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Title: Paint. Where!!!
Post by: Sirminty on 12 January 2010, 13:36

Hi folks, not sure if this is in the correct place, if not sorry!
I've recently brought my gti and have been sorting out some minor rust bubbling but now and in a bit of a bind as to where is best to get some shaky cans from :smiley: or is it worth taking to a garage. :huh:
Any help would be greatly apprciated ans my target of on the road looking as she should by the first is looming closer
Cheers in advance
Miky

Title: Re: Paint. Where!!!
Post by: gm8 on 12 January 2010, 14:05

halfrauds will mix you paint , they actually match it quite well  , your looking at about £15 per rattle can.

Title: Re: Paint. Where!!!
Post by: LazyLunatic on 12 January 2010, 14:38

Quote from: gm8 on 12 January 2010, 14:05

halfrauds will mix you paint , they actually match it quite well  , your looking at about £15 per rattle can.

+1 or you sometimes get it from the dealer, not too sure how much it is, think its £20 for a small spray can of paint and a small spray can of laquer..... but not too sure on price. might be worth a try.

although tbh, go halfords lol.

Title: Re: Paint. Where!!!
Post by: axewielder on 12 January 2010, 16:19

ive heard loadsa bad things about halfords own mixes, something about untrained monkeys? theyre premixed ones should be alright but i wouldnt trust them to mix up some in house, i got some excellent match spray cans from an online site i was recomended, they are up north somewhere+ are cheaper than halfords, will try + find theyre name later

Title: Re: Paint. Where!!!
Post by: gm8 on 12 January 2010, 18:06

Quote from: axewielder on 12 January 2010, 16:19

ive heard loadsa bad things about halfords own mixes, something about untrained monkeys? theyre premixed ones should be alright but i wouldnt trust them to mix up some in house, i got some excellent match spray cans from an online site i was recomended, they are up north somewhere+ are cheaper than halfords, will try + find theyre name later

iva had lots of mixed on site , including black magic metallic , which was an excellent match

Title: Re: Paint. Where!!!
Post by: Sirminty on 12 January 2010, 18:23

cheers folks,
I will take a trip to halfrauds tommorrow and see what they've got. suppose if its a poor match it can always come off again :grin:

Title: Re: Paint. Where!!!
Post by: harlemex on 12 January 2010, 23:16

I had mystic blue pearl mixed, the match was perfect.

Title: Re: Paint. Where!!!
Post by: Sirminty on 13 January 2010, 22:21

Ahhhhhhhhh!! :angry:
halfrauds reckon they do my colour  (lc9z) of the shelf, no nead to mix???
is this right?? :sad:
i want it right but am still working on a budget,
what to do????

Title: Re: Paint. Where!!!
Post by: av_golf on 14 January 2010, 00:52

no, they have to mix that one mate. i went in a couple times to get that colour mixed, and yea its a good match.

Title: Re: Paint. Where!!!
Post by: popleyruss on 14 January 2010, 13:25

ive had a few mixed up aswell and never had any problems

Title: Re: Paint. Where!!!
Post by: Sirminty on 27 January 2010, 16:36

Thanks for your help folks, got the paint mixed in the end and now is looking perfect, slight delay though due to global WARMING :laugh: