Styling Bonnet Respray

[Coldest]

So, my mk2 failed to find reverse (which happens a lot, common problem?) but unfortunately I was trying to park behind a skip, parked on a hill, at work. I now have a series of scratches on my bonnet. I'm guessing the only solution is a respray.

How much am I looking to pay?

 

[dave]

you need to shop around, people have paid/been quoted between £60-£200 before

 

[s and b]

theres always a 601 bonnet on the bay
i wouldnt bother getting that fixed
save your money for some extra driving lessons

 

[Ziggy122]

theres always a 601 bonnet on the bay
i wouldnt bother getting that fixed
save your money for some extra driving lessons

Bonnet Change is a 2 man job to make it easier

Anyway - Either Ignore it been there (claim an elephant sat on your car (like a 206))

Or just try a scrappy
Resprays around me were 200 for a roof, bonnet probably not much cheaper....

Ziggy

 

[PuntoHowTo]

a good machine polish might get rid of the worst of it.

 

[s and b]

a good machine polish might get rid of the worst of it.

how?
you can see the primer

 

[PuntoHowTo]

how?
you can see the primer

I can see scratches, the quality of the picture is far to bad to say its primer colour coat or just the light reflecting off the scratched clear coat.

in all fairness it probably is pretty badly scratched but a go over with a MOP will make it look 10 times better than it currently does

 

[s and b]

I can see scratches, the quality of the picture is far to bad to say its primer colour coat or just the light reflecting off the scratched clear coat.

in all fairness it probably is pretty badly scratched but a go over with a MOP will make it look 10 times better than it currently does

this mop.......... should he put any floor cleaner in the bucket too?

those light refractions are skip marks to me by the way
if he really wanted to save money he could touch them all in with some black paint on a matchstick
paint looks like solid black 601 to me with no lacquer

 

[PuntoHowTo]

I thought it was the dark grey metalic?

you should never use floor cleaner to MOP a car, you should get all the pine fresh smell you need from a good rearview mirror mounted air freshener.

I do agree with the comment further up, it would be cheaper to buy another Mk2 than have the bonnet painted

 

[Coldest]

It's dark grey metallic. Have emailed a couple of companies for quotes.

Have tried cleaning it up and it looks a tiny bit better, I'm female btw so I want it to look good

 

[PuntoHowTo]

It's dark grey metallic.

Then having it machine polished might do a world of good for it.

I believe in these situations a propper gentleman would delight, as to say; IN YOUR FACE! s and b lol

paint looks like solid black 601 to me with no lacquer