SILVER 182 SPARYED LIQUID YELLOW DONE FOR JUST UNDER £1000 YOUR THOUGHTS?

[lindleyp]

Hi, im thinkiong about buying a silver 182 and having it fully resprayed LY for under £1000, but obviously id need the cup spolier and splitter and the wheels done in acerite?
as buying a LY 182 would cost a fortune and also buying parts for a cup packd ly 182 would cost a dfortune as we all know its a ball ache buying anything for cup'd 182,s so im deciding wether to get a respray on a silver 182 and building my own liquid yellow..

thoughts anyone and opinions welcome, not fake ly this fake ly that..

sprayed.. spelling mistakes sorry..

 

[Jon.G]

under £1k, doubt it'll be decent.

and acerite? roflcopter.

 

[MikesDman]

tbh..just cos its cheap it doesnt always mean its a crap job.

If thats what u want mate then go for it..u may aswell find a damaged one if your lucky.

 

[lindleyp]

under £1k, doubt it'll be decent.

and acerite? roflcopter.

well will have to wait and see really if its good or bad... yes its very cheap but i have seen some work hes done with my mates vectra and i honestly couldnt find no faults with the work hes done.


and yes im no spray pro or anything like that, but if people saying ohh its a bad idea is that because liquid yellow is hard colour to work with or expensive to mix?

thats what ive been quoted anyway for mates rates..

 

[ForceIndia]

IMO, if you have the chance of a cheap respray, why not go for a better colour? Viper green etc? Full respray? Ie door shuts etc.

 

[Shotgunsjay]

acerite? eh? go for it if thats what you want to do

 

[jamier27]

sorry to be blunt, but surely the ly dont carry that much of a premium over a silver one? yeah a grand maybe??

also once you have resprayed your car, it will more than likely loose money for a resale.

Then theres the whole risky pearescent colour to get right.

my thought only of course

 

[lindleyp]

sorry to be blunt, but surely the ly dont carry that much of a premium over a silver one? yeah a grand maybe??

also once you have resprayed your car, it will more than likely loose money for a resale.

Then theres the whole risky pearescent colour to get right.

my thought only of course

yes thankyou, some constructive criticism, well what i see the ly's are far too pricey to buy so i though why not just get a full respray onm a silver one, yes i would be risking it with the whole colour matching etc.. but given the correct paint codes etc surely he'l be able to get a great match? sorry if thers a hell of alot to it than just that but thats why imasking your opinions and knowledge on spraying.

yes it will loose value but im planning on keeping it for a long time and just keep on developing the car engine and handling wise..

the shuts, boot everything WHERE YOU CAN SEE ONLY, will be done, engine bay will be left silver as its a headache taking it out and electrics etc to take out and re fit, so bay will be kept silver and with that in thoght samco hoses will be baught in silver to replace all renault standard black ones and engine will be painted up in silver to have it looking tidy and new as i can get it.

 

[ForceIndia]

Personally, I think a 172 would be better as a base car.

 

[jamier27]

Thing is with pearlescent paint it needs alot of layers and colours etc... which actually adds alot to the expense too.

not fancy alien green?

 

[lindleyp]

Personally, I think a 172 would be better as a base car.

172 would be a great base car yes because there veryyy cheap to pick up and the 182 is a hell of alot more ecpensive, like 5-6k for the car on top of the price to resray it ly, thing is they never made a 172 in ly so i was thinking with keeping the colour strict with the 182..

 

[lindleyp]

Thing is with pearlescent paint it needs alot of layers and colours etc... which actually adds alot to the expense too.

not fancy alien green?

il see him tomorow for a good chat and what am i to expect with perfect or near perfect colour matching..

ahh no alien or viper green..

however what about racing blue i guess thats a hell of alot cheaper yes?

 

[JCC]

Make sure the guy knows exactly what colour you are on about, LY is a 3 stage colour, sometimes more depending on what paint scheme is used, so costs a bit more to do than a normal colour like silver.

 

[lindleyp]

Make sure the guy knows exactly what colour you are on about, LY is a 3 stage colour, sometimes more depending on what paint scheme is used, so costs a bit more to do than a normal colour like silver.

sorry, paint scheme what do you mean?

 

[JCC]

sorry, paint scheme what do you mean?

There are lots of different paint manufacturers, one manufacturer's paint may require say 2 different basecoats before laquer, whereas others could need 3 or 4.

For example, we have 2 paint schemes at work, DeBeer and ICI. When painting Ford Electric Orange (the focus ST colour) Debeer requires 3 basecoats, whereas ICI only needs 2.

 

[Fabian]

if you spray your bumper and your bonnet you have to paint them exactly the same, that means a little bit more lacqeur on the bonnet a litte less on the bumper and you have two different colours

someone who doesn´t know or doesn´t have the skills will easyly ruin the paintjob

 

[SC03OTT]

If Racing Blue is an option, surely that would be cheaper to just buy an actual RB one?

 

[Šįk]

bad idea tbh mate.. but if your really wanting to go for it.. buy a 172/cup and respray that instead as its even cheaper than buying a 182..

if u fancy RB, surely an actual 182 with this colour isnt much more than a silver 182, spend the extra 1k you have on a RB182..

simples...

