Discussion
rickprice said:
Quick question. Am looking to have the car resprayed. Any recommendations in or near Cambridgeshire?
Many thanks,
Rich
If you want a good result - Chris Brown, in Downham Market. Many thanks,
Rich
He won't be the cheapest, but his work is good quality.
He is about 200 yards from Mat Smith Sportscars, and is used to respraying fibreglass cars.
If you want to see a finished result, pop in to see Mat and ask to have a look at his S.
QBee said:
rickprice said:
Had a silly quote from him; not sure he wants the work.
Let me know please if you find somewhere both good and not too expensive - I too am looking to get the car resprayed in the Springmy advise to you is get the car prepped yourself ss much as you can. Remove;
all lights, front and back and cowels
doors & wing mirrors
bonnett
boot
Hood
badges
All rubbber trim and seals, including winscreen seal.
Wet and dry bodywork at least down to base coat, and if any FRP repairs are required gel coat and further.
I did this with mine before I got the body on a trailor and sent it to the paint shop. I cut my costs nearly in half. I supplied Surface & Design recommended base coat and top coat as these guys are so helpful and are the most knowledgeable about all TVR painting there is.
Its alot of work, but because it your P&J is worth it
Had mine painted earlier this year, and its not cheap. The car is 21 years old, over 10 of those with me, due to the cost its not something to be taken lightly and wanted it right first time, with warranty.
Did a lot of taking off trim, lights mirrors etc., mainly because some of the bits need a delicate hand and can be easy to break and expensive to replace. Could have saved some money doing the prep myself but decided that if a problem materialised would have no come back, the prep being the difficult bit.
Painting a fibreglass car is very time consuming, as it cannot be dried quick in the oven like a steel car, after each coat it is left overnight to dry, you can already see the amount of trouble to get a good finish.
My advise would be to leave it in the hands of an expert, if the budget does not go to the full job, leave it until more money becomes available.
All IMHO - Andy
Did a lot of taking off trim, lights mirrors etc., mainly because some of the bits need a delicate hand and can be easy to break and expensive to replace. Could have saved some money doing the prep myself but decided that if a problem materialised would have no come back, the prep being the difficult bit.
Painting a fibreglass car is very time consuming, as it cannot be dried quick in the oven like a steel car, after each coat it is left overnight to dry, you can already see the amount of trouble to get a good finish.
My advise would be to leave it in the hands of an expert, if the budget does not go to the full job, leave it until more money becomes available.
All IMHO - Andy
BeastMaster said:
Had mine painted earlier this year, and its not cheap. The car is 21 years old, over 10 of those with me, due to the cost its not something to be taken lightly and wanted it right first time, with warranty.
Did a lot of taking off trim, lights mirrors etc., mainly because some of the bits need a delicate hand and can be easy to break and expensive to replace. Could have saved some money doing the prep myself but decided that if a problem materialised would have no come back, the prep being the difficult bit.
Painting a fibreglass car is very time consuming, as it cannot be dried quick in the oven like a steel car, after each coat it is left overnight to dry, you can already see the amount of trouble to get a good finish.
My advise would be to leave it in the hands of an expert, if the budget does not go to the full job, leave it until more money becomes available.
All IMHO - Andy
wise words there, I stripped my car myself but had St8-six nottingham to reasemble everything after paint, we are all novices at putting these cars back together, so its better leaving to the guys have done this many times over. Did a lot of taking off trim, lights mirrors etc., mainly because some of the bits need a delicate hand and can be easy to break and expensive to replace. Could have saved some money doing the prep myself but decided that if a problem materialised would have no come back, the prep being the difficult bit.
Painting a fibreglass car is very time consuming, as it cannot be dried quick in the oven like a steel car, after each coat it is left overnight to dry, you can already see the amount of trouble to get a good finish.
My advise would be to leave it in the hands of an expert, if the budget does not go to the full job, leave it until more money becomes available.
All IMHO - Andy
ClassiChimi said:
I used Central Tvr for my respray and it's a first class job.
They put it back together and you'd be hard pressed to tell.
Did you take it apart and do the prep yourself?They put it back together and you'd be hard pressed to tell.
