My new paintwork

[Flick]

Has some of you may know I bought Damon's (Black_JPN) car off him a few months ago. Between Damon and the previous owner before most of the big jobs and little niggles and been remedied so it's a very sorted car indeed.

It did have some stone chips & laquer damage on the front end, plus my wife also left her little mark on the n/s/f wing so I had a front end bare metal respray done during the month of May. The finish is fantastic and is a 100% match to the rest of the car. To say I'm a bit chuffed is an understatement.

A before pic (it doesn't show everything clearly but other pics were taken outside Damon's house and I don't think it's cricket to post them on a public forum)

As it is now:

I ran out of time to take any close up pictures so I shall get a keen photographer to take some better pictures for me soon.

Hmmm, the before pic doesn't want to play the game.

 

[MarkK]

Really nice...

 

[xenon]

[8D] I want.

 

[stjohnsmythe]

Looks lovely mate!

 

[Hilux]

Now a count down to.........................................



Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo



When you get your first new stone chip []

I had mine repainted and each time I went out and then when I washed it I didnt need to refill the bucket.............my tears did it for me..........[&o]

 

[Flick]

I can relate to that with every car I've had. It's one of the reasons I hate washing cars.

The place that did my paintwork have offered me 'mates rates' on the fenguard (or whatever brand it is they use) so I may well take them up on it.

 

[dirtydirtyharry]

Looks stunning!

 

[Hilux]

The place that did my paintwork have offered me 'mates rates' on the fenguard (or whatever brand it is they use) so I may well take them up on it

Mates rates plus a small % would get them business on here I`m sure (unless they dont need the extra business)

It could be `Armourfend` ?

 

[MarkK]

The paint protection film is deffo getting better,much much less visible these days i reckon anyway.

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: MarkK

The paint protection film is deffo getting better,much much less visible these days i reckon anyway.

Mine has the 'old-skool' Armourfend on the front of it, and while it does a superb job (not a paint chip in sight), it's debatable whether it looks better than the marks it is trying to prevent ...

I'm sure paint-protection technology has some on some way in the last 20 years!


Oli.

 

[sawood12]

I can't notice any difference Scotty []

The car looks great Flick.

I've seen a few new cars recently with that plastic film stuff over it and it looks completely invisible. Seriously you simply cannot tell it is there. If I were to ever get a front end respray i'd definitely invest. Also the main brand also offers some form of lifetime guarantee that if the film is penetrated by a stone and the paintwork below is affected then they'll pay for the repair and replacement of the film on that particular panel.

 

[Flick]

Thanks for the comments guys.