Place to get a new paint job????

Kimbot

Anyone know of somewhere to get a car resprayed to a totally different colour and it has to be cheap???

Cheers
Jonny.

Gilgamesh

send a request into 'Pimp my Ride UK'

ROFL

Seth Brundle

jonny24ie wrote:

Anyone know of somewhere to get a car resprayed to a totally different colour and it has to be cheap???

Cheers
Jonny.

you get what you pay for!

Big Nelly

A friend of mine has a garage just outside Dublin and he can respray cars and do crash repairs.....would be cheaper than in Dublin itself....but still costs abit to get your car resprayed....

Kimbot

Any chance of getting somesort of a price for it?????

ds20prefecture

jonny24ie wrote:

Any chance of getting somesort of a price for it?????

A friend got his car resprayed here in Dublin for €1000 in metallic grey. He had to strip the car and re-assemble though, which took about 2 months.

The quality was quite good.

Ratchet

jonny24ie wrote:

Any chance of getting somesort of a price for it?????

depends on the

car size/type
paint used
body condition(if any body work has to be done)

if we are talking about standard car and normal (not unusual color) then you could sell the car and buy it in right color

it's lots of work to change the color of the car

Kimbot

how would one go about a DIY paint job on a car?????????

jhegarty

jonny24ie wrote:

how would one go about a DIY paint job on a car?????????

if you need to ask... don't even thing of it...

JohnCleary

jonny24ie wrote:

how would one go about a DIY paint job on a car?????????

Down to your local DIY Shop, some "high Gloss" and a few paint brushes should do it

Big Nelly

JohnCleary wrote:

Down to your local DIY Shop, some "high Gloss" and a few paint brushes should do it

Get some painter mate to fill in the gaps!!

ando

Sure if you repaint it, reselling is gonna be a nightmare. People will think it was in an accident

Kimbot

i'm only posting this for a friendso they are dictating what I put up here. She has a Volvo, big black mafia style car and she wants to get it done Pink!!!! I don't think it would be resold if she got it done to be honest.

JohnCleary

jonny24ie wrote:

i'm only posting this for a friendso they are dictating what I put up here. She has a Volvo, big black mafia style car and she wants to get it done Pink!!!! I don't think it would be resold if she got it done to be honest.

Any bodyshop then... You can even supply the paint if you want. Its going to cost the best part of 2k if its a big car... As stated before, you get what you pay for when it comes to this. Good painting is a skill, and preperation is everything. You could cut the costs down by a LOT by filling in any dents and sanding it yourself... thats half the labour gone already, pretty much half the cost!

Ratchet

the other side of the story is that preparation is very important, even if you would prepare it yourself , most guys wouldn't touch it including myself.

it's enough work to mask doors and other bits as color will be changed ,every visible bit of black has to be sprayed. you could possible leave some bits black which may just look interesting but is it worth it

yes, spraying is a skill but preparation is very important but paint doesn't cover everything and will highlight any imperfections.

i always ignore the fact that panel was prepared by somebody else, it doesn't really matter.

also some paint are incompatible with others and will have to be sprayed with bar-code primer which is another story.

Kimbot

Its all mad. Thanks for the info lads.

su_dios

since we're on this topic..any ideas how much to get a front bumper and skirts painted in a non-metallic standard-ish colour?

JohnCleary

su_dios wrote:

since we're on this topic..any ideas how much to get a front bumper and skirts painted in a non-metallic standard-ish colour?

Totally depends on whether you go to a professional bodyshop or a backdoor mechanic. I spray all my own bits in my shed and just leave them over-night with the heat on and the result is the same as the 'professional shop'... Its all about the preperation!

Back on topic, about 200-250 euro for bumper and skirts

su_dios

yea i'd say i could pull it off.used to do a good bit of graff back in the day. but i've seen a lot of botched paintjobs going around the city and it just looks so bad.not sure i want to chance it really..plus they'll be better at matching the colours too. thanks