andyd9577

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I was thinking about getting the black door handles and mirrors colour coded white to match the rest of my white wrx,s paintwork,

Have any of you guys had it done?
Whats your thoughts on it?

my cars a 95 type ra

Daz WRX

Loads have had it done, looks ace IMO, just get everything thats finished in that shi77y matt black coded, iw will look great.

Daz.

andyd9577

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thanks for your reply, car's going into bodyshop soon for other paintwork so ill get a quote then,

Twohot

Yeah find out about mirrors for sure as I've got a bit of a scratch on one of mine so I could do with finding out price on a respray for them.
Cheers dude.

andyd9577

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ive just got a quote from the bodyshop,
for 4 door handles and 2 mirrors= £45
ive got it at this price as ill probably remove and refit them myself,
ive been told you need special plastic primer so i dont think its that bad what do you think?

Irvinek

Where did you get that price!? I've been considering doing my wing mirrors, handles and skirts! I got a price local to me of over £500!!!

andyd9577

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£500! That seems a bit extreme, but as i said earlier i will be doing most of the labour, (stripping doors etc)i think that will be the biggest part of the job,
so basically its only maybe 2 hours work for the painter,
they wont be using too much materials either, the paint will be relatively cheap as its just plain white,

i think the price would be cheaper if you did your own removal and refit of the parts.
id definately shop around for quotes mate.

alanbell

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andy bet its £45 EACH ????

andyd9577

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ive definately got the price right, he is genuinely cheap and does a good job, ive used him loads of times,

some of his work will be on show at the northern big one next week , watch out for the flyers!

Irvinek

Could I post my parts to him then!??! I notice you mention the Northern Big One, so I assume he's local to that part of the country? Being way down in the south I might spend a bit more on petrol just to get there?
If he's got a long lost brother living down this way could you let me know?

Twohot

Andy, where abouts is he based as Im from Stafford. Removing and refitting of the parts wont be a problem for me as I've already got the front door cards off and it will be quite easy from there!!!
Any idea how much it would be for him to do it in Dark Green Mica?
Cheers
Ben

andyd9577

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Had mine done at weekend, spot on job!
asked him earlier about yours TWOHOT and he said green mica paint is a little bit dearer and as long as there is no damage to repair,
For 4 door handles and 2 mirrors= £80 inc post and packaging
all he needs is the paint code from the vin plate and bobs your uncle!!
Bodyshop is based in Fleetwood near Blackpool,
FIXADENT
tel; 01253 772423 / 07949073355 Brian

Krayven

Why dont you guys just buy the paint and do it yourself?

It aint hard, I got a bit frisky once and did it to my wing mirrors and handles on my Ford Orion (first car I owned) and it looked well mint. I wouldn't like to try it on anything bigger than mirrors though, not without practice first...