12 plate German cars. Thought that's weird and went in. He's cheap and takes pride, a beautiful combo! Today he had like 7 cars of which 4 were not even old.He is in Sheffield though.
On the DB9 he is painting :
Both doors
Both Wings
Front Bumpber
Both Sills
Both Rear quarters
Boot chip next to badge
Rear quarters were purely for blend reasons as the actual corrosion is on doors and bubbling on fibreglass wing which he says is due to some muppet probably baking it in the past.
£500.
Did the M5 not that long ago. £350 , bonnet, bumper, 1 sill, 1 door, 1 rear quarter rust repair, 2 wings.
It's bordering easier to paint than detail however at the end of it you need to spend a good 3-4 hours cleaning up after him as he makes a right mess of polish.
On the DB9 he is painting :
Both doors
Both Wings
Front Bumpber
Both Sills
Both Rear quarters
Boot chip next to badge
Rear quarters were purely for blend reasons as the actual corrosion is on doors and bubbling on fibreglass wing which he says is due to some muppet probably baking it in the past.
£500.
Did the M5 not that long ago. £350 , bonnet, bumper, 1 sill, 1 door, 1 rear quarter rust repair, 2 wings.
It's bordering easier to paint than detail however at the end of it you need to spend a good 3-4 hours cleaning up after him as he makes a right mess of polish.
Edited by Sump on Wednesday 30th September 10:45
Edited by Sump on Wednesday 30th September 10:57
Sump said:
Literally just dropped my car off at my "dodgy" bodyshop. He isn't dodgy, just isn't AM approved. Came across him when I was driving past his sketchy looking unit and it was filled with 10 11 12 plate German cars. Thought that's weird and went in. He's cheap and takes pride, a beautiful combo! Today he had like 7 cars of which 4 were not even old.He is in Sheffield though.
On the DB9 he is painting :
Both doors
Both Wings
Front Bumpber
Both Sills
Both Rear quarters
Boot chip next to badge
Rear quarters were purely for blend reasons as the actual corrosion is on doors and bubbling on fibreglass wing which he says is due to some muppet probably baking it in the past.
£500.
Did the M5 not that long ago. £350 , bonnet, bumper, 1 sill, 1 door, 1 rear quarter rust repair, 2 wings.
It's bordering easier to paint than detail however at the end of it you need to spend a good 3-4 hours cleaning up after him as he makes a right mess of polish.
Hi Sump, could you PM me this guys details please?On the DB9 he is painting :
Both doors
Both Wings
Front Bumpber
Both Sills
Both Rear quarters
Boot chip next to badge
Rear quarters were purely for blend reasons as the actual corrosion is on doors and bubbling on fibreglass wing which he says is due to some muppet probably baking it in the past.
£500.
Did the M5 not that long ago. £350 , bonnet, bumper, 1 sill, 1 door, 1 rear quarter rust repair, 2 wings.
It's bordering easier to paint than detail however at the end of it you need to spend a good 3-4 hours cleaning up after him as he makes a right mess of polish.
Edited by Sump on Wednesday 30th September 10:45
Edited by Sump on Wednesday 30th September 10:57
Thanks
Horts
Ross - my bodywork chap came back and reckons 2-3k to sort mine out (you have the pictures). This covers the front up to and including the doors and roof.
Last year I was quoted ~7k for a full respray by an Aston service agent who doesn't use an Aston body shop (but restores DBs etc).
As others have noted, I would avoid patch repairers. The problem will come back if you go that route.
I reckon both doors are going to be 800-1k.
Sump's price is incredible...but I do struggle in accepting that the right level of prep will be done to sort the problem properly for that money, even in Sheffield (Steel city native here, exiled to the sarf). Sump - if you have good photos of the DB9 when done I'd be interested in seeing it. Even better, if you'd be happy for me to have a look I'm up there reasonably regularly (around the Mosborough/Pystal Creaks area).
Last year I was quoted ~7k for a full respray by an Aston service agent who doesn't use an Aston body shop (but restores DBs etc).
As others have noted, I would avoid patch repairers. The problem will come back if you go that route.
I reckon both doors are going to be 800-1k.
Sump's price is incredible...but I do struggle in accepting that the right level of prep will be done to sort the problem properly for that money, even in Sheffield (Steel city native here, exiled to the sarf). Sump - if you have good photos of the DB9 when done I'd be interested in seeing it. Even better, if you'd be happy for me to have a look I'm up there reasonably regularly (around the Mosborough/Pystal Creaks area).
Murph7355 said:
Sump's price is incredible...but I do struggle in accepting that the right level of prep will be done to sort the problem properly for that money, even in Sheffield (Steel city native here, exiled to the sarf). Sump - if you have good photos of the DB9 when done I'd be interested in seeing it. Even better, if you'd be happy for me to have a look I'm up there reasonably regularly (around the Mosborough/Pystal Creaks area).
It won't have the right level of prep that John had. Not even close to it, that's essentially a full strip which IMO is a little OTT but required if you're looking for utter utter perfection. The catch with my bodyshop is the clean up after. I had some overspray that I had to clay out and then really throughly clean it inside and outside.
These pics are from last year, he did the front bumper, sills and boot lid. I'll take some good pics for this years work when it comes back in 2 weeks.
Edited by Sump on Thursday 1st October 00:46
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