hiya im after a rough price to have the badges off a punto gt taken off the boot lock filled as it dont work and painted the red that my car is in

you buy a smooth boot pannel off body stylist about £40 or make a bid on his ebay auctions, then just get it sprayed about £50, or £10 worth of airarseoles

You can take the badges off yourself with fishing line/credit card etc. Just heat the badge up gently with a hairdryer first. Then use something like thinners to get rid of the glue left behind.

It may be worth getting a couple of quotes from local bodyshops to see how much you're likely to pay for welding/filling/spraying

chaos said:

You can take the badges off yourself with fishing line/credit card etc. Just heat the badge up gently with a hairdryer first. Then use something like thinners to get rid of the glue left behind.

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its a mk1, the badges are not glued on, there be holes behind them

dave said:

its a mk1, the badges are not glued on, there be holes behind them

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Ah. Didn't know that You can still take em off before giving bootlid to bodyshop though The holes left behing would only need a bit of filler wouldn't they, as the holes would be too small to plate over?

why when you can just get 1 of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Punto-Smooth-...995372848QQcategoryZ43118QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

looks good would also solve the problem with the rear wiper as well because its been disabled due to the spoiler being hit

That ain't a bad idea

phil_GT said:

looks good would also solve the problem with the rear wiper as well because its been disabled due to the spoiler being hit

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@ Dave I think it'll cost a lot more than 50 quid at a bodyshop!

@ phil_gt I'll spray it for you?

Ben R said:

@ Dave I think it'll cost a lot more than 50 quid at a bodyshop!

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i meant just paint not fit n prep, will it still be more?

dave said:

i meant just paint not fit n prep, will it still be more?

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Well most bodyshops charge a 2 hour minimum which can be up to £35 per hour & then it'll be at least a quarter of a litre paint & lacquer which will be another 60-70 quid on that!

quarter of a litre paint & lacquer which will be another 60-70 quid on that why cant he use good ole cellelose(sp?)

Because it's crap! I didn't think they still made it Dave! Bodyshops will only use 2 pac.

ive seen similar to those before. searching around on ebay i found a onnet skin for a nova that you just pasted over the original bonnet like that and it made it a bad boy. very good idea IMO.

dunno what this paint my kit is sprayed with its not cellelose, says tetra or summat on it, its only £25 a ltr from movac

dave said:

dunno what this paint my kit is sprayed with its not cellelose, says tetra or summat on it, its only £25 a ltr from movac

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It's probably 2 pac but not as good as ICI or Glasurit! May not be as high a build.

the ici one was £100 a ltr

dave said:

the ici one was £100 a ltr

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Well that's still a good price it can be more in different bodyshops!

Ben R said:

Well that's still a good price it can be more in different bodyshops!

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i'll never get my cinq resprayed
what is it that makes it so expensive?is it the manufacturing process or just the chemicals etc used?
or is it jst expensive cos it is lol

i know if u do most of the work ur self it works out cheaper by this i mean do all the sanding and take ur own windows out then drive it to them lol cuts a few hundred off lol