Paintwork Touchup or full respray?

[ross.taylor 0]

The paintwork on my 16V is looking a bit sorry. Virtually every panel has something wrong with it. I'm wondering how much it is going to be to get it sorted out. Am I going to be able to keep it slightly cheaper by just getting the small areas touched up, or am I looking at a full respray?

 

Virtually all of the damage happened before I bought the car 2 years ago, but it did mean that I got a very good price.

 

-Keyed down both sides right from front wing to back wing - not to deep, goes into undercoat in one or 2 tiny places.

-Rubbish paint job on bonnet - must have been replaced at some point.

-Rubbish paint job on passenger side wing - "

-Front bumper quite scraped up - very small crumple on one corner

-Passenger door has been dented at some point, sort of half repaired - but still not straight

-Rubber bump strips have been removed leaving a slightly raised line down both sides - theres nothing left on the paint its just obvious where they were

-Drivers side mirror body cracked and scraped.

-Sunroof scraped in one corner down to undercoat - guess that it was not opening properly at some point.

-Rear bumper scraped on both corners - I guess from bad parking.

-Drivers door does not quite fit correctly - slightly to far forward I think.

 

Now I read this it is a rather long list. The car had 6 owners before me I guess that at least some of them were a little less than caring!

 

So there any way that I can get this lot sorted on the cheaper side of bloody expensive? Estimates?

[dazzyvr6 0]

its hard to give estimates without seeing the car,but by the sounds of it i would say your better off getting a full respray,and prices will vary,depends on where you live..for a good full bare matal respray your talking some where in the region of 1-2k

[Majik 0]

its also makes a difference if the colour is solid/metallic/pearl

[aposegil 0]

if your thinking of going full respray which i would recomend i know a garage in Bournemouth and Royston

[Storm 0]

Alex,

 

just looked at your Yahoo picture site, where did you get that new front its awesome.

 

Rik

[aposegil 0]

which one mate???

 

if you mean the two pics of the front bumper (one with flames over the bonne) that was designed by me with a little help from Jim on this forum but it was never made sadly :(

 

DSP who I gave the original design to have made a similar one but not 100% the same

 

I do have a new different front bumper that going on to the car but no pics of it yet

[Bojmobile 0]

My car has a couple of wee dodgy bits too - found out that I couldnt even get a touch-up kit for Dark Burgundy so had to get a spray can- plan on just spraying it into a wee tub then applying with a brush and t-cutting to blend. Areas are only very small - does that sound do-able? Any better tips?