DIY valance spray

[the_stink]

What do you guys think,

would you do it yourself or pay a body shop to do this? I havent rang a bodyshop as yet but when i get round to it going to find out how much it would cost to blend and spray the front and rear valances

[Rhyso]

lol good question

i've bought a new valence but its going satin black so i'm going to have a go myself 

colour coding i'd be tempted to give it a go myself - worse case scenario you get a bodyshop to sort it out lol

[Stronz]

I fancy having a go, but as my front bumper needs re-spraying, I am going to ask the bodyshop to do it. I haven't really got the time or space to give it the treatment it deserves.

[RichGtiT]

personally i wouldnt bother doing it yourslef as the valances arent smooth like the bumpers, they're kind of textured? which means a lot of messing about smoothing the plastic.....also, if its done badly/wrong it will peel off. (this is what my mate who sprays bentleys etc told me)

wont cost much more than £100 i wouldnt have thought , but then i dont really have a clue as my mate did mine for beer tokens.

hope that helps

Rich

[the_stink]

ahhh always helps having a mate like that, well ill give a bodyshop a call and see how much they want to spray and blend  :wink:just make sthe front and rear bumper look more complete IMO

[Rhyso]

hehe i've got one already primered 

[RichGtiT]

if you're going to get them blended you'll probably have to add about £200-£250   extra maybe as the whole bumper will need spraying then, it makes the car look so much better IMO and it looks lower too which is a bonus  

if it was already prepped like rhysos i'd give it a go.....but then i would also say its harder to match your red than indigo blue?

Rich

[the_stink]

well I just rang the bodyshop lol to find out prices,

they basically said,

If i wanted them to just spray over the textured plastic £70 for each valance or to have it smoothed £100 for each which isnt bad at all tbh, did ask the guy about having the valances smoothed into the bumper and he said they can do it but if you were to catch teh bumper for example you would have to have it all red done which is a valid point!

Also to have the roof done black £120   I wonder how much bonus im getting at the end of march?  

[Rhyso]

if it was already prepped like rhysos i'd give it a go.....but then i would also say its harder to match your red than indigo blue?

Rich

who said i was matching  

i had a quote from VW a few months back to respray my rear bumper, remove a few scuffs and that was less than £200 so can't see a bodyshop charging much  

EDIT - just seen Stink's reply

[the_stink]

actually mate you just raised a good point! Ive got a couple of little chips out of the shelf where i helped my mate move house! stupid desk, will ask them abotu sortign that out, but the guy was sound on the phone, same guy i rang about the rub strips and my mate uses them as well so ive seen the work they done on his Skyline GTR good stuff