Colour coding

[RobFenn]

Id like to get my handles, bumpstrips and rear spoiler colour coded.

Any ideas on cost?

Also will the bodyshop know how to remove the bumpstrip and spoiler or will they need telling?

-Rob

 

[Bryan]

the bodyshop will know how to remova all fittings on the car, after all they should in theory be specialists in the trade

i was quoted 50 per bumper (and spoiler) and 20 per rub strip, not sure how it relates to others, but they are an official reno approved bodyshop

no idea on cost for the handles

 

[RobFenn]

Thanks. Ill put aside £200 then.

-Rob

 

[KTR-CLIO]

Mine cost me £175.

Rik

http://www.pbase.com/gadgetboytom55/riks_carhttp://www.pbase.com/gadgetboytom55/riks_car

 

[RobFenn]

Not a bad price at all. Did the paint go on the bumpstrips ok or is it a noticeably different texture?

-Rob

 

[Bryan]

they have to be flatted, then primed (over and over again, until smooth) then painted, they should in theory be the same texture as your metal paintwork

 

[RobFenn]

And again, will the bodyshop know all this stuff?

-Rob

 

[Bryan]

i dont see why not, easiest way is to ask them

 

[RobFenn]

True, just dont want to sound like a patronising tw*t!

-Rob

 

[Bryan]

i know what you mean, but now i just ask no matter what (but only after being fcuked around before)

 

[RobFenn]

Well ill say something like "I heard the best way to get results is..." . Its just that i get mates rates from this guy as he knows my dad so i dont want to wind him up.

-Rob

 

[GR7]

Rob

I dont think you should say to them "I heard the best way to get results is..." - that sounds like you are trying to tell them how to do their job.

Perhaps you could say that you have brought your car to them to get the work done because you heard that they do a first class job. That way they will realise that you want a GOOD job and you have also praised them indirectly. Maybe tell a little white lie and say that a mate of yours got a similar job done elsewhere and it wasnt done too well because they didnt seem to have prepared the surface properly.

 

[Bryan]

very good way of thinking,

and you know what, i think it may just work

 

[SoundWave]

rik, where did you get the clio sport windscreen sticker? Was it a custom job or premade? I want one!

 

[KTR-CLIO]

From http://www.cliosport.netwww.cliosport.net as the sticker says.

Comes in large or small.

Rik

 

[Steviebhoy]

I got my cousin to do my colour coding cause he works in the trade cost me £70 for handles, spoiler (plus my spoiler that sits on top of the standard one), bumperstrips & bits round the fogs. So i was well chuffed. Looks so much better when you colour code your car.

 

[1.6 16v]

some will also spray only the bump strips on the car some will spray the whole bumper

 

[Bryan]

as far as im aware

the rear bumper has to be fully sprayed to be colour coded

the front however, the rub strips can be removed and then painted whilst separated from the bumper

 

[RobFenn]

Ah right, the rear bumpers the pricey bit then. Oh well ill get a quote and see how it goes.

-Rob

 

[Tom]

remember rob once you start you cant stop

colour coding today, coilovers next week..........

 

[Scudetto]

rob, just say to them: so, just out of interest, what process is involved in colour coding those parts?. If their answer does not contain what you want to hear, panic like a volvo driver changing into third.

g

 

[RobFenn]

Tom i know, but it goes colour coding today, spax suspension next week..

Good idea Scud!

-Rob