£6000 detail !!!

[mlawlan69]

just come across this, completely bonkers !!!

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=238898

[Ryves]

Bonkers is an understatement... Why not just get a whole respray for that price? :S

[Tontsy]

thats mental!

great job! tbf, id pay silly money to have my paint work like that!

[Tontsy]

Bonkers is an understatement... Why not just get a whole respray for that price? :S

because a respray doesnt always mean the quality of the paint work will be great...there is a difference between a fresh paint job which looks mint, than paint work that IS mint.

take J222JRA and his saxo for example, the money, time and effort into his paintwork!

[J222JRA]

Bonkers is an understatement... Why not just get a whole respray for that price? :S

Because due to poor polishing / washing techniques even freshly painted cars come with swirls.

[Tontsy]

Because due to poor polishing / washing techniques even freshly painted cars come with swirls.

come wash and polish the Leon. kthx x

[Jay_]

that is incredible!!!!

:y:

[JamesR]

Amazing work :)

[TypeRDavid]

Paul Dalton charging stupid money asw'ing to VXR Marc and his bumboys on DW??, not exactly anything new is it pmsl.

[Gandi699]

Too much time and money on their hands, Could have put that money towards a new m5 haha ;)

[stevo1600]

Not even that clean.... Lol joking aside. That's epic detailing. 6k though....

[Ryanoo]

Mirror finish on that beauty, they are amazing lol. Wouldn't mind that on my saxo lol.

[GaryKiddd]

Too much money and not enough sense as the saying goes.

Top notch job, yes.
Is it worth 6k? Debatable.
Would I pay it? No.

[Bedford126]

Not impressed tbh all that wet sanding on the paint work and there is still a vast amount of orange peel.

Yeah it looks good from how it was before but I am sure with 6k I could make it perfect with little to no orange peel at all. As above would have been better to respray the car with a high quality prep job and a nice colour sand. 6,k is just silly money.

[wassy78]

whats all the smoke all about ?

[Lewis1600]

My valets are better ;)


Joking aside... what a f*cking beast of job lol!

[Frankay]

Not impressed tbh all that wet sanding on the paint work and there is still a vast amount of orange peel.

Yeah it looks good from how it was before but I am sure with 6k I could make it perfect with little to no orange peel at all. As above would have been better to respray the car with a high quality prep job and a nice colour sand. 6,k is just silly money. No you couldn't.

whats all the smoke all about ?

Steam cleaning the seats as a guess mate.

[mlawlan69]

whats all the smoke all about ?


i wondered exact same!

Steam cleaning the seats as a guess mate.


good guess, after looking closer can actually see the water droplets on the door arm. :y:

[Prickle]

Nice car.

[Simon0014]

Looks very good but with a 6k price tag fuck that! I'm also guessing the whole interior was steam cleaned.

[baker556]

So i don't get it, did the client pay 6k or 2.5k? in the end?

Extremely overpriced whatever he paid, i know there are cost of materials and lights a front tyre but if it was 6k over 49 hours. That guy made £122 per hour not a bad days work. Even at 2.5k he would be making £50 an hour. The client had more money than sense.

[josh11490]

looks like its an awesome job done there but like most of the others i wouldnt pay 6k for that

[logic_guy]

The paint doesn't look flat and has orange peel effect to it.

Its a lot of money but looks good.

[wassy78]

5 k on this one they mad god im in the wrong job thats 11 k just on 2 cars

Miracle Detail present the £5k detail on a Porsche Carrera GT.mov - YouTube

[crabzy]

people that own these sort cars aint assed about the price they pay they have the money to throw at it.

plus 50 hours of his time . then you got all his materials that don't come cheap .

imo i think it not bad price to pay .

[Bedford126]

No you couldn't..

Erm yes I could. how would you know what I can do?

[Gabbastard]

Not impressed tbh all that wet sanding on the paint work and there is still a vast amount of orange peel.

Yeah it looks good from how it was before but I am sure with 6k I could make it perfect with little to no orange peel at all. As above would have been better to respray the car with a high quality prep job and a nice colour sand. 6,k is just silly money.

Id be inclined to agree, Ive seen some work of a guy local to me; he sprays only with 2 pack and machine polishes every job to an impeccably high standard, typically taking 1500 for a same colour respray on an average size car.

[wassy78]

Agree with Bedford look at hot rods the paint is so deep :) they spray sand spray clear coat I've seen them spray sand buff sand spray sand buff I wouldnt pay 6 k to clean my car no matter how much money I had

[Giraffe]

This Paul Dalton guy sure likes to mention the cost of things doesn't he... money money money money...

[crabzy]

when i was going to get my saxo color change it was £1500 for bmw m3 it was 8grand .... for merc SLR it was £25grand . so no it wouldn't be cheaper getting re spray really.

