Hi Chaps,

Shortly after Xmas i plan to get the Cossie freshened up somewhat, i want the bumpers, side skirts and bonnet painted along with a new carbon splitter, the paintwork is in very good condition at the moment, but i want it 100% immaculate, i.e no stone chips or little scratches, any advice on where the best places are ?

Cheers
Richard

 

hard call.. I dont really know of anyone I would trust locally or afar!


Maybe Damo V if he would do the work.. but then he hasnt got an oven/booth

 

Tell me about it, i think most companies round here would just take my bits and i wouldnt see em again, have you not had yours done Dave ?

 

I had my WRC bits done by a guy in Wickford, Essex. Job was fine, but I was a fussy c-unt and told him I wanted a spot on job

His name is Jay and he is on 07957 625094 / 01268 762212

Mention Dave and the red wrc escos.. he should see you ok

 

I do have a mate that does private jobbies, but he's a bit unreliable, i'll give this fella a shout and see what he says, cheers Dave

 

Chaps

I know, paints a funny thing, it is really difficult to trust anyone because a bad paint job just looks terrible, insist on a proper spray booth and oven and ask to see previous work. Also ask how much a litre the paint they use is!
I've just had my whole car painted. I had it done at SC Gordons Coachworks in Luton. They are the only Bentley approved paint shop in the world and they have some very famous customers! Their paintwork and craftmanship was second to none!
They are also took out all the dents on my car - no filler used

Unfortunately they went into liquidation last week, i'm absolutely gutted, I hope someone buys them out in case I need anymore paintwork!





Paul

 

PAul, best that cost a pretty penny.

What did you have done .. a COMPLETE repaint? and if you dont mind me asking.. how much?

 

Dave


All the dents were removed from the car including the original pressing marks around the sunroof etc, I think about 15 in total
I also had the door locks removed as well.
Then the whole car was totally stripped, doors, tailgate, bonnet etc for a full repaint, including tailgate and door shuts, only the top half of the engine bay was painted.

The cost was reduced because I stripped the whole car myself, so they just repaired, prepared and painted it.

The materials alone were in excess of £800 though, the paint they used was approved by Bentley and even the polish they used was approved by Porsche, when I mentioned what to polish it with afterwards, I said about Autoglym or Meguirs, they called that the 'cheap' stuff

I did know the guys pretty well so they did give me some good discount but it still weighed in at about £2.5k. Even the receipt was made of parchment paper with a Silver embossed Bentley logo on it

An amazing paint shop that will be sorely missed

My mate had his Lotus Carlton repaired and painted there, on removing the bodykit they found all the original arches were rotten. These weren't available so they were all fabricated from sheet steel! His bill came in at £7k

Paul

 

cool... places like these are invaluable imo!

shame its shut down

 

Mine is being painted as we speak.

 

There is a good place down my way mate (Herne Bay) Did work for me on both cars and a mate of mine, his work is spot on. Its called Martian Motors i can get a number if you like?

 

Cheers Ian, drop me the number, although my mate just said he will do it, i think he needs the Xmas money, but just in case he lets me down

 

Duncan at Automotive Unlimited http://www.automotiveunlimited.co.uk/ has a wicked painter He painted my FRS rear panels as I wasnt happy with the Factory Finish by Ford The guy even matches the standard shiny orange peel finish which is an art all of itself !



He has also painted parts on my mates cossie and again the finish is fantastic

 

Kev did you get that lower splitter for the FRS in the end?

 

No probs mate is 01227 360477

 

nope couldnt decide if it was hot or not I will wait till i see one in real life and decide

 

Wasn't to keen myself mate