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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: juleff on 02 February 2008, 20:22:34

Title: need a car respray
Post by: juleff on 02 February 2008, 20:22:34
hi i have just bought a omega 2.0 with a body kit on it and the car needs a respray. the last person who had it has didn't have a clue and started the premier and then gave up and sold it to me.
dose anyone know someone that can spray cars. on a bit of a low budget . any help would be much appreciated.

many thanks james    
Title: Re: need a car respray
Post by: Jay w on 02 February 2008, 20:50:07
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hi i have just bought a omega 2.0 with a body kit on it and the car needs a respray. the last person who had it has didn't have a clue and started the premier and then gave up and sold it to me.
dose anyone know someone that can spray cars. on a bit of a low budget . any help would be much appreciated.

many thanks james    


Your biggest problem would be the fact that you want to paint a large area with cans, not very cost effective.

The second thing is cans are ok on smallish areas, but some of the panel work such as roofs and bonnets would take a lot of time and cans, not to mention that getting a consistant finish will be very difficult.

Last car i saw painted in cans was done in matt black, looked really good but was a bit out of the ordinary

Title: Re: need a car respray
Post by: Entwood on 02 February 2008, 21:03:13
Sir Jay .....

Where did "cans" come into this ??  :)

James ..

There are a couple of members from the South West who may know someone ... if you put your nearest big town in your profile it might help ... "cornwall" is somewhat of a large area !!!  :)
Title: Re: need a car respray
Post by: Jay w on 02 February 2008, 21:35:00
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Sir Jay .....

Where did "cans" come into this ??  :)

James ..

There are a couple of members from the South West who may know someone ... if you put your nearest big town in your profile it might help ... "cornwall" is somewhat of a large area !!!  :)

the voices made me type it!!!!!

that and the 10 year old single malt :D
Title: Re: need a car respray
Post by: VX1 on 02 February 2008, 22:12:22
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Sir Jay .....

Where did "cans" come into this ??  :)

James ..

There are a couple of members from the South West who may know someone ... if you put your nearest big town in your profile it might help ... "cornwall" is somewhat of a large area !!!  :)
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Wiltshire??????   Somewhat of a large area !!!!!!  ;)
Title: Re: need a car respray
Post by: Entwood on 02 February 2008, 22:15:21
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Sir Jay .....

Where did "cans" come into this ??  :)

James ..

There are a couple of members from the South West who may know someone ... if you put your nearest big town in your profile it might help ... "cornwall" is somewhat of a large area !!!  :)


Wiltshire??????   Somewhat of a large area !!!!!!  
;)

but I'm not asking for a local service .. :)
Title: Re: need a car respray
Post by: theowletman on 02 February 2008, 22:56:28
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hi i have just bought a omega 2.0 with a body kit on it and the car needs a respray. the last person who had it has didn't have a clue and started the premier and then gave up and sold it to me.
dose anyone know someone that can spray cars. on a bit of a low budget . any help would be much appreciated.

many thanks james    
As a rough guide, a professional respray costs about £160 per panel, a panel is a door, or a bonnet, a roof , a boot, a quarter etc. About 11 panels for a four door car, plus bumpers if they are colour coded. Work your way down from there.With all the new regulations from the health and safety nazis and water based paints, environmental disposal etc  it is no longer a cheap adventure. Find a friend with a Clarke compressor and loads of wet and dry to make it cheaper.
Title: Re: need a car respray
Post by: Andy B on 02 February 2008, 23:23:15
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As a rough guide, a professional respray costs about £160 per panel, a panel is a door, or a bonnet, a roof , a boot, a quarter etc. About 11 panels for a four door car, plus bumpers if they are colour coded. Work your way down from there.With all the new regulations from the health and safety nazis and water based paints, environmental disposal etc  it is no longer a cheap adventure. Find a friend with a Clarke compressor and loads of wet and dry to make it cheaper.

A few years back I asked at a local spray shop abouttouching up panels on my car. Really the whole car could do with painting - there's some kind of mark/rust on most panels - the spray shap reckoned that there was £500 of paint alone to do a car as large as an Omega. :o
Title: Re: need a car respray
Post by: juleff on 03 February 2008, 11:28:06
thanks for everyone help. all help is needed i will be posting some picture of the car later. some of you might not like it but i will still like to here your views. many thanks :y
Title: Re: need a car respray
Post by: Golfbuddy on 03 February 2008, 15:52:53
Try Keith Rule at Nanpean. The best in the business I've heard and he's realistic with his prices.

Keith J. Rule & Son, Nanpean, nr St Austell, Cornwall, (01726 822005)

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Check this out. http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/showthread.php?t=14119

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