[saxova]

I'd of kept it scratched.

Then bought another one http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used_cars/bmw/m5/stunning_bmw_m5/336860.

[VexxedVTS]

whats all the smoke all about ?

He uses dry ice for cleaning now instead of steam.

[baker556]

people that own these sort cars aint assed about the price they pay they have the money to throw at it.

plus 50 hours of his time . then you got all his materials that don't come cheap .

imo i think it not bad price to pay .

Yeah 50 hours of time £122 per hour.

Materials max of £500.

How is that well priced. Why should a detail guy be paid that sort of money to clean a car. Its not exactly overally hard work just time consuming like any job but does not mean they can get paid that kind of money. They just have the right clients to get paid that kind of money.

That BMW could of been sold for 4-5k then another 6k on top could of been put to buy a better car. Why have a car detailed for more than the value of the car.

Its like getting my saxo detailed for a grand when i can sell it for a grand, the detail and perfect finish isn't going to make a huge difference in the final sale fee maybe 10% £100.

Agree with a day being spent on a car yourself or paying a detailler £150-£200 for a fairly decent car to be detailed but 6k is ott.

when i was going to get my saxo color change it was £1500 for bmw m3 it was 8grand .... for merc SLR it was £25grand . so no it wouldn't be cheaper getting re spray really.

Srs it wasn't, even so it still doesn't mean a detailer can charge 6k ripping off rich clients. Although he can because thats what he charges. Think im in the wrong job..

[wadoryu]

when you have his experience and knowledge you can charge what you want. id charge 6k if i could. ever heard of the saying "somethings only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it?" well people pay it don't they.

[mlawlan69]

when you have his experience and knowledge you can charge what you want. id charge 6k if i could. ever heard of the saying "somethings only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it?" well people pay it don't they.

oim inclined to agree, the fact he has detailed it probably adds value in itself !

[Tontsy]

when you have his experience and knowledge you can charge what you want. id charge 6k if i could. ever heard of the saying "somethings only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it?" well people pay it don't they.

i wouldnt feel bad spending a grand or two on a detail, if it was done right.

buy cheap, buy twice.

[lee_saxo]

when you have his experience and knowledge you can charge what you want. id charge 6k if i could. ever heard of the saying "somethings only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it?" well people pay it don't they.

exactly, especialy with these lads on here trying to sell there Saxo's for 2k+

[J222JRA]

when you have his experience and knowledge you can charge what you want. id charge 6k if i could. ever heard of the saying "somethings only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it?" well people pay it don't they.

I agree with this and i dont like agreeing with ginger people...especially with your facebook profile picture.

But also i believe in paying for the name......

Take machine polishers for example.....

The das6 is £80

The dodo buff daddy (the exact same machine with a label) is £100.

There are lots of guys out there with an equally as high attention to detail as Paul Dalton and would probably have done it for a 10th of the price.

Fair play to the guy though.......one detail like that a month and your sorted.

[Tontsy]

I agree with this and i dont like agreeing with ginger people...especially with your facebook profile picture.

But also i believe in paying for the name......

Take machine polishers for example.....

The das6 is £80

The dodo buff daddy (the exact same machine with a label) is £100.

There are lots of guys out there with an equally as high attention to detail as Paul Dalton and would probably have done it for a 10th of the price.

Fair play to the guy though.......one detail like that a month and your sorted.

can you detail like that . . .
i doubt it

i could post you the bike for a few days :afro:

[J222JRA]

No way....he is leagues ahead of me and tbh i dont do details for anyone else now Tontsy.......just isnt worth it.

[Tontsy]

No way....he is leagues ahead of me and tbh i dont do details for anyone else now Tontsy.......just isnt worth it.

you will though, because im worth it ;)

seewhatididthere!hurhurhur.

mikey is just a slack cunt! and as much as i want to do it myself, i would love to know how to, and learn, i cant justify buying what i need, when i could spend it on other crap for the bike.

[rob_s]

Was expecting somthing nicer than an old m5 tbh

[geraintthomas]

Was expecting somthing nicer than an old m5 tbh

But it goes to show how stunning 'an old m5' can come up.

[rob_s]

Yea I'd still have one

[VTR_Ryan]

1 word, scandalous!

i dont care how well it came up theres not way that is 6k's worth!

:wall:

[wadoryu]

I agree with this and i dont like agreeing with ginger people...especially with your facebook profile picture.

But also i believe in paying for the name......

Take machine polishers for example.....

The das6 is £80

The dodo buff daddy (the exact same machine with a label) is £100.

There are lots of guys out there with an equally as high attention to detail as Paul Dalton and would probably have done it for a 10th of the price.

Fair play to the guy though.......one detail like that a month and your sorted.


just seen this FLOL

[stupotvtr]

Would it not be fair to say a respray then detail after would be a cheaper option with the same outcome?