Styling spraying bump strips

[distortionrockets]

how much should i be willing to pay to get the bump strips on my brava colour coded?
theres about 6 strips around the car if this helps?

i would do it myself but im not conident enough

 

[jug]

to get it done at a professional spray shop i'd expect to pay up to £50-100, roughly the same price as a pair of sideskirts. its less paint but more prep. get it done somewhere you can trust, when painting goes wrong its too late to do anything about it (imagine wrong colour, rough surface, and lots of overspray )

 

[distortionrockets]

probably get it done at a place called KSHaudio here in devon. they fit body kits and design some awesome installs and ive never heard a bad word about them.
i estimated around £80 so thats just what im looking for cheers!

nice spoiler jug!

 

[dnLcal]

why not have a go yourself?
will cost £20 and you'll gain alot of satisfaction!

 

[klemster]

Why bother? Once some one opens a door against it there will be a big mark in the paint and you'll see the black plastic.

 

[distortionrockets]

you wont see it if they are prep'd properly and to a professional standard.

this is why i dont want to do it myself. i only have access to rattle cans. this could ruin the finish.

 

[klemster]

getting it done professionally doesn't mean a proper job. Everything i've gotten done was done professionally and was ace but getting a scratch on a bumper will reveal the black plastic if its deep enough. personally i prefer the strips in black and they are there for a reason. i'd save my money for something alot more worth while...like getting new alloys, a kit, decent service etc etc!!

 

[Helz]

I did mine myself first time round with cans, was fine as it was only a little area. It was the masking, sanding and priming that took the time to get a smooth finish - the paint and lacquer was the easy bit! Or you could take the time to get some from a scrapyard, spray them up then fit them - less dependent on the weather that way as well!

 

[distortionrockets]

getting some from a scrappy would make much more sense, just worried about fitting them as i read the guide on fiat boo and it states its an awkward procedure that will never look right. hmm...might try it we'll see.

yes i know they are there for a reason, but why cant i have body coloured ones if some bravo/brava/mareas have them as standard? its worth getting them sprayed. it finishes off the car nicely and blends everything together. Helz will probably agree. your contradicting yourself really, alloys can scratch just as easy as bumpstrips...
you also have the added bonus of not having to rub black plastic polish or boot polish or baby oil which never really works on them ever again!

anyway a body kit is not a "worth while" option for me. they are all naf. servicing is ALWAYS done by myself
and i already have a set of alloys and lowering springs on order

 

[klemster]

in lreland i'm pretty sure none of the range came with the strips painted. If you were to get them from a scrapyard you would have to use an adhesive to stick them on as they have sticky tape on the back of them.

would you tell me how i'm contradicting myself? bumpstrips are called that for a reason..they take to impact of a door or something like that and stop body work from getting damaged. alloys only get scratched if you hit a kerb..thats avoidable with good jugdement and i have tyres that protrude further than the alloy so kerbing isn't an issue.

I am giving my opinion on it what you said..this is a forum after all. I get my car serviced by a professional garage. Not all bodykits look "naff". I have an abarth kit being delivered today and most people will agree with me that suits the car very well so does the MSdesigns kit.

 

[steesh]

This is what i'd like my car to look like............

 

[Ozric-Al]

I wouldn't buy them from a scrappy as you will kink them getting them off and never get them flat again. New ones are about £15 each from FIAT iirc and will be the only way to get a flat finish other than painting your old ones while they are on the car.

 

[distortionrockets]

well obviously the abarth kit does not look naff but they dont exactly make one for the brava unless you had the sideskirts extended and the rear bumper modified. which IMO its not worth it.

scratching the bump strips is the same with anything though. you get alot of idiot drivers around who simply cant park. theres just as much chance of them hitting my car with their door as reversing into my car (which has already happened!!) or even clipping others clipping your wing mirrors as you pass them through lanes in their stupidly huge 4x4s. didnt mean to offend anyone saying that you were contradicting yourself

and yes Steesh, that brava has influenced my the ideas i have for mine (especially as their the same colour! ). the bump strips really finish it off and would look odd in black. same with the marea door handles. i even like the idea of extending the bumpers!

 

[jug]

well obviously the abarth kit does not look naff but they dont exactly make one for the brava unless you had the sideskirts extended

as was pointed out to me recently (by JoskeJTD iirc) abarth skirts on a brava would mean you cant open the rear doors.
its a good excuse to weld them up and fill the gaps imo, then you'd have a 3 door brava :slayer:

 

[distortionrockets]

unless you were to cut the skirt where it overlaps the door and stick the cut off piece on the door so when it shuts the skirt looks as one

but i like you idea even better about a 3 door brava! wouldnt look out of place either as the brava doesnt have a split window on the rear door like most cars of that age do. you would also need bravo front tilt seats, unless you remove the rear seats so no one can sit there anyway

this is what a brava 3 door could look like, and then a brava 3 door with the bumpstrips removed and filled in, for a smooth euro look!
hmm makes me want to keep my brava forever and spend silly amounts of money on it...*dreams*

 

[jug]

haha well done it does look loads better. go on do it! you know you want to!

 

[distortionrockets]

of course i do!
i think id be the first one ever!
but it would probably cost in the region of £500-600 so it may have to wait a year or 2 lol