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Diagro · 5 Oct 2014 at 11:18

It's only a 2.0L clio. So nothing special

there Is a very nice M5 behind it tho

Jez · 5 Oct 2014 at 11:20

...Whats with the blue bits? :confused:

[TW]Fox · 5 Oct 2014 at 11:35

The blue bonnet makes it look like one of those cars fixed after a crash with something from a scrapyard, why would you do that :confused:

Jez · 5 Oct 2014 at 11:42

Is the roof blue as well?

wut :confused:

Conscript · 5 Oct 2014 at 11:44

To each his own.

~Divine~Wind~ · 5 Oct 2014 at 11:48

Just not been fully unpacked yet and thats shipping film?

That GTR

so much in a handfull of pics lol do want

Diagro · 5 Oct 2014 at 11:55

It's blue wrap because the paint work is terrible

needs a total respray but I can't afford it.

It's more for protection. I do have plans to have the entire car painted

Jez · 5 Oct 2014 at 11:58

That was a super top of the market car priced right up there at the top of the 172 market.

Since then its needed all of its pulleys and belts doing, and now you say it actually needs a total respray? If it had been 500 quid i would have understood, but it wasnt :confused:

Diagro · 5 Oct 2014 at 12:03

Well, I'm very picky it seems.

A scratch is Devistating for me. Every new dent I get from work makes me cry inside.

I decided to have the car plastidipped and that's only £300.
Will be all one colour and protect what's remaining of the genuine colour for many years

Will look great!

Minstadave · 5 Oct 2014 at 12:05

Diagro said:
Will look great!

I doubt it.

[TW]Fox · 5 Oct 2014 at 12:05

Diagro said:
A scratch is Devistating for me.

But a car where entire panels are the wrong colour...isn't?!

Xez · 5 Oct 2014 at 12:08

It would probably be cheaper to just a new 172 for the cost of getting it sprayed surely? Good fun little cars though.

Diagro · 5 Oct 2014 at 12:13

[TW]Fox;27005856 said:
But a car where entire panels are the wrong colour...isn't?!

I said I was getting it done all the same colour lol.

Diagro · 5 Oct 2014 at 12:14

Minstadave said:
I doubt it.

Obviously never seen a dipped car before that wasn't done by a monkey.

Jez · 5 Oct 2014 at 12:44

How are you getting it dipped for only £300 out of interest?

[TW]Fox · 5 Oct 2014 at 12:51

Diagro said:
Obviously never seen a dipped car before that wasn't done by a monkey.

Do any exist, it's clearly the cheap option so its obviously not going to be done to exacting standards, as people who want it perfect would never pick that option anyway?

shauncr91 · 5 Oct 2014 at 12:52

I think I'd rather try to wrap a car myself than have a 'pro job' done with plastidip.

Diagro · 5 Oct 2014 at 13:49

Tried to wrap it. Too time consuming.

It's £300 for base colour and bit more for gloss top layer.

I'm looking at orange with black roof.

[TW]Fox · 5 Oct 2014 at 14:10

Diagro said:
Tried to wrap it. Too time consuming.

It's £300 for base colour and bit more for gloss top layer.

I'm looking at orange with black roof.

It's going to look awful.

Get somebody to machine polish the existing paintwork for you, IMHO thats the best thing you can really do to it.

Jez · 5 Oct 2014 at 14:12

How is it only £300 to dip it? Everywhere i looked it was a similar price to wrapping, ie, low 4 figures at the least.

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