Styling Cost of a re spray

[Norbiton]

MY 97 orange Barchetta has suffered in the Spanish sun (they tell me at the paintshop). The lacquer has lifted and it really has faded in places. Can anyone give me a guide as to what to pay for a full external respray ?? no body work needed just rub down a spray.. many thanks

 

[Alan.D]

That's like asking how long is a piece of string I'm affraid as every bodywork place will be different.

Personally I would only go somewhere that is HIGHLY recommended or someone that you personally know. As a ball park for the whole car it can vary from £1000-£3000 But price is not always the factor, how good the bodywork bloke is and you should look at examples of their work before giving them your car.

 

[bandido41]

MY 97 orange Barchetta has suffered in the Spanish sun (they tell me at the paintshop). The lacquer has lifted and it really has faded in places. Can anyone give me a guide as to what to pay for a full external respray ?? no body work needed just rub down a spray.. many thanks

There is no such thing as no body work needed, there will always be little dents e.t.c that will need repairing before a respray and any bodyshop that does a full respray with out looking for the dents before hand is not worth going to imo no matter how cheap they are.

 

[RnRollie]

if its the clearcoat failing, then it *might* be possible to get a paintcorrection done that strips the whole clearcoat layer. And then apply a new clearcoat over the corrected paintwork.
Cost and feasability unknown to me, but check with the guys at DetailingWorld , some of them are really good on this subject and probably can give a much better opinion on it.

Either case, wether full repaint job, or only correction and new clearcoat, check around for those who can finish with nano-clearcoat like Ceramiclear (ppg) or Glasurit (basf). So, you might be lookign at body/paint shops with recent Mercedes and Nissan experience.

A link which might be of help : http://corporateportal.ppg.com/Refinish/default.htm

If i had to go for a repaint, i'ld go for those nano-tech paints/coats... it might be a job which costs more then the car, but by jove, the result is magnificent.

 

[Lima]

Well as a completely useless comparison, I drove over to Poland last September to go to a Wedding. The petrol, overnight stops and ferry cost us about £100 more than flights. Whilst in Warsaw, I got the whole car resprayed and the little rusty bits sorted. The respray set me back £428, and that included re-doing the rear bumper which Fiat/Alfa had mis-matched a few months earlier. Whilst I don't expect you'll find quite the same deal with the Polish currency fairing better nowadays, a driving trip abroad might still be worth looking into if you were planning a holiday any way. In my case the quality of work was second to none, but had there been a problem it would have been a bit inconvenient to go back and complain.

My uncle got a Discovery resprayed in Portugal, and including all new rubber seals and a service, the bill came to less than £1K... AND it was a Land Rover main dealer . Perhaps you might consider popping across to Portugal

I got 2 prices in the UK before going to Poland... both were over £2K, and they don't even have to paint a roof!

 

[Robot]

I payed £2300 for mine. Had I not had fibre glass bumpers I'd "only" have payed £2000...

 

[LittleRedB]

I payed £2300 for mine. Had I not had fibre glass bumpers I'd "only" have payed £2000...

2.3k and they sprayed it shiny grey, you were 'ad son!

 

[Robot]

:nutter:

Alan, where's that ban button you've been mentioning?

 

[doolahrock]

From word of mouth I heard the FIAT dealer in Edinburgh was doing a full respray for 600.

I got my front end (bumper, side wings and bonnet) done and dent repair for 300. been quoted a further 350 for rest of car plus a dent repair from the same place. Back street style garage but the work they did was good.

 

[Alan.D]

:nutter:

Alan, where's that ban button you've been mentioning?

With his bad back you could just fly over and kick his ass

 

[Robot]

And key his B?

 

[LittleRedB]

And key his B?

As long as you don't spray it grey!!

 

[Alan.D]

You got his addy Robot? I'll send a PM