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Matthew Crawford
Tinkerer
Victoria
Soarer TT

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Reg: 03-2007

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Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 12:18 am, by:  Matthew Crawford (Doink) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

.... now i need to know what the colour is called for the bodyshop!
Vandalised in the middle of the road!
I'm not kidding, I was turning onto the Nepean Highway in Melbourne today and some fu**wit threw a bottle into the middle of the road and it smacked into my front bar and cracked and chipped it knocking a chunk of paint off in the process.
I'm guessing the bodyshop (when I find one) will need to knwo what colour the paint is..
Can people please have a look at the pic in the profile and tell me what the colour is called (I'm assuming it's a standard Toyota hue?) it's like a metallic dark blue
Ben Ramsden
Tinkerer
WA
UZZ31

Posts: 35
Reg: 06-2006

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Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 01:14 am, by:  Ben Ramsden (Hound) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I know im a newbie and dont want to be a search nazi, but if you use the search function and type in "paint codes". The second link has a comprehensive lists of colours and codes.

However, remember to not assume that its the original colour. check for signs of a re-spray just incase.
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31

Posts: 2416
Reg: 10-2005

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Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 07:07 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If its factory paint the panel shop will just look at the paint code under the bonnet.
Blaine Hanson
DieHard
WA
1993 GT, 1997 LTD

Posts: 510
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Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 07:34 pm, by:  Blaine Hanson (Blaine) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It's on the driver's side on the upper edge and looks like this

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Brian Timms
TryHard
New South Wales
TT Soarer Goodness.

Posts: 213
Reg: 12-2006

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Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 09:08 pm, by:  Brian Timms (Turbo_brian) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

a spray shop wont even bother ordering the right colour paint based on a code on the car, as imports are known to not be stock.

Take it in, they will quote based on initial inspection, and then they will eye-match the paint work, which will also take in any fading and other impefection that the paint has suffered from over the years.

Infact, it will look so much better with eye-matched paint then stock paint.

B.
Callum Finch
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT & Corolla

Posts: 2878
Reg: 09-2005

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Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 10:37 pm, by:  Callum Finch (Sigeneat) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If you like you can still ask for the stock paint.

I had my front bar repaired and sprayed the same colour as my car (202, as in Blaine's piccy there! ^_^) and came out looking hawt.
Eli Duykers
Newbie
South Australia
TX Gemini G180W

Posts: 3
Reg: 03-2007

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 03:00 am, by:  Eli Duykers (Archangel62) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey mate,

Hopefully they won't need to paint the whole panel. If you can, post some pics up and I'll get a painter mate to tell you what it's worth to fix. Lots of shops will overcharge something chronic. It also helps a lot if, once you know what has to be done, you do any sanding and even bogging (use bog very sparingly) yourself. Otherwise they charge high labour fees, because it tends to be their least favourite part of the job.

Eli
P.S. If you want my mate to look at it you might want to email me to get my attention, or PM me or something ;)
Matthew Crawford
Tinkerer
Victoria
Soarer TT

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 11:34 am, by:  Matthew Crawford (Doink) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks mate - i was quoted $800 for the front bar - this includes taking it off and doing the job (apparantly easier this way) - it's going off to doug at SLCC on Friday and i'll get a quote from his body repair shop abotu the front bar at the same time... that on top of all the work I'm having done on it will cripple me :-)
Vinh Bui
Goo Roo
NSW
94 UZZ31 (V8) / 96 JZZ30 (TT) / 97 JZA80 (TT)

Posts: 1750
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 01:26 pm, by:  Vinh Bui (Hyudsjk) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Wow $800 for a front bar? I just had my Vertex front on my V8 resprayed for $400, and that was including fixing all the stress cracks from the years of neglect. The painter did a wonderful job too.
Daniel Lee
Goo Roo
Victoria
Soarer GT Limited UZZ31 V8

Posts: 1036
Reg: 07-2005

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 02:00 pm, by:  Daniel Lee (Son_gokou) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Matthew,

Contact Kim from:

Rhodes Smash Repairs in Ferntree Gully.

