mellinator

Hi Folks,

Just wondering how much it would cost me to have my wrx side skirts painted in line with the car colour.

I have been wanting to do it for ages and eventually made it priority!

Any ideas roughly how much it would cost.

Does anybody on here do it..I can send them to get done?

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

I paid £100 to have some STI skirts colour changed from black to blue.

mellinator

cheers mate

Neil..

iTrader: (35)

Re-painting a set of skirts that are already painted, is easier/cheaper than painting a non-painted set..

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Do you think that was expensive then?

Neil..

iTrader: (35)

No not at all, quite the opposite in fact...

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

OK nice one, whats the going rate then?

53

iTrader: (41)

ABW charged me £200 for a prep and paint on the 53WRX cookie

I was going to talk to the fella who painted RobRoys car recently.

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Thats prep and paint though, as said before thats more involved/costly.

Mine were off a black STI so they were already painted.

wrx287

iTrader: (8)

I had mine done for £80 Bit of a travel for you though

WRX Blues

When I got mine done it was suggested that I may as well get the front spolier done as well (it has a few chips) - total bill was £180 but just skirts would have been £100.

ABW

iTrader: (1)

Depends how good a job you want mate , you can get someone to paint them cheaply but chances are you'll get a cheap job . We always remove the skirts and paint the whole skirt , even where it's under the car . If they're not painted already they'll need plastic primering and you'll have to decide if you want the texture showing through your paint . If you don't and want a smooth finish they'll need 2k priming and flatting before painting to colour . I'd advise to remove the rubber seal and refit it after painting ( ie not colour code that, it always comes off after a while) . Sounds like a very simple job but as you see it depends on what quality you want . We paint side skirts for our trade sales customers for around £100 but i would never do it to a Subaru .
You get what you pay for !

mellinator

Cheers folks.
So ABW you paint the skirts then?
How much would it cost for m,e to send them off to you and have them done properly?
They are unpainted at the moment( stabdard wrx) and need to go to red mica 94 h?

cheers

Andygreer

iTrader: (4)

christ ive just chared a member of TTS £50 from black plastic to silver. christ i must charge more

mellinator

Anybody willing to do my skirts red mic 94h?
I can send them to you via courier

Neil..

iTrader: (35)

That doesn't even cover materials costs...

£200 seems the right kinda price TBH to remove/prep and paint a set of skirts and have a decent job done...

daz1968

iTrader: (13)

just buy a pair of sti skirts then you could paint these yourself with a can then swap over when they are done. I was lucky and bought a set of WR Blue sti skirts and just swapped them over, but you are not going to get them in your colour

mellinator

i know mate, i love my colour but its a **** getting parts!!
Lucky for all you guys being able to buy bumpers etc and just bolt on!!

Meallbhan

iTrader: (3)

I got mine done about a year and a half ago, where black from the factory and where given 5 layers of undercoat to get a smooth gloss finish then 2 coats of gloss with a laquer finish. Thay have stood up well to stone chips and cost me £180.