Rough estimate for a couple of panels of paint and blend?
Discussion
My small coupe has an annoyingly slightly off colour match on it's rear quarter (which extends over the roofline to the front of the car) and driver door. It has been painted before as this car famously suffers corrosion around it's door handles. It has started to suffer it again, so would need sanding out (around an inch squared area)
It wasn't blended so there is a clear difference between the wing and door, and also the side sill and door/rear quarter, and bumper which are all correct colour matching rest of car.
It's a reasonably posh motor so i'm trying to avoid a "they've seen me coming" quote
Any ideas? Cheers
It wasn't blended so there is a clear difference between the wing and door, and also the side sill and door/rear quarter, and bumper which are all correct colour matching rest of car.
It's a reasonably posh motor so i'm trying to avoid a "they've seen me coming" quote
Any ideas? Cheers
Edited by Krhuangbin on Monday 16th February 10:43
I'm not sure I fully follow which panels you actually want painting and which are previously painted?
If you want to blend the colour from a poorly matched into a neighbouring panel then the poorly painted and the good panel both need painting as you need to blend the paint across both. If you only have one panel painted, then if that isn't a match you have the same problem where they meet edge to edge.
You are basically indicating that you need the entire side respraying including some rust repairs? Each panel is going to be roughly between £350-£500 so not cheap!
If you want to blend the colour from a poorly matched into a neighbouring panel then the poorly painted and the good panel both need painting as you need to blend the paint across both. If you only have one panel painted, then if that isn't a match you have the same problem where they meet edge to edge.
You are basically indicating that you need the entire side respraying including some rust repairs? Each panel is going to be roughly between £350-£500 so not cheap!
Hi Dave, thanks for that.
The rear quarter and door, both marked red X, are wrong colour for car, slightly. Also on the door is the corrosion, around door handle (aluminium bubbling rather than rust). They are the panels which have previously been painted also, I suspect to fix the previous bubbling which has come back
The Wing, sill, roof and bumper are all matched to rest of car and fine, marked green tick.
Annoyingly the large rear quarter is in excellent nick - just slightly out in it s shade, which matches door
The rear quarter and door, both marked red X, are wrong colour for car, slightly. Also on the door is the corrosion, around door handle (aluminium bubbling rather than rust). They are the panels which have previously been painted also, I suspect to fix the previous bubbling which has come back
The Wing, sill, roof and bumper are all matched to rest of car and fine, marked green tick.
Annoyingly the large rear quarter is in excellent nick - just slightly out in it s shade, which matches door
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