jaysVR6 2 Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 I went down to JBS Autos with John Chantry yesterday and they are a House of Coulour franchise.I had a word with James who owns the place and showed him the 3 little rust spots that are really annoying me and really letting the car down.He had a good look over it and apart from spotting two tiny little dents that I hadn't even noticed (and I'm like a hawk with door dents!) he said its the cleanest MK3 he's seen in ages, (hes probably not seen one in 5 years!!). So I asked him to quote me on paint.I've asked a couple of paint shops and they've said they'd paint the quarter and blow in the door. But James said he's a perfectionist and seeing as the car has never had paint it needs to be done properly cos its worth showing.Thing is he wants to paint the side of the car as the black pearl is a nightmare to laydown and blend. Windows will come, out trim off, no masking lines etc.Is it worth me spending the £1000 to get the job done so you'd never notice its been touched? Link to post Share on other sites
badboyV6 4 Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Awkward question that m8.... Thats a lot of money for 3 little rust spots. It depends where they are. I know a guy whos just sprayed my Mrs car (brand new Volvo S40) and thats been blown in and you cant tell at all! Really good job. And its an difficult pearlescent/ mettalic colour. He quoted me 200 quid to do the door, and arches on mine. I know House of Colour are supposed to be really good but £1000 is a lot of money..... Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 always inspires me with confidence when a bodyshop notices imperfections i haven't.....you know they really know what they're doin then.[ Edited Sun Apr 03 2005, 02:40PM ] Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 where are the 3 rust spots? thats a lot of money to paint the side of a car Link to post Share on other sites
vdubgirl 3 Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Tis quite expensive for that bit of work I'm having all my rust and dents dones on mine (and for those who know my car the rust is bad on it :-() and a full respray and thats costing £1000 for all of it Link to post Share on other sites
MK2R32 0 Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 James, it's as Mr JBS said, your car doesn't justify a cheap blow in job of your rear quarter and bottom of your door.It's also as he said, with metatic paint you could paint two panels, one with a movement of left to right the other right to left using the same paint out of the same gun and in the sun they would look totally different because of the flake, stick out like a saw thumb. I'd say save up and get it done properly. Link to post Share on other sites
tommy 0 Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 You get what you pay for imo.......if it was mine I’d have it done right, I’m a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to my vr, and just spent a little over that last month have some similar work carried done (not that it really needed it)...ive seen some cheap work done in the past and if you have an eye for body work it can stand out like a saw thumb. Link to post Share on other sites
jaysVR6 2 Posted April 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Well Tommy, if I can get it as clean as yours, its worth a grand! Link to post Share on other sites
tommy 0 Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Well Tommy' date=' if I can get it as clean as yours, its worth a grand! [/quote'] Link to post Share on other sites
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