Keyed door! Help.

[jtnmalone]

So ye as the title says someone has keyed the door on my BG 182. Was looking for someone to spray it and got a price of over £100. Now I've looked on eBay and can buy a BG 182 door for like £60 in good condition. Would it be better to buy the door and swap them over? Also I need my front wing respraying.. £50 for respray or £20 from local breaker.

​thanks

 

[Mar172]

No . Get it resprayed so they can blend it so it matches the rest of the car .

 

[Dave H]

One of these paint repair companies that visit you will be able to do it.

 

[Jack!]

While blending paint is true, if the door is from a similarly aged car as yours, it may be a better match than could be done with paint - I've seen people on here before try to get parts from a different car of a similar age to their own to try and get an exact paint match - plus I'd have thought BG would be the easiest colour to match, or at least the colour where mismatches would be least obvious - only a thought though.

 

[jtnmalone]

Ah yes good point! Is £100 for the door about right?

 

[Chi]

So ye as the title says someone has keyed the door on my BG 182. Was looking for someone to spray it and got a price of over £100. Now I've looked on eBay and can buy a BG 182 door for like £60 in good condition. Would it be better to buy the door and swap them over? Also I need my front wing respraying.. £50 for respray or £20 from local breaker.

​thanks

Cant you get a quote for door and wing from same place while they are mixing the paint they may as well do both..

 

[jtnmalone]

Another good point jacklecube

 

[Simon@SprayShack]

Spray work is far to cheap for agood job......id personally stick on a used door and wing from the same car on your car.

 

[montana]

Thing is is you buy a new door its not going to be perfect and may have the odd blemish etc so may end up getting it resprayed. I would get your current door resprayed.

 

[Jack!]

It's not gonna be perfect, but it's unlikely his door on the other side is perfect, nor the rest of the car for that matter - as long as he buys a decent door, one that hasn't also been scratched then he'll be fine.

​If a decent door is available, and you can give it an eye over then it seems like a good option.