Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 06:54 pm, by: Rehan Bandara(Parsec)
Has anyone ever had the rear quarter panel resprayed (the one behind the door). I'm wondering what the deal is. It doesn't come off as it seems to be one piece with the roof.
Does anyone have any idea how much it costs to repsray random bits like this. I need the rear quarter panel done, one of the sides, and one of the front skirts. My car is gloss black, so it should be pretty easy to color match.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 08:05 pm, by: Jeff Wilkins(Calin)
A full side, the opposite rear quarter and one of the front skirts? Not sure what you mean by front skirts.
Generally when you full panel spray metallic black you blend it out over the next panel, so that leaves you with the better part of two full sides. Plus whatever your front skirt is (front bar /lip perhaps).
Doing both rear quarters, rather than blending up your C pillars it would be easier, safer and look better to do the roof as well.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 05:08 am, by: Nathan Stewart(Nathan)
I had a small crunch in the rear quater/rear bumper, about football size. They sent the bumper away to be repaired, repaired the rear quater panel nad resprayed both. That cost $1350. maybe some indication.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 08:25 am, by: Tref Abbott(Tref)
I've looked at getting my car sorted for similar problems. There is poor paintwork on the roof and around the rear quarter panels. I went to a few spray painting professionals and they said basically the same. This involved sucking air through their teeth and announcing 'pretty much a full respray'. I sorta lost interest at this point. None of them were interested in doing a basic 'spray over' job, they all said it would be a glass out proper job.
My cars the common darkish greenish colour and I'm presently toying with the idea of doing it myself.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 09:45 am, by: Jeff Wilkins(Calin)
Tref, you realise they said 'pretty much a full respray' for a reason mate?
They do a job on your car, you tell your mates who did it and that car then becomes an example of the standard of work those fellows produce.
Then in a year of the oh-so-unfriendly Australian heat your 'fresh' respray is covered in crazing, blisters ,white blend edges and off-colour panels. "Who are the bastards that ripped you off on that job?" follows soon thereafter.
Is it really worth cutting corners on the part of your car that is noticed first and foremost by everybody that sees it?
Friday, November 17, 2006 - 09:30 am, by: Tref Abbott(Tref)
That's interesting. Probably explains why my paintwork went so bas after I woned it about a year. When I first bought the car the paintwork looked brilliant!
It still leaves me with very little options though. Either keep the car with sad paintwork or somehow find a cheaper way of getting it tidied.
I used to have a fair bit of money but after two years of fighting a divorce/property settlement my financial situation is...well, let's just say 'dire'.
Unfortunately until you actually go through this sort of situation, you'll never know how a bloke gets treated by the cops and courts once the marriage is over, especially if there's any kids.
Do yourselves a favour- spend your money on your car- enjoy yourselves and live your life because somewhere down the track you too could end up looking back at your past and reminiscing about 'the good old days of freedom'.
Sorry to go off subject but deep down inside there's always a feeling that I would love to warn my fellow blokes just what can happen when it all goes pear shaped!
Friday, November 17, 2006 - 12:16 pm, by: Vinh Bui(Hyudsjk)
Tref, there ARE people out there who are willing to do some blending-in work. You just have to find the right person who understands your situation. As for the painters that told you to bite the bullet and go for a full respray, they were just probably looking out for your best interests. Although it could also be their way of telling you to f*** off and that they don't need any extra work.
I experienced some negative attitude from painters when I was asking around for a full respray, mainly due to the fact that I was young. But hey, at the end of the day I got someone who understood me and helped me out with my respray. He did a fantastic job on my car and I would recommend him to everyone.
It just goes to show that shopping around for days can make it worth your time, especially when you encounter someone that will fully understand your financial and personal situations.
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