Push up Bra!!!!

[Dregger]

no offence blacksri but people who say they "specalise" in a car type or brand is pulling both your legs.

a car has panels on it with paint..... much the same with a desk is wood with sealer on it.

basically how good the job is depends on the skillset and techniques/process the actual panel beather and/or painter does.

doesn't matter how good of a panel beater he is, if he can't colour match....then the job will still look awful.

[Jass]

I agree, ive met some awful panel beaters, until i found my current one, who does a very good job and he is also a NRMA authorise panel beater :mrgreen:

[em]

Too true Em, you are lucky having a dad who can spray paint your car!!
Your's must be fully colour-coded by now?

hmmmmm no not really, mine is totally stock except for badges, about to sell her so dont really want to put time or money into it...

[blackSRi]

Hey Dregger, you might say that, but, I trust my eyes and references.

I never chose them, my insurer and fleet control did.
If their ad and sign say they are Euro specialists and I see Beemers, Merc, Audis, Pugeots parked out front when visiting 3 times, plus other Astras I would say they are who they say they are.
If I ask 2 Holden dealers (fleet sales) in Perth, and my Company fleet manager (we have over 500-600 cars, of all makes), and my fleet control centre (who manages most lease cars in WA) and my insurer, and they all say these guys, then I tend to believe them - wouldn't you?
I agree with you -

yes how good the job is depends on the skillset and techniques/process the actual panel beather and/or painter does.
Doesn't matter how good of a panel beater he is, if he can't colour match....then the job will still look awful.

as the colour was matched spot-on (not hard as the bumper was a full respray and the bonnet new and a full paint job), it was the clearcoat and finish mainly (apart from the drip lines) and stressing the bumper to make it curve without bracket support causing mounts to push through and the rivets to pop and the need then to glue it, then not fixing it cause the assessor said it was ok for fleet. They can have it back - I will get a new car in 2 months.

Hey Em, just remember to fix those chips b4 selling ;-) lol

[FlySri]

Luckerly my naighbour is a bang up spray paintier, I'll sling him a slab and we'll get the chips off !!!! Good reason to have a drink too!!

[blackSRi]

Man, I move in the wrong circles - everyone seems to know spraypainters! I Just know sales people, IT geeks, lawyers and a few models ;-)
I could fix a coupla PCs for a work swap I guess.