getting a car sprayed by fás?

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i was told there last week that you can get a car sprayed much cheaper by apprentices in fás.. apparently they're supervised by qualified lads aswell and a car would cost about e500 to get done as opposed to over e2000. ur man said that 2 years on, his car still looked good.

anyone hear good or bad stories about this? i've a 1990 car with no metallic paint so i'd be happy enough to take the risk i think

[DUBLINHITMAN]

why spend that amount of money on a respray in the first place .
a detail would probably be the way to go instead of a few fas lads getting there hands on your car ,
a detail on a car can be minor paint correction or major depending on the customer
but it wont cost anywhere near e500
just to clarify valeting is a quick job maybe an hour or 2
detailing can take a day or 2 .
giving results like these below
some before's and afters's




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anyway i think you get the idea

[BlackWizard]

Originally Posted by DUBLINHITMAN

why spend that amount of money on a respray in the first place .
a detail would probably be the way to go instead of a few fas lads getting there hands on your car ,

Yeah detail could work. But his car is very old. I'm imagining a Red car faded to pink

What you could do is put the money towards some IT consultancy work and create a website advertising your need to get your car re-painted.

www.mycompany.com

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Originally Posted by BlackWizard

Yeah detail could work. But his car is very old. I'm imagining a Red car faded to pink

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anyways, as far as detailing goes, i got 3 layers of compounding and got i waxed on friday.. no pink left but a few bad blemishes on right side of car. one 3 foot scratch and a few bits up near bumper that have been filled in.

its the lad who detailed it that was tellin me about fás.. absolute labour of love keepin this yoke perfect

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bump.

i really want to see if anyone knows more..

[Barr]

Originally Posted by BlackWizard

Yeah detail could work. But his car is very old. I'm imagining a Red car faded to pink

What you could do is put the money towards some IT consultancy work and create a website advertising your need to get your car re-painted.

www.mycompany.com

Could someone explain what a detail is ? is it similar to compunding

[colm_mcm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_detailing

[JHMEG]

Fás have links with NASA, so you should be alright.

[cashmni1]

Ads, I think you should go for it.
The reality is, if they make a balls of it, you will have the leverage to get the job corrected.
Think of it like this, FAS want to train and produce proper skilled workmen. The teachers reputation rests on the quality of the students released into the workplace.
Now, if FAS release Joe Muppet to the workplace, FAS won't be long hearing about it. Hence FAS not doing the job that it is supposed to.
If FAS release Joe Can Do The Job Right into the workplace, FAS gets more funding, and of course teacher recognition for the excellent job he has done.
In the instance that you , as a paying customer, are not happy with the work, you are entitled to get a re-spray. This is just like a real life scenario that the spray man will encounter.
Th problem will be dealt with, until the customer is happy, or the job is done right. Just like real life.
I think you should go for it.

[colm_mcm]

Originally Posted by cashmni1

Ads, I think you should go for it.
The reality is, if they make a balls of it, you will have the leverage to get the job corrected. .................The problem will be dealt with, until the customer is happy, or the job is done right. Just like real life.
I think you should go for it.

This all seems divorced from reality, no offence.

[cashmni1]

Originally Posted by colm_mcm

This all seems divorced from reality, no offence.

None taken, but my point being, they will have to stand over the work.
Just because it's cheap, doesn't mean they can't do it properly. (OK not like life really)

[Dermo123]

Just wondering how you would go about making contact with FAS to get this job done. I would chance it on my 1991 diesel merc. Only flaw it has is the paintwork, no rust.

[kbannon]

Originally Posted by cashmni1

Ads, I think you should go for it.
The reality is, if they make a balls of it, you will have the leverage to get the job corrected.
Think of it like this, FAS want to train and produce proper skilled workmen. The teachers reputation rests on the quality of the students released into the workplace.
Now, if FAS release Joe Muppet to the workplace, FAS won't be long hearing about it. Hence FAS not doing the job that it is supposed to.
If FAS release Joe Can Do The Job Right into the workplace, FAS gets more funding, and of course teacher recognition for the excellent job he has done.
In the instance that you , as a paying customer, are not happy with the work, you are entitled to get a re-spray. This is just like a real life scenario that the spray man will encounter.
Th problem will be dealt with, until the customer is happy, or the job is done right. Just like real life.
I think you should go for it.

Originally Posted by cashmni1

None taken, but my point being, they will have to stand over the work.
Just because it's cheap, doesn't mean they can't do it properly. (OK not like life really)

I can't speak for their trainers in this area but as someone who trained many courses for FÁS (in IT), a large proportion of my students were as useless when they finished as they were when they started (and before the cynics suggest, it wasn't a reflection on myself!)! Many of them 'completed' the course simply to do it.
Anyhow, I would imagine that the trainer won't stand over the quality of the work as otherwise they would spend most of their time respraying botched jobs!
I stand to be corrected but I bet I'm right. Furthermore, I would take it that if you were to submit your car as a donor car, the first thing that you would have to do is sign a disclaimer!

[cashmni1]

Originally Posted by kbannon

I can't speak for their trainers in this area but as someone who trained many courses for FÁS (in IT), a large proportion of my students were as useless when they finished as they were when they started (and before the cynics suggest, it wasn't a reflection on myself!)! Many of them 'completed' the course simply to do it.
Anyhow, I would imagine that the trainer won't stand over the quality of the work as otherwise they would spend most of their time respraying botched jobs!
I stand to be corrected but I bet I'm right. Furthermore, I would take it that if you were to submit your car as a donor car, the first thing that you would have to do is sign a disclaimer!

Hmmmmmm, looks like I stand corrected then so.
Fair enough.
I don't have first hand experience.

[Pique]

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got it in one

Nice car!

OBC in a '90 318is, and a M-Tech II kit? Was that once a 325 Sport ?

I'd a '91 318is (loved it, sorry I sold it), and had the pink bloom too. I left it into a place to get new brakes and told the owner to let his son detail it. (they had a small spray booth/body repair thing going on). It came back sparkling.

I'd go to your local paint sprayers and let the apprentices there have a bash. Private businesses are gonna be more critical of their padawans than any Fás teacher.