Urgent help please

[Darren C]

steve.s Wrote:Hi

yes the respray was for the whole car.

now unless your cars paint is very bad....if you are selling it may be worth just a minor bit of spraying plus a polish over...ie mop.

the general rule of thumb...if there is a scratch and you wet your finger and rub over it...if it dissappears for a few moments then you will be able to remove it.

if it does not...it is too deep for a mop etc. a body shop will use a very fine sandpaper...yes wet!, then a Farecla G10 or G3, and a final polish, you would be surpised how beeter it may be, and removes faded paint (such as vauxhall red-pink!)

you have to ask..is it worth spending on a respray, as you will have to receover all the money when you sell, most of the time you would not get it back.

it may be that it will be cheaper to clean up, ebay it perhaps or if not book it in to a trade type local auction (search UK car auctions in yahoo)
you may get bottom trade, but could still be more thanvalue minus respray minus selling costs.
remember autotrader is about £40 a time, so 3 or 4 and thats another £160 gone, + the tax to keep on the road.

hope this helps.

i buy and sell a few cars, and it is very difficult to find paint shops that do a good job for cheap, as always you get what you pay for.

you could go for a self prep, but that means you mask everything, sand down, fill stone chips, sand again, fix any damage..thats where all the labour is.

Well said Steve, some good advice.

I'd say if the respray cost exceeds 25% of the sale value of the car, then don't bother.

Regards
D