Full respray ???

[VW_valver]

If your going to get your car resprayed but your doing it on a budget, your best prepping the car yourself, e.g. removing all trim, flatting paint, filling dents and repairing rust, even primer the car yourself aswell if you feel confident as doing all this will save a hell of a lot of hours in the bodyshop! 

Cheers,
Andy

[dubsport]

would it be a good idea to sticky this topic as this question seems to come up alot? 

[gjroe78]

cheers boys and girls.

My bro found a place near knutsford called:

Cheshire Autobody Ltd
Longridge Trading Estate, Mobberley Rd, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8PR
Tel: 01565 653514

A couple of the guys there have GTI's and seem to know what they aer talkin about, not got a quote yet as i ain't that sure what i'm doin yet

[Simon8v91]

Sounds promising.  Its always reassuring when enthusiasts carry out work for you 

[tom26]

If your going to get your car resprayed but your doing it on a budget, your best prepping the car yourself, e.g. removing all trim, flatting paint, filling dents and repairing rust, even primer the car yourself aswell if you feel confident as doing all this will save a hell of a lot of hours in the bodyshop! 

Cheers,
Andy

You say this, but i've found some body shops don't like pre-prepped cars.
i guess as the finish is so crucial to the level/quality of preperation involved.
by all means remove plastic trim etc but be i'd check first before getting the sandpaper and filler out

[Mr Blue]

You say this, but i've found some body shops don't like pre-prepped cars.

I was about to say the same thing. They said it would bung the price up if the prep is done badly. So not a good idea.

Just strip the car down and hand it them 

[VW_valver]

Yes you are both right, I should of said dont do any bodywork unless you know how and are good at it. I do bodywork on a regular basis so its easy for me to say 'prep your car yourself'  It's not as if it's a ten minute job, you have to be very meticulous and take your time, prep work is 90% of the job! If the prep is bad then the paint will be worse!

Sorry lads!

Cheers,
Andy

[Thom89]

I paint cars for a living (amomgst other things) the very last thing I would want, is to paint on top of someones botched self prep! the prep is 95% of the job, it is everything!
Instead of trying to save money by doing stuff yourself, you would be far better off, doing a little overtime at work!!, doing something you know what to do!
Find a reccomended paint shop, get a firm quote, and expect to pay at least double!!
Tom

[nealey]

You say this, but i've found some body shops don't like pre-prepped cars.

I was about to say the same thing. They said it would bung the price up if the prep is done badly. So not a good idea.

Just strip the car down and hand it them 

I woukld second that, leave the prep alone if you want the overall finish to be good

[gjroe78]

My bro's had a firm quote to do the work on his mk1 gti campaign
Full engine rebuild
full re spray
and seats front and rear re-covered

£2200 !!!

That sounds very cheap to me ?

It's at the place in knutsford i said earlier the guy has done the same on his own mk1