Clam repairs and resprays

[NDT]

I'm trying to get my head around buying a cat D car and repairing, so if anyone's got any thoughts on clam repairs that would be great....

Firstly, any ideas of cost for a front clam respray - there are plenty of posts here re a front end respray to get rid of stone chips, but is it much more if you change the colour?
How repairable are clams? I'm assuming that dents / holes / cracks can be repaired if they're not too big and the rest of the clam is sound?

Sorry for the somewhat random questions, but I assue someone on here will know this!

cheers
Nick

PS I've already done a quick search...

Edited by NDT on Tuesday 22 January 11:00

[Beachbum]

Not sure how much the respray is on its own, but "New calm and respray" from a main Stealer is £3500-4000. Or at least it was 2 months ago

[Anatol]

A colour-change respray is likely to cost more than a same-colour respray.

Provided the structure of the clam is sound, splits, cracks etc can be repaired, although it's a time-consuming, messy job.

There's a car on eBay going in about 8 hours which fits your bill... although it's already attracted plenty of bids...

Tol

[NDT]

Anatol said:

There's a car on eBay going in about 8 hours which fits your bill... although it's already attracted plenty of bids...

Tol

One of the bidders was me, hence the question!
I set myself a limit based on a guestimate of cost to repair and what it might be worth, also factoring in that I hadn't seen the car.
Next time....

[Y553]

i've been quoted £350 inc vat for a full repair job on my front clam which has the usual stone chips and has been scraped bad enough to go right through on the underside.

This is from a a very reputable body shop near leeds and icludes taking out a couple of scratches on other panels etc!
All will be done in the same colour etc....



NJL

[tlracing]

As it's fibreglass, repairs of most damage is straightforward (unless there are chunks missing!). I would always drill the end of a crack to remove the stress point before repairing. Most need strengthening with a layer or two of glass cloth on the back. If there's a lot of crazing, I've known some repairers use thin tissue on the upper surface before re-gelcoating.

Have fun but remember:

- Make sure your hands are well protected from both glass and resin;

- Thoroughly clean and de-grease anywhere you're repairing or the new layers won't stay put.

Enjoy