The 3 got vandalised!
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What did you get mike? Or do we have to wait til motors meet to see?
Get one then
R10 VER
S11PPA or something along those lines for your grandad mobile
Me
Get one then
R10 VER
S11PPA or something along those lines for your grandad mobile
Get one then
R10 VER
S11PPA or something along those lines for your grandad mobile
haha, problem is... my car is on an M plate
I was thinking either of these...
M400 TUB
M400 ROV
M400 AGW
A400 ROV
But I'm not 100% sure. I like my standard plate actually
haha, problem is... my car is on an M plate
I was thinking either of these...
M400 TUB
M400 ROV
M400 AGW
A400 ROV
But I'm not 100% sure. I like my standard plate actually
Im looking at F1 RBR,it's listed at £1500 on DVLC but i can't imagine it being a direct sale. Probably goto auction.
Ok so picked the car up this morning.
The job seems to have been done pretty good, the finish, smoothness and gloss is that of the surrounding panels so I’m pleased with that. The guy said that it was one of the hardest jobs he’s done recently especially on this kind of silver on just one panel because it’s not easy to colour match but it appears to be done nicely though he did say if I was unhappy after a few days sun (so any differences are clearly visible) then to take it back and they’d sort something out.
He did say though in order to get it a perfect colour match then the surrounding panels of that side of the car would have to be done too normally because even clearcoat adds in changing the shade of the silver even by a tiny amount. He showed me the clearcoat they use which was a can the size of a standard watering can and that costs £75 !.
I’ll apply some SRP and Sealant over the weekend as that will get the door panel to the same sheen depth as the rest of the car and see the results and get a pic up. If all is good I won’t need to go back for a re-do!
The job seems to have been done pretty good, the finish, smoothness and gloss is that of the surrounding panels so I’m pleased with that. The guy said that it was one of the hardest jobs he’s done recently especially on this kind of silver on just one panel because it’s not easy to colour match but it appears to be done nicely though he did say if I was unhappy after a few days sun (so any differences are clearly visible) then to take it back and they’d sort something out.
He did say though in order to get it a perfect colour match then the surrounding panels of that side of the car would have to be done too normally because even clearcoat adds in changing the shade of the silver even by a tiny amount. He showed me the clearcoat they use which was a can the size of a standard watering can and that costs £75 !.
I’ll apply some SRP and Sealant over the weekend as that will get the door panel to the same sheen depth as the rest of the car and see the results and get a pic up. If all is good I won’t need to go back for a re-do!
Apparently it is for a good bodyshop. They took the car, repaired a bent rear quarter, re-aligned rear bumper, repaired bad scratch damage to the front bumper, and sprayed both areas with a perfect finish all within 24 hours. It was however quite expensive, but then in this life you get what you pay for.
didn't say it was easy did I? I think you will find I merely said it was not 'virtually impossible'.
As for polishing, if it was sprayed with 2k and baked (i'd expect no less from a professional outfit) then there isn't really a good reason to wait a long time to polish it as it will fully cure quickly. However, best to ask the shop for their advice, only they know what kind of paint system was used.
What's the deal with wanting to apply a mild polish with more fillers than abraisive compound to a freshly sprayed panel with no defects to hide?
Don't get me wrong, I love my car being shiny and defect free but wanting to use 'fashion' products because it's what the cool cats do is just anal.
Leave the panel for a few weeks to fully harden, then give the car a good going over with all of your awesome products.
(This is coming from a guy who spent over £100 on Zaino products a few weeks ago, just so you know I'm not in the anti-detailling brigade)
Don't get me wrong, I love my car being shiny and defect free but wanting to use 'fashion' products because it's what the cool cats do is just anal.
Leave the panel for a few weeks to fully harden, then give the car a good going over with all of your awesome products.
(This is coming from a guy who spent over £100 on Zaino products a few weeks ago, just so you know I'm not in the anti-detailling brigade)
No, i've done a lot of reading on auto paints though, I'd personally have no issue polishing it next day and have done so before. Like I say though, if your painter says not to then you are best to listen to them and not some idiot on the internet 