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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: maxamus on 10 July 2007, 15:17
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I've been quoted £475 to get my black GTI completely colour coded.
This involves:
- Front chin spoiler
- Rear bumper
- 2x Side Skirt
- 2x Wing mirror attachment
Is this a fair price or a rip off?
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Doesnt sound to bad to me, they were charging me £200 for just the rear bumper, might get skirts and front chin spoiler colour coded aswell! Thanks for giving me the idea :grin:
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I don't think that's too bad? Perhaps a tad high?
There's a lot of labour involved in 'smoothing' out the dimpled finish and the correct primers to ensure good 'keying' don't come cheap either.
At the end of the day a cheap job will be just that and you'll regret penny pinching?
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ahh sweet.
Im going to give them the go ahead.
Already given them the go ahead to change tailgate lights for the R32 smoked ones :kiss:
Car should look sweet when i get it back at the beginning of next month :tongue:
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Remember to post pics !!! :grin:
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Quoted mine 2 weeks ago, £300, your getting ripped off i think ,and i live in the expensive south, look elsewhere, mine also included plastic primer which doesnt allow the paint to flake in later years.
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Have you bought R32 side skirts? or are they gonna paint over the standard ones? if so does this mean that smooth it?
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be very careful, the dimpled finish is very difficult to smooth, apparantly is sort of goes furry when you try, every bodyshop I have tried are willing to do the colour coding but won't guarantee the adhesion, they say it could be ok but then again it might not. I've tried 6 different places and all of them have suggested getting body parts from VW that come smooth and primered i.e ED30 but have you seen the price? think I'm gonna take a chance anyway
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Have you bought R32 side skirts? or are they gonna paint over the standard ones? if so does this mean that smooth it?
one of the side skirts is going to be R32 because it came off in the accident. The other will be the normal GTI one.
Ye they said that they have to prepare the surface first and then prime it and then apply the paint.
Paint job is guranteed for 3 yrs
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be very careful, the dimpled finish is very difficult to smooth, apparantly is sort of goes furry when you try, every bodyshop I have tried are willing to do the colour coding but won't guarantee the adhesion, they say it could be ok but then again it might not. I've tried 6 different places and all of them have suggested getting body parts from VW that come smooth and primered i.e ED30 but have you seen the price? think I'm gonna take a chance anyway
I hear what your saying.
Most people say that the paint job might only last a year or two but that doesnt bother me as i'll have changed cars in a year or so. And the colour coding comes with a 3yr gurantee.
Im not paying those redicilous VW prices for ED30 parts :angry: No chance!
I'll take my chances.
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Have you bought R32 side skirts? or are they gonna paint over the standard ones? if so does this mean that smooth it?
one of the side skirts is going to be R32 because it came off in the accident. The other will be the normal GTI one.
Ye they said that they have to prepare the surface first and then prime it and then apply the paint.
Paint job is guranteed for 3 yrs
For the money Max, I'd change both. Aren't they like £40 a pair??
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they are £30 each
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I've got 2 R32 skirts, an ed30 front spoiler and another GTi rear valance/bumper. They will prime and smooth the rear valance out (middle bit being left black) and spray the skirts & spoiler for £250. I'll be fitting them myself. They quoted £570 to spray and fit.
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I've got 2 R32 skirts, an ed30 front spoiler and another GTi rear valance/bumper. They will prime and smooth the rear valance out (middle bit being left black) and spray the skirts & spoiler for £250. I'll be fitting them myself. They quoted £570 to spray and fit.
Good man :wink:
Cass
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Hi Kiddfrost
Have you had your spoilers painted yet and can you post some pics please if you have, as im thinking of getting mine done, did you buy your skirts and front spoiler from a main dealer and how much if you dont mind, i've been quoted 500 to remove and paint the origanals but i might remove and fit myself to reduce the cost, are they fairly easy to remove? :undecided:
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Hi Kiddfrost
Have you had your spoilers painted yet and can you post some pics please if you have, as im thinking of getting mine done, did you buy your skirts and front spoiler from a main dealer and how much if you dont mind, i've been quoted 500 to remove and paint the origanals but i might remove and fit myself to reduce the cost, are they fairly easy to remove? :undecided:
Hi,
I brought my skirts, spoiler and rear bumper from a main dealer, £300 for the spoiler, £50 for the skirts and £40 for another rear bumper. Fitting wasn't to difficult but I did have a problem with the skirts. Although the company I used to do the spraying did a fantastic job, they peeled away the backing from the double sided tape on one of the skirts and all the stickyness had gone. I had to spend over an hour painfully trying to peel it off to replace it.
I went for the ed30 spoiler mainly because it was factory primed (for paint adhesion as the front takes a beating) and also I think it looks better than the standard but not over the top.
The car felt unfinished to me like they'd run out of spray paint at the factory and just let it roll off the production line as is.
I'm sure its not to everyones taste but I like it.
First pics post so hope it works:
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Ok so no pics :huh:
I'll have one more go:
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb110/kidddfrost/1.jpg)
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I just wondered why you didn't have the whole rear valance painted?
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Probably because it looks better that way :smiley: (My car is the same :wink:)
I just wondered why you didn't have the whole rear valance painted?
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I just wondered why you didn't have the whole rear valance painted?
I prefer it with the "diffuser bit" left in original plastic. You cant tell the paint has been cut in because of the recess in the bumper. Another reason was my theory (be it right or a load of rubbish) that the bumper being made out of the stuff not ideal for painting on, being close to the exhaust and constant heat may have caused the paint to flake in that area.
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I just wondered why you didn't have the whole rear valance painted?
I prefer it with the "diffuser bit" left in original plastic. You cant tell the paint has been cut in because of the recess in the bumper. Another reason was my theory (be it right or a load of rubbish) that the bumper being made out of the stuff not ideal for painting on, being close to the exhaust and constant heat may have caused the paint to flake in that area.
Personally I think it looks crap, as the ED30 (which I dont own) has the whole bumper painted! it looks very odd with half painted to be honest, but each to their own I guess. :evil:
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Nah it looks better that way :evil:
The edition 30 rear is different still remember... got the lip around the exhaust for one..
I guess it is all a matter of personal taste.
I just wondered why you didn't have the whole rear valance painted?
I prefer it with the "diffuser bit" left in original plastic. You cant tell the paint has been cut in because of the recess in the bumper. Another reason was my theory (be it right or a load of rubbish) that the bumper being made out of the stuff not ideal for painting on, being close to the exhaust and constant heat may have caused the paint to flake in that area.
Personally I think it looks crap, as the ED30 (which I dont own) has the whole bumper painted! it looks very odd with half painted to be honest, but each to their own I guess. :evil:
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That looks very odd half painted...looks much better fully painted imo. The black platic looks to dull. The black 'diffuser' looks good on a lighter car when its been painted black, like BMX's. My opinion obviously!(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x60/rsclzcd/CIMG1127.jpg)
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:cool:Cheers Kiddfrost for sending in the photos, personally thats how i would like to do mine, once ive got some spare cash
How come you had to buy another rear bumper, 40 quid seems cheap for VW aswell?
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:cool:Cheers Kiddfrost for sending in the photos, personally thats how i would like to do mine, once ive got some spare cash
How come you had to buy another rear bumper, 40 quid seems cheap for VW aswell?
No probs, I couldnt afford to have the car out of action while they were painting the parts. I saved about 8% overall cos I have a friend with a trade account there. Its not much but better than a kick in the nuts.