Spraying a bonnet - Saxperience

CraigyG87 · 18th March 2010, 23:13

Hi i had somebody reverse into me a few months ago and dented my bonnet , I spent ages trying to get a black replacement bonnet for a reasonable price, I fitted it about two weeks ago and today I was driving home and the bonnet flew open aand bent all the bonnet etc. Ive had a quick look on ebay and cannot find any black bonnets for a mk1 saxo. Does anybody know how wasy it is to buy a bonnet of any colour and spray it black . What is the process and how hard is it ?

wardesaxoboy · 18th March 2010, 23:48

do you mean rattle can it .... or profesionally have it done?

saxovtsdriver · 18th March 2010, 23:51

good lukc rattlin it lol would probs look shit if u rattled it,

pro would cost about 100quid mark maybe abit more

CraigyG87 · 19th March 2010, 00:06

i was thinking of rattling it but it isnt an option im to keen on and just wondered how easy it was to do

wadoryu · 19th March 2010, 09:08

get 100 posts and be a member for 30 days and go to the for sale section

Jamez · 19th March 2010, 09:13

Cost me £500 for new bonnet, new slam pannel and respray on both, so im guessing its at least £150 - £200 spray job.

Paul^p · 19th March 2010, 09:14

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Originally Posted by Jamez

Cost me £500 for new bonnet, new slam pannel and respray on both, so im guessing its at least £150 - £200 spray job.

Ouch.

Could of had a carbon fibre bonnet for that.

djflipsaxo · 19th March 2010, 09:16

i dunno about sprying id imagine you rub down, primer, topcoat???

pop to a local spray shop and get a quote

Paul^p · 19th March 2010, 09:18

I paid £250 to get two modified bumpers sprayed.

So i'm guessing you're looking at about £100-£150 to get it sprayed at a decent place with a spray booth.

Best bet is to ring around a couple places and get a few quotes. Most places will want to see the item before they take the job on though (but should still be able to give you an estimate of how much they'll charge).

Jamez · 19th March 2010, 09:38

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Originally Posted by Paul

Ouch.

Could of had a carbon fibre bonnet for that.

just rememberd i bought angels aswell for £140, so bonnet and slam pannel were only £360 brand new and sprayed, soz dude, you'll probs get it alot cheaper than what i originally thought lol

curt · 20th March 2010, 01:34

always bare in mind that some colleges do live jobs and charge 10 pound per hour and a normal body shop will charge 30 - 40 pound an hour and the work is just as good but not in all cases!