Re-spray
- Novice Racer
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Re-spray
Was thinking about all those chips out of the front of my car.
What do folks think of re-spray and then defendall to improve the look of things?
How much would all that cost, where is a good place for the job and how relaible is the colour match using the chassis number?
Kind regards
NR
What do folks think of re-spray and then defendall to improve the look of things?
How much would all that cost, where is a good place for the job and how relaible is the colour match using the chassis number?
Kind regards
NR
Chips are a fact of life for such low cars. Defendall is good but not impervious, ask ed! He has a pair of deep gouges in the middle of his front clam despite the protection.
Save your cash IMHO
Says the scruffy road coloured S1 owner...
Save your cash IMHO
Says the scruffy road coloured S1 owner...
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Acne? WTF has my front clam got then? Leprousy?Andy G wrote:![]()
Although it remains to be seen whether I can last that long with its current acne!
Chipped another windscreen on Friday also. The last one hadn't even covered 400 miles


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Is there an echo in here?John Reid wrote:No point spraying it yet. You could end up stuffing it into the tyres at a track day. Keep the dosh aside for when you eventualy want to sell it. Even then, it will depend on the market prices as to "is it worth it" to get it resprayed.



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2000 Honda VTR1000 SP1
2000 Kawasaki ZX-7R
I would alway be wary of buying a car that had just had a respray "to cover the stone chips". Sure we are all nice honest chaps but who's to say that the nice fresh paint isn't covering up where the tree came to rest.
When buying secondhand I like things like original dealer no. plates front & back and some well aged stonechips.
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When buying secondhand I like things like original dealer no. plates front & back and some well aged stonechips.
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Stewart
True. So what you are best doing, is getting the respray a couple of months before sellingbernie_eccle wrote:I would alway be wary of buying a car that had just had a respray "to cover the stone chips". Sure we are all nice honest chaps but who's to say that the nice fresh paint isn't covering up where the tree came to rest.![]()
When buying secondhand I like things like original dealer no. plates front & back and some well aged stonechips.
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Never buy a used car from me


Course you can always just wait till someone runs into you an get it done on their insurance!
I'm not a big fan of Defendall, it costs as much as a respray, it's certainly not invisible and as Rich says still gets stone chipped anyways. I used to have the thinner Lotus version on my car and it made the chips look worse cause you had a hole in the clear plastic, highlighting the stone chip in the paint work.
scott
I'm not a big fan of Defendall, it costs as much as a respray, it's certainly not invisible and as Rich says still gets stone chipped anyways. I used to have the thinner Lotus version on my car and it made the chips look worse cause you had a hole in the clear plastic, highlighting the stone chip in the paint work.
scott
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