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Post by Jimbo on Mar 7, 2016 11:52:46 GMT
its just past three years of ownership for me, and since I've owned the car the paintwork has always been a bit sketchy, finally found someone to do my paint for me and just wondering whether people have had a respray and what colour you've gone?
any downsides/upside to a colour change? My car is PU red, I never particularly wanted a red car, but it was in too god condition to walk away from. I'm currently thinking a dark metallic bronze, or Tailgate McNoIndicate mini ice blue which has a nice retro feel to it.
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Post by Horney on Mar 7, 2016 12:27:33 GMT
If I went colour change I'd want all the door shuts and engine bay done as well which raises the cost considerably.
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Post by Jimbo on Mar 7, 2016 12:31:04 GMT
Yeah, that's the thing, it's a decent price I've been quoted, and I've seen his work which is seriously good, but the engine bay would be left as is, the rest will be done though, I've got. GV panel to go on, and I really want a big ducktail, but I'm struggling to find one I like.
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Post by Jimbo on May 5, 2016 17:59:44 GMT
Anyone got any ideas/examples to consider? I'm caught between red, mini ice blue, mini moonwalk grey and mini thunder grey, the cars going in on Saturday! Also anyone done this before? I don't really know what to expect, never left my car with someone for two weeks, very excited though!
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Post by atlex on May 5, 2016 21:06:35 GMT
In the UK I'd suggest 2K _minimum_ excluding engine bay...
Probably less in some parts and more in others (home counties/london prices)..
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Post by Flockshop Ron on May 10, 2016 23:09:49 GMT
I have the luxury of having three paint shops withing 5 minutes walking distance of my workshop. Each offers a different service. one will give your car a respray, not including engine bay for 500.00 Ive put two friends onto the guy and although you wont get the sort of paint job you want on an aston martin, it is perfectly acceptable. The next will charge you around 1200.00 for a very nice job, and the third you'd happily leave your Aston Martin with, but expect to pay around 2k for the work. I'm having mine sprayed over the winter at the third shop.
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Post by AutotestAddict on May 13, 2016 22:10:54 GMT
I could never justify £2k of beauty that will within the week be dinged by car park mongs and scratched by the loose gravel of prarrie canoety excuses for finished roads our council seems to accept. Its too much stress trying to keep anything nice with all the morons around. You can't have nice things in a house of toddlers. Toddlers are better behaved than most of the imbeciles out there.
My repaint was £50 of tank paint, a roller and a weekend. I know if/when it get scratched I can da a bit more on and it will only look marginally more prarrie canoee.. If I could afford to splurge the cash though it would have to be the deep metallic purply blue of the Fiat Puntos. Mmmm sexeh.
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Post by wigwambam on May 19, 2016 6:38:23 GMT
I concur. A shiny mx5 with brand new paint will be a twatmagnet here. My last respray involved around £32 worth of spanish Montana rattlecans a roll of masking tape and a copy of the Daily Torygraph I lifted from my folk's recycling bin. Looks err...Took me an afternoon. I plan to repaint again once the MOT is sorted.
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Post by zoona on May 27, 2016 8:12:06 GMT
To answer the OP. Mini ice blue would look great. But you woudl have to get it all done. engine bay inc. otherwise it will always look half rear canoed.
Ditto on the justification point. I love my car more than any car I have ever owned. But i just couldn't justify 2k on a paint job, and if i went cheap and cheerful i know i would be annoyed with not being perfect. And then any little mark would send me over the edge.
"original patina" I believe is the correct term for being a tightwad.
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le sigh