Rob B
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Right my rear quarter is a slightly darker shade of gold to the rest so im having my whole passenger side resprayed as there are a few chips etc anyway. its all getting done for 300 which i think is reasonable...
My question is will he have to flick it into the boot to get the colour match perfect or atleast to look perfect ? and also if its orange pealy or im not happy and he wont rectify do i still have to pay, im just a bit worried as i havent had this much done at a bodyshop before..
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pdwhelan
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Probably best asking the the body shop that question, if he says it will match and it doesnt then dont pay him
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Rob B
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Im just worried about the bullshit and stuff if its the wrong colour i might get given after or something cause apprently gold is a hard colour to match..
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pdwhelan
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I can understand what you mean.. I had a bonnet sprayed for me last year for free but the guy who sent it for me may of payed it i dont know. but it went to ireland to a guy that sprays and does repairs to his lorrys etc, when i got it back i couldnt tell the difference between my car and the bonnet, and i was worrying about it for weeks before i got it back. my car is 10 years old and the paintwork isnt that great either, but the bonnet was spot on. If the guy is good at spraying im sure he will do a good enough job matching it
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Rob B
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cool, well ive seen my mates silver corsa he colour coded everything roof rails arches skirts rub strips the lot and its very smooth and you cant see the grain and it generally looks very well done
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pdwhelan
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Go for the work then mate, but try to get the word accross by saying if your not happy with it you wont pay or you want it redone. if hes good at his job and he messes it up he should notice it him self and just redo the work without you knowing
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Rob B
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yeah he did my mates type R bonnet and bumper too and they were perefect no orange peal or anything..
Also i rang up about an apprentaship (sp) Once and he said he doesnt do them but any time i want to go down and have a look around or help etc i can... hes 2 mins from where i live too so i might ask if i can pop down and get some work in progress pics etc..
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Rob B
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this is the type R bonnet and bumper he did...
Was a big naughty dent on the bonnet too and the colour match seemed good on it but then isnt black easiest to match
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pdwhelan
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that is amazing work i dont think you should worry mate lol
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Rob B
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Went to the bodyshop today and he said he will be able to make it alot better than what it is but cant guarentee that it will be perfect so im a bit worried now but he said he will order the paint from citroen so it should be spot on as gold doesnt fade in the sun much....
So im still worried 
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ali-corsa
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where abouts u gettin it dun rob b, my uncle owns a body shop in rnd by u and i cant remember him sayin he has had a trouble matchin rare car colours such as ures, like u say he orderd it from citroen, so it shud easily match up to ure car, if he got the paint code rite,
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marklawton
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rob, dont be too woried, hes only saying that to cover his back as the best of bodyshops cant get it right all the time
and if your not happy with it then you can make him do it again or not pay him,
£300 is a good price even though iam paying that to get both side of mine done  but that because my mate owns a bodyshop so is doing it cheap
[Edited on 11-03-2007 by marklawton]
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Rob B
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well he said he gets the laquer from germany stidox ? or something like that not entirely sure..
Ali-corsa, its a place called beautiful body repairs in tamworth
Oh and he did say he reckons there was to much black on the base coat, because boot, bonnet, bumpers, drivers side have all been done, but the rear quarter had a scrape and was done on the cheap IMO cause there are bits in the laquer etc..
[Edited on 11-03-2007 by Rob B]
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ali-corsa
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are they down the litchfeild indst estate? i seen ure car around, lookd reli nice with carbon fiber bonnet on it
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Rob B
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No mate there up by wincecote church i went to one down there for my silver corsa and it had to go back thre times cause they kept messing about but this guy seems good im going to seen some of his work.
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ali-corsa
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yea there is sum shit companys out there.u just gota look at there set up to see if its gd or not, i knw well i fink my uncle got sumink with vw bcz he gets a few vw cars from there n he got my corsa cheap from a bloke there.yea i fink i knw where that is now
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DAZ1985
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Ask to see some work hes already done or try to get recommenations, a good garage shouldnt batter an eye lid about showing thier work if its any good. Dont just settle for the one garage try 2 or 3.
You get what you pay for with spraying and its never a guarentee if its going to be perfect, just depends how much you look at in as far as picking faults go
[Edited on 11-03-2007 by DAZ1985]
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ali-corsa
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alright rob, hows it goin with the car bein resprayed, u seen some of the blokes work yet?
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