paint

Patrick · #1 28th July 2006, 11:15

We're not ready for paint yet, but its a little something thats been nagging away in the back of my mind for a while now.

How much, what quality etc. A few months back in kit car mag there was a Cobra build and the paint was done by a guy near Newbury. Thats not too far away from me. However he's expensive the Cobra paint was 4000GBP which I would have though is show quality. I would hope the Sportster would be a bit cheaper than that, but still I dont think it needs to be something that good! Will need to research some alternatives too.

What are you plans for paint?

Stuart · #2 28th July 2006, 19:47

Mines gonna get painted during the winter having to much fun drivin it in the sunshine. I have spoken with Marlin and will be getting a quote from the same paintshop they use near Exeter. Just cant decide on the colour???

Patrick · #3 28th July 2006, 19:54

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Originally Posted by Stuart

Mines gonna get painted during the winter having to much fun drivin it in the sunshine. I have spoken with Marlin and will be getting a quote from the same paintshop they use near Exeter. Just cant decide on the colour???

We're going with a dark metalic blue from BMW (99.9% sure on that)

Let us know what Marlin quote

EddyP · #4 1st August 2006, 11:25

try to use standox paint, its apparently one of the best paints on the market and is what i had the phantom painted in.
To give you an idea the phantom cost £1300 all in, but that was mates rates, i know of a local FG specialist painter that did the silver demo phantom for £3k.
Expect to pay around £70/litre for decent paint. iirc there were about 3 - 4 litres used on the phantom.

oh and before you paint it get them to put all FG parts through a bake cycle, it helps to get any air out of the gel coat before it gets painted.

Patrick · #5 1st August 2006, 11:43

Hmm yeah I was expecting to pay somewhere between 2 and 4k for a good job! Did you get any choice in customising the colour or did you just give them the paint code and thats what they went with?

EddyP · #6 3rd August 2006, 11:24

well i wanted the bm colour so just gave him the paint code. But you could have your own colour mixed, personally though i wouldnt recomend it, makes life difficult in the future, at least if its a standard colour you have a chance of finding a touch up pen, and geting more paint the same colour in the future, custom is a lot more awkward.

Patrick · #7 3rd August 2006, 11:30

that is true, think I'll just stick to the standard colour. I've got a dark blue metallic BMW colour in mind that we like.