Cost of a full Re-spray for a Noble, guesstimates?

[LDoR]

Hi all,

I'm still on the hunt for an M12 and as a bit of research on the side i'm wondering about resprays. If i can find the right car but with the wrong colour,how much does anybody think it might cost to change it to the colour of my choice.

I've tried searching for previous posts on the matter; so far only found estimates (wild ranging ones at that) for the front clam.

Cheers for any advice you can give me.

[alex s]

do a quick search...guy in scotland had his resprayed in Candy blue..Inex6 i think
HTH

[mr noble]

£5-700 for front clam. Should give you something to work to.

Depends if you want to do it properly or not. ie. Engine bay and sills etc.

G

[lucozade]

I was quoted £5K to do the lot in any colour.

[paulcundy]

555, a paint shop at Dunsfold quoted £2,500 for a total re-spray (and small repairs) on my car.
Rgeards
Paul C

[ljm]

paulcundy said:

555, a paint shop at Dunsfold quoted £2,500 for a total re-spray (and small repairs) on my car.
Rgeards
Paul C

Was that to keep the same colour though, seems cheap for a colour change!!

LJM

Edited to say: If I was you I would hold out for one the right colour, Cars which have had a colour change tend to be difficult to sell as people will always wonder why you had it sprayed!!!

What colur are you looking for??

Edited by ljm on Saturday 5th August 11:41

Edited by ljm on Saturday 5th August 11:42

[nobleguy]

Is it me, or do resprayed cars chip/mark more easily?
Every time I've had a scrape in my old cars the paint looks great for a bit after the repair then it stone chipped really easily.

Maybe the quality of the company I suppose....

Edited by nobleguy on Saturday 5th August 12:46

[LDoR]

ljm said:

Edited to say: If I was you I would hold out for one the right colour, Cars which have had a colour change tend to be difficult to sell as people will always wonder why you had it sprayed!!!

What colur are you looking for??

Well there is that, just that it might give me more flexibility. I've seen a yellow one for a good price.

I'd prefer Azure Blue or Black but silver would be fine.

[lucozade]

ljm said:

Was that to keep the same colour though, seems cheap for a colour change!!

LJM

Edited to say: If I was you I would hold out for one the right colour, Cars which have had a colour change tend to be difficult to sell as people will always wonder why you had it sprayed!!!

What colur are you looking for??

I don't see this being a major problem on a car like this. It will need repainted at some point in it's life and changing the colour, provided you have backed it up with all the documentation, should be fine. Some companies may even do a better job than the original - I know my factory finish was not the best and needed revisits to sort problems.

Edited by lucozade on Sunday 6th August 10:40

[joust]

nobleguy said:

Is it me, or do resprayed cars chip/mark more easily?
Every time I've had a scrape in my old cars the paint looks great for a bit after the repair then it stone chipped really easily.
Maybe the quality of the company I suppose....

It's modern paints driven by legislation. Modern paints are all water based, and don't 'stick' as well as the old cellulose/spirit ones. Legislation has forced this to reduce the VOCs released by spray paints.

The more dirt there is on the surface they less the paint will stick, hence resprays tend never to get the surface as clean as when it was brand new and therefore the paints doesn't stick as well.

However, if you find a decent place that takes significant time to prep the car you can get good results.

J

[adrian w]

I thought the water based paints were just harder ie less elastic, therefore chip easier. When cars were painted in proper paint that blew holes in the atmosphere the only time a newish car got road rash was if it had been hammered up and down motorways, now paint just seems to fall off.

[ljm]

LDoR said:

ljm said:

Edited to say: If I was you I would hold out for one the right colour, Cars which have had a colour change tend to be difficult to sell as people will always wonder why you had it sprayed!!!

What colur are you looking for??

Well there is that, just that it might give me more flexibility. I've seen a yellow one for a good price.

I'd prefer Azure Blue or Black but silver would be fine.

If it is the one in the classifieds that is CAT D then it will prob make no diffrence, just bare in mind that resale is always tricky when they are on the register. having said that it is a very cheap car!!!

[joust]

adrian w said:

I thought the water based paints were just harder ie less elastic, therefore chip easier.

Water based paints have all sorts of issues, not least the lack of lipozynzene oils in the forumaltion. This will make them crack, flake, and make complete strangers poute at your paintwork.

There is a solution though. Due to the lack lipozynzene oils you need to take care of the paint from the off. Fortunatly, it has been found that permium mayonnaise has almost the right formulation, although the high salt content can be a worry (adding a small amount of fairy suds can help significantly).

If you don't believe me, here is a picture of modern paint with a coating of Hellmann’s mayonnaise buffed to a quick shine. Notice how much more shiny it is?



If you want to know more, click here

J

[adrian w]

Just checking the date on the calender.............no not 1st April. Maybe Hellmans is worth a try.

[V6GTO]

adrian w said:

Just checking the date on the calender.............no not 1st April. Maybe Hellmans is worth a try.

Look at the bottom of the page:-

"Please note, this article was an April Fools Day hoax. Please ignore all information contained within - it's all nonsense!"

Martin.

[robp]

V6GTO said:

"Please ignore all information contained within - it's all nonsense!"

Hmmm.. this tag could be used on more than one or two threads of late..