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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: AlanD on 18 February 2009, 13:58
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Iv just spoken to a body shop which my local dealer gave me the number of. Its with regards to getting my GTI bumpers colour coded like on an ED30, he basically said I would need to buy new side skirts and rear valance as the ones that are on my car at the moment are textured so the paint wont stick to them very well and he wont be able to guarantee his work. He quoted me roughly £530 + VAT (paint and labour) to colour code them if I supplied him with new side and rear bits from VW.
So all in all its going to cost a fooking fortune, who has had their standard GTI colour coded and how did you go about it? I knew it wasnt going to be that cheap but didnt expect it to be that expensive.
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had a similar quote myself mate :sad: problem is you got to pay about the same for the new side skirts alone from a dealer :shocked:
got any scrappys about you? maybe worth phoneing about se if they have a mullered r32/ ed30 there?!?
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That is a shocking quote. I pay £100 a pannel (if it is just being sprayed) at my body shop, they do take ages tho but the work is well worth the wait.
And so what if they are textured they just need to be rubbed down, before starting to paint.
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Just seen your from Croydon. Speak to Reuben's at http://www.tuningwerkes.com/ He will put you in touch of a good body shop in your area that you could get another quote from.
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I thought some bodyshop's had a type of paint that would go over the original textured bumper? I'm sure there was one in Maidenhead that did it.
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http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=90491.msg748463#msg748463
wet primed? Rollini got it done for £300 or something.
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White GTI also had that done too
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=75157.msg604393#msg604393
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yeah whitegti pointed me in the direction of that vw approved bodyshop - nice people, good price and *touch wood* nearly a year after getting it done i have had absolutely no issues with it.
i know whitegti had an issue where they couldn't remove the side skirts in order to fully wet-prime them so their first attempt had some flaking but i'm pretty sure they sorted that since. Mine worked first time as they got the skirts off no problem and providing i keep it clear of a jet wash i am confident it will last for years :)
dunno where you are based but the place i went to was parkford coachworks in maindenhead
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this has come up before and I believe the R32 skirts and valence are smooth, hence better to paint. but people do paint the GTI ones, depends how good a job they can do.
I think TT has his original GTI ones painted and they peeled, but could be wrong?
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hmmmm,
from those pics the wet priming achieves a good finish and for 500 sheets +VAT you cant go wrong!
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makes a white car look very nice.
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A good body shop will smooth, prime and paint ..... My front spoiler was done that way it is mint. Ask around, you will find a good recommended and local paint shop to do it.... If your in Glasgow or nearby pm me I will provide details of local experts.
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Yeh I would definately get this done if i had a candy white one, but in balck im not sure i can part with ~£500 for something that may not really make that much difference. Anyone had it done to a black gti?
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I had my front valance and skirts flattened and painted and the finish was and still is absolutely perfect. It takes alot of work so a lot of bodyshops dont do it because the main cost is labour rates which most people dont understand and think they are being ripped off. I got a recommendation to a fantastic body shop and including painting and blending my rear ed30 valance, it cost all done £460 iirc. I could have got it done cheaper but im a bit OCD so wanted it perfect :evil:
Don't have any close ups but a couple of pics which give an idea. In the metal it makes a huge difference to how the car looks!
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e58/winrya/P1090172.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e58/winrya/P1090178.jpg)
You can make out the skirt here
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e58/winrya/P1090185.jpg)
and here
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e58/winrya/golf3.jpg)
and another
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e58/winrya/golf4.jpg)
LOL sorry for all the pics but hopefully it gives you all an idea of how well it can be done if you find the right place
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omg your car looks beautiful!
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omg your car looks beautiful!
Cheers :smiley:
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When I got mine the skirts were already painted, they were ok but peeled a little - bought some ready primed R32 skirts for £70ish quid, £200 for painting and they are great. The origianl bumper was done on the car from what I can tell and looks absolutely fine.
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Aha! I have just spotted this topic!
What everyone has said about my car is correct.
I use a bodyshop in Maidenhead, Berkshire who use a technique called wet-priming. They are the VW Maidenhead approved bodyshop.
My skirts would simply not come off, the adhesive was on too strongly, and the bodyshop was afraid that they may cause other damage to the car through trying to rip them off! So we kept them on - but at the premise that flaking may occur around the edges...which unfortunately it has done. But celavie! That is no reflection on the skills of the bodyshop - who on the other bumpers did an excellent job. Colour match was spot on, and there is no hint of the original texturized surface at all.
From memory...rear was 300, front & sides done at once cost 250. Didn't think it was too bad.
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Thanks for the replies. I had had some work done on my car by Ruden over at Tuning Werks in Croydon so I shall speak to him and see what his recommendations are.
Just got to make a descion on what I do first. I want to get a Carbino intake and get my alloys refurnished and painted which I might do first. Hummmmmmmz.
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Colour code.
Anyway I'll try and get someone I knows number in Wrotham, he's very good and most of the guys from the PVW magazine use him. MSL I think they're called.
alan, we seriously need to get some decent wax on your car ;)
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Counting down the days till summer mate . . . . . .
How smart does winrya shinney black look ! :cool:
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Counting down the days till summer mate . . . . . .
How smart does winrya shinney black look ! :cool:
I'll make your car as shiny as that ;)