paint jobs

[damo]

I have been talking with a local bloke here in Cairns who runs a business called " The Touch Up Guys" and he has quoted me $1500 if I supply the paint and primer he has got all the same gear as the paint shops except he has a mobile van. He will do it in my work shop one Saturday afternoon with all doors shut to keep the dust down, it is well worth looking into this option as I believe he will do a great job at a fraction of the cost.
Damo.

[ledge]

Well where do i start

I work at a resto shop and we do everything from MG to Rolls and Ferrari, even build replica ferrari's.
For some reason you guys think that a Crash repair shop is the way to go well i will tell you this for free . Every crash shop gets screwed by the insurance company so for them to make money they use the cheapest gear they can get. So if you get a quote for 6-10 to prep and color you cobra GOOD LUCK. because you will have the cheapest paint on the market put on your car.
If you can got to a crash shop that use PPG or Glasurit. The paint and primers will cost around 2-3g For a show job .
Now if you go to a crash shop the staff there a pumped to go as fast as they can, Sweet hey cost less but guess what is sacrificed , yep Quality.

I worked out how much time i spent on my Harrison body and added 2500 for paint ( PPG ) came to 12000, If i had done stripes and gumballs maybe another 1500 cause it takes time to set them up etc.

So buy all means guys go for the cheapest paint job you can get and put away about 50 bucks a week into a spare bank account cause in three years time you will probably be doing it again.

Philm
for you to get a house of colors job for 12 thats the steal of the century
they probably put 4-5 g of paint on your car.well done
Sambo
You cant put a waranty on shrink back on a cobra because its fibreglass and fibreglass is prone to move and shrink for a bloody long time,An ally one would be different though.

Mando
Surely by know with the amazing quality of your car you must relize that if you want it at the highest of levels like you do no mater who paints your car it will take time to get it perfect , And time equals money.

Please all of you guys do research on the painter of your car
The body is what every one will look at, Not underneath,Not inside your engine or gearbox,And not at the dyno report.
But alas we all spend thousands and thousands in these areas.

Regards
Paul

[Rob. Smith]

Originally Posted by ledge

Well where do i start

I work at a resto shop and we do everything from MG to Rolls and Ferrari, even build replica ferrari's.
For some reason you guys think that a Crash repair shop is the way to go well i will tell you this for free . Every crash shop gets screwed by the insurance company so for them to make money they use the cheapest gear they can get. So if you get a quote for 6-10 to prep and color you cobra GOOD LUCK. because you will have the cheapest paint on the market put on your car.
If you can got to a crash shop that use PPG or Glasurit. The paint and primers will cost around 2-3g For a show job .
Now if you go to a crash shop the staff there a pumped to go as fast as they can, Sweet hey cost less but guess what is sacrificed , yep Quality.

I worked out how much time i spent on my Harrison body and added 2500 for paint ( PPG ) came to 12000, If i had done stripes and gumballs maybe another 1500 cause it takes time to set them up etc.

So buy all means guys go for the cheapest paint job you can get and put away about 50 bucks a week into a spare bank account cause in three years time you will probably be doing it again.

Philm
for you to get a house of colors job for 12 thats the steal of the century
they probably put 4-5 g of paint on your car.well done
Sambo
You cant put a waranty on shrink back on a cobra because its fibreglass and fibreglass is prone to move and shrink for a bloody long time,An ally one would be different though.

Mando
Surely by know with the amazing quality of your car you must relize that if you want it at the highest of levels like you do no mater who paints your car it will take time to get it perfect , And time equals money.

Please all of you guys do research on the painter of your car
The body is what every one will look at, Not underneath,Not inside your engine or gearbox,And not at the dyno report.
But alas we all spend thousands and thousands in these areas.

Regards
Paul

Exactly...when I painted the mustang it took months of preparation, at least four hours each day, every day. ( I used the monotonous rubbing time to dream up all the stuff I was going to do to the cobra) The paint I used was an Australian made stuff called "SprayChief" made in Adelaide. It was acrylic lacquer and fool proof. Back in about 1999 it cost $800 bucks for four litres of colour---Black Pearl. This stuff was black in the shade or a cloudy day but flashed to peacock blue in the sun at the right angle...awesome. I'm afraid that anything mentioned Cobra attracts a price hike regardless of what is to be done. One of my fine examples was several years ago when I was looking for "original" tail lamps. 1964 hillman minx 'coffin' shaped lamps...there is a hillman wrecker in victoria and I told him I wanted the lamps for my dads restored hillman. He dragged them out of the dirt (that's how I got them. Full of mud) and said $50 bucks for the pair. I said OK. Then he said that the Cobra blokes want these particular lamps so he charges $50 bucks each.
"those blokes are loaded" I said OK and thanks......you can't hide the fact that the car to be painted is a Cobra but remind them that it is a fibreglass body ...it could be a boat or a bloody replica hillman.