Spraying my car

Melion

Planning on spraying my car this weekend, what kind of forms do i need to fill out etc to let the right people know that the colour has been changed?

Oh and ideas on the new colour are welcome too Its a 01 BMW 318, currently the regular metallic blueish-grey

Armin_Tamzarian

Gun metal grey

WIZE

Or Black

DonJose

Melion wrote: »

Planning on spraying my car this weekend, what kind of forms do i need to fill out etc to let the right people know that the colour has been changed?

Oh and ideas on the new colour are welcome too Its a 01 BMW 318, currently the regular metallic blueish-grey

Best of luck, make sure its a dry day and inside a dust free garage. Colour wise, I'd have to go with greyish-blue!!!

antomorro-sei

Matt black

Melion

Anybody know anything about the forms?

biko

Tax office needs to know, maybe Shannon.

As to colour, anything pastel from the 80s

Gooseygoosey

RF111

Abelloid

Gooseygoosey wrote: »

RF111

http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/?lookup=RF111

MetzgerMeister

Are you sure you don't have to re-register (i.e. money to be spent) it once the colour is changed?

Atlantic Dawn

Unless you have experience of doing this before I would avoid as you will make a mess of it and destroy the finish of the car. Spraying a car is not at all like painting a wall.

Abelloid

einheisserschre wrote: »

Are you sure you don't have to re-register (i.e. money to be spent) it once the colour is changed?

Not re-register, just amend the details on file. Just like change of address, change of engine etc.

B00MSTICK

I've always fancied Estoril (spelling?) Blue on beemers

Topper Harley

Most Haunted wrote: »

For a second there I thought you were just a boring conservative but then.....

Most Haunted wrote: »

Or Black

you showed the true hippy inside you.

Topper Harley

OP, are you respraying your car or having it resprayed? It's not something that will go unnoticed if it goes badly and will cost a lot to fix. If you're not planning on getting a professional to do it, I'd recommend doing so or else l'd leave it alone.

In terms of colour, dark grey is nice or black with chrome trim on the door windows.

colm_mcm

Dunno how sellable a resprayed 3 series would be. you'll have different colour under the bonnet etc. unless the car is currently a shed I'd leave it.

TestTransmission

colm_mcm wrote: »

Dunno how sellable a resprayed 3 series would be. you'll have different colour under the bonnet etc. unless the car is currently a shed I'd leave it.

Is it the car he has for sale?You'll be losing money tbh and won't recoup it all on the sale

Raiser

antomorro-sei wrote: »

Matt black

Were ya joking or is this a new thing?

- Asking cause I saw a matt Black FTO outside Halfords in Limerick the other day; Was more interesting to see than that it looked bad/good. Did get me thinking of how it may have suited other cars etc. though.....

bmw535d

respraying the car a different color will make it appear to be hit in an accident before and no one will buy it again

Melion

I work as an Aircraft sprayer, myself and my boss will be doing it. The whole car will be sprayed perfectly, there will be no sign of the current colour when its finished.

Decided to go with red with a clear coat (with silver in it) for a metallic look.

Melion

Raiser wrote: »

Were ya joking or is this a new thing?

- Asking cause I saw a matt Black FTO outside Halfords in Limerick the other day; Was more interesting to see than that it looked bad/good. Did get me thinking of how it may have suited other cars etc. though.....

There's a saloon Civic in Shannon painted matt black, doesnt look too bad.

Mr Benevolent

Melion wrote: »

I work as an Aircraft sprayer, myself and my boss will be doing it. The whole car will be sprayed perfectly, there will be no sign of the current colour when its finished.

Decided to go with red with a clear coat (with silver in it) for a metallic look.

Is an aircraft is easier to spray then a car, what with having to pull bits off the car, masking up etc etc?

Midnight_EG

bmw535d wrote: »

respraying the car a different color will make it appear to be hit in an accident before and no one will buy it again

Or how about somebody fancies a change of colour and so decides to do so?

rebel.ranter

antomorro-sei wrote: »

Matt black

From the matte black you could just go with a vinyl wrap. In last month's Total BMW the editor had his new black M3 wrapped in a matte vinyl black. Apparently it is all the rage to do so nowadays.

The advantage of a wrap versus respray is that you can rip the vinyl off & the resale of your car won't be affected by a crap paint job which it will invariably be unless you spend a good bit of money getting the car stripped down properly to do a proper colour change job.

here is an example of a matte black wrap

Owen

+1 on the wrap. At MINI United in Silverstone last year, one of the german MINI boys had his GP Works wrapped in matt black. You'd swear it was paint. The best bit about it is that when he decides to remove it, the standard, perfect paint will be underneath protected by the wrap.

langdang

Matt blacklooks well when it's done right and it's clean. I wouldn't like to be trying to keep it clean tho!
Try explaining wrapping a red car in matt black to the Gardai or to the motor office in shannon !

Raiser

langdang wrote: »

Matt blacklooks well when it's done right and it's clean. I wouldn't like to be trying to keep it clean tho!
Try explaining wrapping a red car in matt black to the Gardai or to the motor office in shannon !

