Expensive paint job

[ibizarich]

Cracked the rear valance on the far left side/underneath of my T350. The 6" vertical edge that runs near under-side of the exhaust towards the front of the car. Hard to explain what I mean. The bit that you would scrape on the bottom if you reversed into a speed bump! (I split it on a track day though)

Anyway, cut a long story short. Drive carefully - A litre of paint costs £600 for Spectraflair Silver. So to fix it is gonna cost £750.

Dealer has been very good and got back to me quickly with costs etc. I've just got to sit and cry for a while before I book it in.

£600 a litre. I'm thinking of melting down the family silver and using that as the paint base. I think it would cost less!

[Lensey]

WOW! thats gotta hurt, I'll deffo be careful when parking.

[G20RG B]

Sh*t £600 a litre!!...............but Spectaflair silver is a stunning colour, I remember see-ing one at Henley Heritage last summer on a sunny day, the change in colours as you walked around the car was amazing.

[Mrs Triple S]

G20RG B said:

Sh*t £600 a litre!!

G2ORG B said:

..............but Spectaflair silver is a stunning colour,

Oh

[DJC]

Aha. You didnt buy the car new and spec the paint job yourself?
When your paint "option" costs £1500 and up, you know the stuff aint cheap!

[_deejay_]

DJC said:

Aha. You didnt buy the car new and spec the paint job yourself? When your paint "option" costs £1500 and up, you know the stuff aint cheap!

I take your point, but it could just have been a money maker for TVR (like the Xenon light upgrades - 800+VAT from TVR, 495+VAT from Racing Green!)

[DJC]

_deejay_ said:

DJC said: Aha. You didnt buy the car new and spec the paint job yourself? When your paint "option" costs £1500 and up, you know the stuff aint cheap! I take your point, but it could just have been a money maker for TVR (like the Xenon light upgrades - 800+VAT from TVR, 495+VAT from Racing Green!)

Well it is a money maker per se...the fact you *have* to pay extra for any paint whatsoever p1sses me off, but then you have to be a bit naive to buy something from Blackpool and *not* expect to get shafted.

Not even Porsche have the balls to try that trick.

[Mrs Triple S]

los angeles said:

They ought to come with a cost warning when the car is new. "Crashing can damage your health."

Or................... crashing can damage your wallet

We specced ours from new and chose to have Spectraflair Silver.

I think its fair to say that if the paint option is that expensive then it figures that any work that requires respraying is also going to be very expensive.

Lorraine