N400 sills

[v8woollie]

If I get a set of N400 sills to fit to my baby Aston and get them painted for my car colour, do I have to have the surrounding panels oversprayed to ensure a seamless colour match (as would be the case for a new door or wing etc)? Or is it not so important as they are sills and low down?

[barny 11]

dont know the answer, but very intrested in the reply(s)
question for you though, have you got them? if so where from as i am toying with the idea as well..

[v8woollie]

Not yet. Just want to know the potential overall costs as anything more than a simple spray and fit would add quite a bit to the cost.

[ds2000]

It largely depends on the condition of your paint and the skill of the sprayer. I've had a rear bumper on a 7 year old car sprayed before and its blended perfectly.

[yeti]

Depends on your car colour (like a flip paint), but I would say an emphatic 'no'. There is a nice big, clear panel gap there, they are low down and they're a different material to the rest of the car anyway.

A decent paintshop will make them look 99.999% perfect, too good for the likes of us to tell the difference. Blending them into the bodywork would make the car look worse, or worse still, repaired!

[drmw]

+1 with yeti - mine came with them fitted already - plenty of gap, so no blending / fade in needed

[v8woollie]

Great, thanks all. Paint on the car (Meteorite colour) is excellent and has had protective shield on since day one.

[barny 11]

looking at the car out of the window ( a view i will never get bored of) it only seems like one section so i would imagine there will be no need to over spray.. but what do in know
i will watch with intrest.

[pommehogster]

I would also say no as I didnt require to have any blending done.

[v8woollie]

All good then. The bit I was most concered about is the part at the front of the rear wheel where the sill is higher, but since the concensus is that overspraying is not required I shall take that as read

[Little Donkey]

Dunno, might help......these are nearer the v12 sills. Pricey, though! http://www.cargraphic.com/index.php?id=120609&...

[v8woollie]

Pricey indeed. I can get the N400 kit with carbon rear diffuser, carbon front sitter, carbon side strakes and N400 sills for that price.

[max b]

There should be no need v8w, the skirts should be sprayed off the car and then fitted.
There maybe a slight degree of colour difference on a lighter coloured car and sometimes paint on plastic doesn't always match up but I haven't seen many mismatched N400 skirts on cars - good luck