41 Forest Road
Ferntree Gully
Ph: 9758 2081

I've had my front bar resprayed done about two years ago for $500.
Michael Keen
TryHard
NSW
91 & 93 TT Manuals

Posts: 446
Reg: 07-2005

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 02:26 pm, by:  Michael Keen (Jzz30man) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Vinh, thats a good price. You'll have to let me know where you got that done, as both of my cars need a little paint.
Last time I got my front bar painted on somebody else's insurance it was $800-900.
Matthew Crawford
Tinkerer
Victoria
Soarer TT

Posts: 20
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Friday, April 20, 2007 - 07:04 pm, by:  Matthew Crawford (Doink) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Went in for it's overhaul this afternoon - Doug has it for a week - wonder how much it's going to cost me!! :-O
Adrain Parsons
Tinkerer
Qld
JZZ30 tt

Posts: 74
Reg: 08-2005

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Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 01:52 am, by:  Adrain Parsons (Ace1975) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You guys down in Mexico get ripped!! i got my doors, mirrors, guards , bonnet and front bar fixed(crack)and side skirt fixed , new door hinge and 97 grill put in and all painted!for $1000!!! GO QUEENSLANDER!
Matthew Crawford
Tinkerer
Victoria
Soarer TT

Posts: 26
Reg: 03-2007

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Monday, April 23, 2007 - 06:49 pm, by:  Matthew Crawford (Doink) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

$600 for the whole front bar.. pretty good deal from a specialist.
2.5k in toal for all the works... turns out it was more sickly than I thought!
Adrain Parsons
Tinkerer
Qld
JZZ30 tt

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 05:31 pm, by:  Adrain Parsons (Ace1975) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

$600 is expensive!! my brother had is front bar on his skyline fixed(cracks) and painted for $200, and its an excelent job!
Matthew Crawford
Tinkerer
Victoria
Soarer TT

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 05:56 pm, by:  Matthew Crawford (Doink) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Good luck to your brother 'Adrain' This is from a well known and well recommended body shop that know their way around a Soarer.

But if you can get everything done for silly money in Queensland, Maybe I should move there and buy a house for the price of a tank of fuel and put in a pool for the price of my weekly drycleaning bill.
Adrain Parsons
Tinkerer
Qld
JZZ30 tt

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 11:06 am, by:  Adrain Parsons (Ace1975) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

HAHA, i just think you guys down south are paying way to much for body work!
Lachie Bryce
Newbie
vic
cs

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 09:26 pm, by:  Lachie Bryce (Caboose) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

body repair must be a good business to get into. I went around almost all of Geelong to get the best quote for a repair of low rear door damage, and a quarter panel ding. most of the quotes were around 900 - 1000 dollar marks. One quote was even $16 less than what i paid for the whole car. and all i wanted was it knocked out and primed.

so if you can find a place that, for $600, can repair what you've described i would say its a good deal.
James Harris
Goo Roo
IRAQ
XTR T-66

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 10:52 pm, by:  James Harris (Haro) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I paid 550 for my bonnet resprayed with a vent added and my guards blended and front bar fixed up and painted on my old Nissan ET Pulsar..

I agree with Adrian - Go queenslander ! hah

I would love to find a new "hook up" for paint / body work in QLD though (mine flew south for better money it seems)
Perry Morgan
Goo Roo
Qld
UZZ32 ( V8 )

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 06:45 am, by:  Perry Morgan (Uzz32) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I hate the idea of blending. If you damage anything near a blended panel then you don't have the one colour to match to. That's what had happened on my boot. So I left them a sample (fuel cap)and a front bar and told them to paint the front bar the same colour. It came back a perfect match to the guards.
Lawrence Ostle
DieHard
NSW
tt

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 07:59 am, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Matthew Crawford wrote on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 11:34 am:

Thanks mate - i was quoted $800 for the front bar - this includes taking it off and doing the job (apparantly easier this way)




Seems expensive. I paid $400 to remove the 1992 front bar, spray a 1997 front bar and reinstall. These are Sydney prices. The colour match is exact by the way.

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Matthew Crawford
TryHard
Victoria
97 VVT-i JZZ30 + 91 JZZ30 TT

Posts: 412
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Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 07:51 am, by:  Matthew Crawford (Doink) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Lawrence Ostle wrote on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 07:59 am:

Seems expensive. I paid $400 to remove the 1992 front bar, spray a 1997 front bar and reinstall. These are Sydney prices. The colour match is exact by the way.



Thats just a spray job - not what i had done

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