his old man is the manager there so he gets it done cheap as chips!! irmshur side skirt bought, fitted and sprayed 4 £150

Like people said Vauxhall didn't do it properly -- should be two-pack/plastic primed, smoothed, etc, etc -- mine are fine.

Don't take it to Vauxhall as although they did a good spray job on my spoiler they are 1) expensive and 2) not a modifying bodyshop so haven't got a clue when it comes to this sorta thing ;)

if the arches are done properly then the paint should stay on no problem. unless high build up of oils grease etc

basically from wot i have read, tell him2 buy new arches and get them sprayed 2 make life easier!!

Tell them if they can't do it properly then you'll go elsewhere.

so wot shud i say 2 him? :boggle:

It's to do with the protective silicone based coat that was on the car originally... It reacts with the paint an does this... Usually happens on v new cars, but happens on Corsa C's up to 6-9 months after buying em...

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Originally posted by Dave_Gordon
I asked for mine to be colour coded by vaux when i bought it. they said ok but it may not stay on because of the little bumps on the arches.

well 16 months later they look a bag of crap with parts flaked off and other parts still on as new.
well peed off and vaux just said they warned me!!!!!!!!!!!!

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If the paint is flaking off, skim the arch with body filler first.

thought u were gonna say the engine fell out :lol:

I asked for mine to be colour coded by vaux when i bought it. they said ok but it may not stay on because of the little bumps on the arches.

well 16 months later they look a bag of crap with parts flaked off and other parts still on as new.
well peed off and vaux just said they warned me!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had a similar problem, the previous owner had used somthin with silicone in it like back to black or similar, when I took it in to be colour coded it caused all the paint to bubble and flake off

I had my fornt bumper colour codded and smoothed when i had my steinmetz grill fitted its been on three months now no chipping or peeling. My cars in noonsters garage if you want to have a look.

I would just get it done properly at a good bodyshop,:thumbs:

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Originally posted by ELG4N
nope

plastic primer first

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nope

plastic primer first

my mate wants his arches etc colour coded, he just had sum irmsher sideskirts sprayed and fitted!

he got told the paint wudnt stick on properly causing all sorts of problems like the paint flaking off!!

any1 who has had arches and bumpers colour-coded have u had any problems???? :boggle: