Best people for spraying a door on iridescent red alfa

samsemtex

Hello, I want to the names of some really top spray painting places around Cork/Limerick who could do this job. The colour is one of those flip orange/red colours and it is the rear door which is a little damaged. Would it be almost impossible to get this to match up with the rest of the body work?

I'm aware that all places will be able to do the colour but i want this to be as perfect as it can be. Who are the best body work places in Cork/Limerick?

L-M

The best I know of in Limerick and the only place I'd go to is Joe's Crash Repair in the Eastway business park.

robtri

i remmebre looking att hat paint work a few years ago..
IIRC .... the recomendation by the manufacturer is to do a whole respray of the car, as matching the paint work is very very hard and never seems to turn out correctly. ....

samsemtex

robtri wrote: »

i remmebre looking att hat paint work a few years ago..
IIRC .... the recomendation by the manufacturer is to do a whole respray of the car, as matching the paint work is very very hard and never seems to turn out correctly. ....

Thats what im worried about. The damage is on the lower left of the back door and the front splitter is scraped on both sides. The guys who would be spraying it that i have asked so far "guarantee" that it would match up but he would say that wouldnt he?

Henry Ford III

Browne's in Cratloe do quality work.

Nonoperational

You could probably get a 95% match if done well. I would do a whole panel though it'd be almost impossible to blend in.

CarMuppet

robtri wrote: »

as matching the paint work is very very hard and never seems to turn out correctly. ....

this is so true.....

I've used Owen Hodder Tramore Road Cork a few times for various cars. Very pleased. But that's just a personal recommendation by someone on a forum with an alias name!

I'd say what ever names/companies you get from this forum go to the actual workshops and see the calibre and type of cars being worked on in the yard. See the type of equipment/ovens etc... and ask about warranty on workmanship etc. If you don't get that warm fuzzy professional feeling then walk away....

There is a board member on here from time to time called PAINTDOCTOR... I'm guessing with a name like that this person may be in the trade??? PAINTDOCTOR are you there??

Best of luck with your Alfa,

Cheers,
CarMuppet

RobertM

If it's a 156, then you will have the paint code printed on the boot. Should be like AR123A. If you give them the code then they should be able to match the paint.

robtri

RobertM wrote: »

If it's a 156, then you will have the paint code printed on the boot. Should be like AR123A. If you give them the code then they should be able to match the paint.

the problem isnt matching the paint, thats the easy part, the paint iirc contins flecks which give it its flip, if they arent all lined up the same way... i.e put on at the same time, the flip never looks right.

Spraying a whole panel might work, but the issue would be that a whole panel on your car would be out of sync with the rest of the car. very very noticeable.....

Owen

Thanks guys, I'm out of action due to surgery at the moment, and craving a laptop. Using an iPhone is killing me for browsing.

I do what's called a SMART repair, fine for an entire bumper or wheels, etc, but not for doing a door. You need a sterile environment to do such a large panel. I' ve done a few for friends and family members, but would shy away from doing such work for customers.

Try phoning an Alfa dealership or two, and see who their service department would recommend. Surely someone has had done on a car of that colour before, and if you can find out where, you're instantly onto a place with experience.

Owen

RobertM wrote: »

If it's a 156, then you will have the paint code printed on the boot. Should be like AR123A. If you give them the code then they should be able to match the paint.

A paint code doesn't mean diddly these days. It's just a start point for me. Whack the paint code into the laptop, it tells me then how many different shades of that paint code existed over the lifetime of the colour. Then it's out with the colour sample books, take out the various shades, hold them to the car, and by a purpose of elimination get to the correct shade.

For example, Platinum, the goldy colour you'd see on nearly every avensis has a code of 1C0, but over a dozen different individual shades because Toyota re-ordered the paint several times from different manufacturers and each one would have to try their own blends/mixes.

RobertM

PaintDoctor wrote: »

A paint code doesn't mean diddly these days. It's just a start point for me. Whack the paint code into the laptop, it tells me then how many different shades of that paint code existed over the lifetime of the colour. Then it's out with the colour sample books, take out the various shades, hold them to the car, and by a purpose of elimination get to the correct shade.

For example, Platinum, the goldy colour you'd see on nearly every avensis has a code of 1C0, but over a dozen different individual shades because Toyota re-ordered the paint several times from different manufacturers and each one would have to try their own blends/mixes.

'tis true

CarMuppet

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Thanks guys, I'm out of action due to surgery at the moment, and craving a laptop. .

Get well soon!