Author Topic: Front end needs a respray :-( (Read 2149 times)

Bluebacon172 · « **on:** March 07, 2010, 09:28:15 am »

Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a good body shop in Sussex?? There's nothing more disheartening than trying to take pleasure in cleaning the car and finding stone chip after stone chip after stone chip over the bonnet...

And yes, it's Tornado Red so I'm guessing it's 'tricky to get a match' as one body shop has already said to me....

Rich · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2010, 10:41:54 am »

Red is impossible to match - fact (will always look different in different lights). The pigment in red comes from a stone (forget which country) & each stone is different hence you can never get a consistent match

Bluebacon172 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2010, 01:12:10 pm »

Thanks for the positive news Rich

182_blue · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2010, 01:26:11 pm »

Are the chips that bad ?, i would just touch them in and live with it, the respray imo has the ability to look far worse than a few stone chips

Bluebacon172 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2010, 01:35:35 pm »

Yeah thats the biggest concern. Dont want to go for it and for the car to end up looking worse.... I've tried the touch up stick, but its not that great either.

john_o · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2010, 04:57:11 pm »

182_blue is right, on such a large area even quite a large number of chips will blend in.
Either pay a pro to touch in (get a recommendation!) or have a go yourself (there a quite a few guides on the web)
maybe try on a test panel before having a go on your car

winrya · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2010, 05:00:56 pm »

get one of the pro detailers to touch up the chips, wet sand and machine polish it back to normal

182_blue · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2010, 05:11:41 pm »

A guide here (and pics)

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=20127&highlight=touch+guide

Bluebacon172 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2010, 07:02:30 pm »

Thanks for all the advice guys! I like the idea of a pro detailer... Anyone recommend one near Sussex??

candy turbo · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2010, 08:02:43 pm »

my bonnet had been painted before i got my car and i ve been to 2 of the best painters in the country and they both say its the best it ll be cause the pigment in the red paint to respray in this country is different to the factory , mine looks spot on in day light but under artificial light slightly different shade ! so if you can get it touched up by a pro

Bluebacon172 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2010, 08:18:37 pm »

That's definitely the way I want to go. Just need some recommendations....

winrya · « **Reply #11 on:** March 07, 2010, 08:50:09 pm »

a 50 mile trip but this guy is pretty much the best there is at wet sanding

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=141365&highlight=wet+sanding

Check out the finished pics, an orange peel free bmw!!

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