Affordable paint repair for my old car

dwtdil · 17-09-2014 8:08pm #1

guys,

My 02 corolla has quite a few scratches and some dents here and there. I was thinking of bringing back some shine on it. So, i went down to a paint repair shop by togher. he quoted me 250 EUR and did not assure me it would be shiny again. I am not a DIY guy so that option is out of question. Anyone know an affordable ( i mean around or less than 100 EUR) paint repair guy in Cork. I checked carpaintrepair.ie. Anyone used them before?

Any other suggestions?

commited · 18-09-2014 11:56am

Any pictures?

biko · 18-09-2014 4:25pm

Maybe dents can be pulled out and the car given a wax and buff?
Without pics it's impossible to guess.

Alanstrainor · 18-09-2014 9:11pm

It really depends what you mean by "bring back some shine". But 100 isn't going to get you far if you don't want to do any DIY. Such work is inherently expensive, (presuming you mean fixing scratches/dents), if you're not willing to wash, polish and wax it at the very least you're not going to get very far.

A few pictures of the car would help us understand.

dwtdil · 18-09-2014 9:43pm

thanks for the respones guys. i will take some pics tomorrow and post

dwtdil · 24-09-2014 5:56am

Here are the pics i managed to take yesterday. Also, i checked with Provalet down in mahon point. they advertised that they do scratch removal. But, they took a look at my car and said, nah! sorry, we only do minor scratches.

http:// imgur. com / gGLUQjq,9bjy92L,L2U8cz7,JGbGWiR,Wb8N19p#1

biko · 24-09-2014 9:37am

That should be doable for any shop.

But try with filler pen and wax on one of the scratches and see if you can manage yourself.

dwtdil · 25-09-2014 12:08pm

any suggestions on the best and affordable filler pen ad wax kits? sorry but i have not done it ever before. Also, any shops who can do it for me in and around cork?

JohnBoy26 · 25-09-2014 4:50pm

A body shop is required to fix those kind of scratches properly.

Affordable paint repair for my old car

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