Is there a 'Giftwrapped' tick box on the form?

- P.S. I wish my Username was Matt Black

Melion

Confab wrote: »

Is an aircraft is easier to spray then a car, what with having to pull bits off the car, masking up etc etc?

A plane takes 6-7 days from the time it comes into the hangar until the time it leaves again, and thats working 24 hours a day(day and night shifts). A car can be done in 1 day, possibly 2.

feelites

Melion wrote: »

A plane takes 6-7 days from the time it comes into the hangar until the time it leaves again, and thats working 24 hours a day(day and night shifts). A car can be done in 1 day, possibly 2.

its not the same thing to paint straight plane and detailed car
if u think u can profesionally paint the car in 1 day u must be one of the best painters

Melion

feelites wrote: »

its not the same thing to paint straight plane and detailed car
if u think u can profesionally paint the car in 1 day u must be one of the best painters

My boss is

Graham_B18C

Jesus lads the guy thinks he's up for the job so let him do it! Beat of luck with it, post up some before and after pics please!

bmw535d

i think a bit of lacquer run on a white plane would be harder to spot than on the bonnet of a car etc. much harder job imo, speaking of wraps.. carbon fiber rap:D

cian1500ww

Just make sure you're careful with the paint, nothing worse than contaminated paint. Use something like panel wipe to clean dirt and dust from the car, it can take a while to do but it's really worth it. Anyway best of luck and watch out for runs !!

antomorro-sei

Raiser wrote: »

Were ya joking or is this a new thing?

- Asking cause I saw a matt Black FTO outside Halfords in Limerick the other day; Was more interesting to see than that it looked bad/good. Did get me thinking of how it may have suited other cars etc. though.....

I wasn't joking. I reckon it'd look quality!

rebel.ranter wrote: »

From the matte black you could just go with a vinyl wrap. In last month's Total BMW the editor had his new black M3 wrapped in a matte vinyl black. Apparently it is all the rage to do so nowadays.

The advantage of a wrap versus respray is that you can rip the vinyl off & the resale of your car won't be affected by a crap paint job which it will invariably be unless you spend a good bit of money getting the car stripped down properly to do a proper colour change job.

here is an example of a matte black wrap

That is mint!

Is a wrap just like putting a giant sticker over the car, instead of painting it?

Armin_Tamzarian

antomorro-sei wrote: »

That is mint!

Is a wrap just like putting a giant sticker over the car, instead of painting it?

You're dead right, it looks class.
Evil isn't the word for it:D
Have given serious though to getting something similar done to my car.

Del2005

Melion wrote: »

I work as an Aircraft sprayer, myself and my boss will be doing it. The whole car will be sprayed perfectly, there will be no sign of the current colour when its finished.

Are you removing the seats, windows and all the trim? That's more then 1 or 2 days work to sand and prep alone.

Decided to go with red with a clear coat (with silver in it) for a metallic look.

Have you got heaters to set the paint? The water based paints take ages to set without heat and the longer it takes to set the more chance of insects/dust getting onto the car.

Best of luck!

Melion

Got it sprayed yesterday, going in to put it all back together this afternoon. Ill throw up a few pics tonight or tomorrow. Im delighted with how its turned out though.

Melion

Just taken some quick snaps of it, see my ad below for the before

P.C.

Nice car, but you really need to cut the grass. :rolleyes:

Melion

Cut it 2 days ago

P.C.

Melion wrote: »

Cut it 2 days ago

You missed a spot.
In pic one and two - right in front of you car, there is a 'clump' of grass that should not be there.

Now, get out there and take care of it before it gets dark. :rolleyes:



Oh - and I want to see new pics, so that I know you have taken care of it. :rolleyes:

Melion

They're horrible plants that refuse to stop growing.

Looks good, any pics of the engine bay, boot etc ?

Melion

Ill take some today

MetzgerMeister

Great job! One thing though, IMO you should have left the black strips on the front black

smash

Can I ask if the car is special to you in some way? Seems like an awful waste of money to spray it when you could have sold it, added what you spent on the respray and just bought a newer car in the colour you want.

rebel.ranter

I think I would have left the door frame black. It looks kinda funny with them in red.
I also prefer the rubbing strips in black too, it breaks up the panels.
But fair play for doing it, best of luck with it.

Melion

I wanted as little black on it as possible. I much prefer seeing a car all the one colour

Melion

steve06 wrote: »

Can I ask if the car is special to you in some way? Seems like an awful waste of money to spray it when you could have sold it, added what you spent on the respray and just bought a newer car in the colour you want.

It was free to spray it, we are quiet in the hangar i work in so there was no problem doing it. And i hadn't had any offers on the car and refuse to sell it for less than 4k.

bmw535d

whats with the color coding everything? takes away from the look imo. just tells me straight away it was resprayed if i was to see it before this thred

teednab-el

nice job OP. You will be driving in style now. You should IMO try and get those alloys sprayed or polished up also to complete the job. Nice car BTW.