Off for its bare metal respray

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gturner008

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Won't see the car for a coule of months. Garage will take photos throughout the process.

I'm serious excited about what it's going to look like when completed.
 

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Pete

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Is that the factory paint that it's in just now, is there a problem with it?
 
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gturner008

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It's not factory, but correct colour. I understand from Australian owner (just two owners - first in Sydney 71 - 90, then brother who owned it in Melboune from 90 to 2013) that it had a cheap respray in 2000 - 15 years ago. While the car is rust free - totally - with great body condition, the paint has a lot of micro blistering. Only way to be 100% sure it won't happen again is to get it back to bare metal.

I did think about just machine polishing it, but it's not doing justice to the car. Hence the trip to the paint shop in Coventry.

I can highly recommend the place I take my cars to in Earlsdon. He will do a great job on it.
 
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gturner008 said:
It's not factory, but correct colour. I understand from Australian owner (just two owners - first in Sydney 71 - 90, then brother who owned it in Melboune from 90 to 2013) that it had a cheap respray in 2000 - 15 years ago. While the car is rust free - totally - with great body condition, the paint has a lot of micro blistering. Only way to be 100% sure it won't happen again is to get it back to bare metal.

I did think about just machine polishing it, but it's not doing justice to the car. Hence the trip to the paint shop in Coventry.

I can highly recommend the place I take my cars to in Earlsdon. He will do a great job on it.
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Mine was painted in 2011/12 and from 5ft away looks ace, I did machine polish it for the NEC display, but looking into the coating it's rubbish, micro blisters like yours, so mines booked in in March for a month, I'm going to follow this thread closely :thumbs: is yours 918 Orange the same as mine?
 
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RIDDLER

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It's a great colour for a z. Looking forward to seeing the finished result. Can I be cheeky and ask what such a job costs? Don't worry if you don't want to say. Would just be interested that's all. You can PM me if you don't want to go public!
 
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gturner008

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I'm defo going solid - not base and clear. I want it to look original. I'll certainly post up photo journey. Gary
 
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gturner008

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Hi Sean

Budget is around the £5k to £7k. I'm hopeful it'll be the lower end of the scale.

Until the paint's off you can never be sure what's needed.
 
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gturner008 said:
Hi Sean

Budget is around the £5k to £7k. I'm hopeful it'll be the lower end of the scale.

Until the paint's off you can never be sure what's needed.
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Thanks for the frankness - I hope so too for your sake and at least you are going in eyes wide open and realist - obviously what counts is getting it right for the cars' longterm sake.

Cheers.
 
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gturner008

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That's right Sean. I've already invested around £1.5k on wax oiling and having stone chip applied to vulnerable areas on the underside (carried out by Fourways). I really want to make the most of the non-rusty nature of the car. Keep as much as possible 'unrestored' - which is what I liked about this particular car.

As someone once said - you only get an original car once!
 
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Micro blistering is usually moisture trapped in the paint, so hopefully it won't have caused any damage to the metal work.
 
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gturner008

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That's my hope and expectation. Paint shop gives 5 year guarantee if then bare metal it. I'm pretty confident it'll be fine under the blisters.
 
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