May I ask what they charge to respray if this was the case? As I'm going to prep mine due to it needing a lot of TLC. Will cost a fortune if I got someone to do the whole lot.
caduceus said:
Did you take it apart and do the prep yourself?
May I ask what they charge to respray if this was the case? As I'm going to prep mine due to it needing a lot of TLC. Will cost a fortune if I got someone to do the whole lot.
For me the problem with self prep is warranty, I did think about the savings for about 10 min's, and decided that 2 things would happen. 1, the painter would have less care and pride, and 2 if a problem surfaced at the time or in near future the prep would rightly take the blame.May I ask what they charge to respray if this was the case? As I'm going to prep mine due to it needing a lot of TLC. Will cost a fortune if I got someone to do the whole lot.
Please see pic below, my car was very good condition apart from front pebble dash, lacquer lifting around the boot lid, and rear quarters. From across the road it still looked good only getting a bit doggy at curb side. With the amount of prep I was gobbsmacked, thought a bit of wet & dry would sort it.
These cars are about to take off in value, but anything less than perfect will be left behind, perhaps a few years ago the cost for refurbishment would have never been seen again but do feel that the market is changing.
Very pleased with the final result, would say that it is at least 10% better than when it left the factory.
IMHO - Andy
These guys were recommended to me for work on the Evoque and they were fantastic.
They work on a lot of high end stuff and quality I saw was second to none.
http://www.barr-tech.com
Chris brown can be a little strange with his pricing, he quoted very reasonably on my chimera a few years back but when I returned I got a totally different price.
They work on a lot of high end stuff and quality I saw was second to none.
http://www.barr-tech.com
Chris brown can be a little strange with his pricing, he quoted very reasonably on my chimera a few years back but when I returned I got a totally different price.
caduceus said:
Did you take it apart and do the prep yourself?
May I ask what they charge to respray if this was the case? As I'm going to prep mine due to it needing a lot of TLC. Will cost a fortune if I got someone to do the whole lot.
No I let Central do the lot. May I ask what they charge to respray if this was the case? As I'm going to prep mine due to it needing a lot of TLC. Will cost a fortune if I got someone to do the whole lot.
Spraying fibreglass takes long enough, prepping it is where the skill is and takes even longer. Central had my car for over 3 weeks but the results speak for themselves.
It was very expensive but then I had an insurance company to help.
I could have had the Mk3 headlight conversion thrown in for not much money but at the time decided I liked the original headlights.
ClassiChimi said:
caduceus said:
Did you take it apart and do the prep yourself?
May I ask what they charge to respray if this was the case? As I'm going to prep mine due to it needing a lot of TLC. Will cost a fortune if I got someone to do the whole lot.
No I let Central do the lot. May I ask what they charge to respray if this was the case? As I'm going to prep mine due to it needing a lot of TLC. Will cost a fortune if I got someone to do the whole lot.
Spraying fibreglass takes long enough, prepping it is where the skill is and takes even longer. Central had my car for over 3 weeks but the results speak for themselves.
It was very expensive but then I had an insurance company to help.
I could have had the Mk3 headlight conversion thrown in for not much money but at the time decided I liked the original headlights.
portzi said:
so I think we have come to the conclusion you can't rush a paint job or get a quality job completed on the cheap, unless you best pal owns a paint shop, I was lucky as I had friends at the time in the Aircraft spraying business which helped me out tremendously.
So yours is the TVR in three shades of camo and roundels? 
Jurgen Schmidt said:
What's a ball park figure for a good paint job?
these 2 links will give you a ball part figure.http://www.surfaceanddesign.com/page12.html
http://www.centraltvr.com/respray/
portzi said:
Jurgen Schmidt said:
What's a ball park figure for a good paint job?
these 2 links will give you a ball part figure.http://www.surfaceanddesign.com/page12.html
http://www.centraltvr.com/respray/
QBee said:
portzi said:
so I think we have come to the conclusion you can't rush a paint job or get a quality job completed on the cheap, unless you best pal owns a paint shop, I was lucky as I had friends at the time in the Aircraft spraying business which helped me out tremendously.
So yours is the TVR in three shades of camo and roundels? http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/galler...
https://www.rafa.org.uk/blog/2015/07/01/raf-associ...
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