 

[lindleyp]

well il havea good chat with him tomorow about this and see what he says and wether there is a grave chance on effin up the paint job if so then RB182 will be baught in 3 months if one comes across my path.. it s just buying the likes of coilovers etc for it, its a real effing astard when it comes down to £££

thanks for all your advice

 

[_WILL_]

I think you are kidding yourself mate, obviously you really want a LY 182. Don't settle for anything less, save up for a bit longer or borrow some more money...whatever. But i wouldn't paint it that colour. No matter what it will never be as good (it sounds really hard to get it right) and you will always wish it was a real LY.

If that isn't an option then buy 1 and paint it, but do something different...you will like it more and you will never get that felling that you should have waited a little longer and bought the LY.

Same with RB, if it isn't what you really want then it will never do and you will have to live with it.

 

[TimR26]

If you've got money to burn on a car+paintjob pay a bit more for an LY. You'll be much better off when you come to sell the car.

 

[kevin.s]

tbh..just cos its cheap it doesnt always mean its a crap job.

If thats what u want mate then go for it..u may aswell find a damaged one if your lucky.

nine times out of ten it does im afraid. the only cheap respray i know of that was a good`n was one i did for my mate lol. cost him his paint, materials and a ton to me lol. mind you it was more for the practice for me as it was when i first started in the trade. but most of the time the smaller body shops will not really make anything from it so will have a " were not making any money from it so why put any effort into it" attitude. ive seen it loads of time and had to rectify it loads of time too.
you get what you pay for with things like this. if you pay pennies for it and get a crap job, you will complain and they will turn and say "what did you expect for that price?". if you pay a bit more then at least you have the ground to get it done properly.
plus as said, if you change a car from its original colour it accually devalues the car so after you have got it done then sold it, the ammount you would have spent and lost would probly be more than the ammount extra it would cost to get a genuine ly.
also dont forget that with it being a compleate colour change, to do it properly you would want all the doors, tail gate, bonnet and bumpers off so you could do all the insides too. and also you have the engine bay to think of. would you take the engine out or leave it in. if you leave it in then it will look like a bodge job and make it harder to sell in the end.
sorry to go on a bit but i though this might be abit usefull for you.

 

[tommy g]

i know a chap off a fourm who works in a spray shop! hes work is amazing and he quoted me £1000 to do a full shell respray! once i have my 172 bits on i will be going for porshe slate brown!

 

[rosssei]

you get what you pay for....

 

[sideways danny]

I'd expect closer to £3k for a full colour change spray job in a pearl colour.

 

[H182]

Might as well pay 1k extra for an LY in the first place.

 

[mechanicalrepairs]

Have to agree with most on this, try and get the car you want, as for respraying a car its a pain and there will always be little bits that will get missed, normally door shuts/engine bay.

Silver isnt that bad a colour anyway.

Carl

 

[DazBav]

Might as well pay 1k extra for an LY in the first place.

Exactly that mate,why he is gonna buy a silver 182 and spray it!! Surely the ly are not that more expensive these days :S
My thoughts 'madness' but each to their own!

 

[lindleyp]

I think you are kidding yourself mate, obviously you really want a LY 182. Don't settle for anything less, save up for a bit longer or borrow some more money...whatever. But i wouldn't paint it that colour. No matter what it will never be as good (it sounds really hard to get it right) and you will always wish it was a real LY.

If that isn't an option then buy 1 and paint it, but do something different...you will like it more and you will never get that felling that you should have waited a little longer and bought the LY.

Same with RB, if it isn't what you really want then it will never do and you will have to live with it.

after further thoughs and speaking to another paint specialist ive decided against doing this now, thanks forr all the opinions and advice all, much appriciated

RB WILL BE BAUGHT UNLESS THERS A LY UP FOR SALE AROUND 6.5K?
cash in hand

 

[lindleyp]

Exactly that mate,why he is gonna buy a silver 182 and spray it!! Surely the ly are not that more expensive these days :S
My thoughts 'madness' but each to their own!

each to their own yes but you find me a LY for 6.5k and i wont have to do this...

 

[lindleyp]

nine times out of ten it does im afraid. the only cheap respray i know of that was a good`n was one i did for my mate lol. cost him his paint, materials and a ton to me lol. mind you it was more for the practice for me as it was when i first started in the trade. but most of the time the smaller body shops will not really make anything from it so will have a " were not making any money from it so why put any effort into it" attitude. ive seen it loads of time and had to rectify it loads of time too.
you get what you pay for with things like this. if you pay pennies for it and get a crap job, you will complain and they will turn and say "what did you expect for that price?". if you pay a bit more then at least you have the ground to get it done properly.
plus as said, if you change a car from its original colour it accually devalues the car so after you have got it done then sold it, the ammount you would have spent and lost would probly be more than the ammount extra it would cost to get a genuine ly.
also dont forget that with it being a compleate colour change, to do it properly you would want all the doors, tail gate, bonnet and bumpers off so you could do all the insides too. and also you have the engine bay to think of. would you take the engine out or leave it in. if you leave it in then it will look like a bodge job and make it harder to sell in the end.
sorry to go on a bit but i though this might be abit usefull for you.

thankyou for your views and input, i will be buying a RB now as LY is just a effing pain to do as most haev pointed out ad for 1k yes it will be a crap job so i will not be going ahead

 

[TimR26]

Sensible decision