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Hi All,

I've just purchased my first skyline. The interior and engine are very good but the body will need a respray for it to be perfect. I've searched the Queensland forums and havent found any recent posts that would answer this question. So if anyone knows of a shop that does quality resprays on the northside please let me know. I dont mind paying more for great work either. Thanks in advance.

Nate.

Pickering smash repairs...

They do more imports than any other shop i can think of...

really? so u mean DMD never came to mind? ...then again northside....personally if i'm gonna spend the money i'd get it done by the best...which is why i'm giving DMD a free plug cos i've forked out 6k to them..

really? so u mean DMD never came to mind? ...then again northside....personally if i'm gonna spend the money i'd get it done by the best...which is why i'm giving DMD a free plug cos i've forked out 6k to them..

Reallly NO....

DMD are not on the northside, there fore i did not recomend them... Funny that...

Anyways Pickering Smash have enough experience and have a good wrap so why do you need to go further... What does DMD do that Pickering cannot. I have had a bumper replaced in one of my skylines and spray work done by them and have been happy with both the price and the quality was beyond what i had expected...

Nuf said

Stafford Body Works. Ask for Allen. Always working on prestige cars and quite a few imports. BMW's, Merc's etc.

Reallly NO....

DMD are not on the northside, there fore i did not recomend them... Funny that...

Anyways Pickering Smash have enough experience and have a good wrap so why do you need to go further... What does DMD do that Pickering cannot. I have had a bumper replaced in one of my skylines and spray work done by them and have been happy with both the price and the quality was beyond what i had expected...

Nuf said

Don't use DMD, they suck, I had a but of touch up work done and it had huge sanding marks in it, really amateur.

If you want someone really good try Shipstone at newmarket, they will cost you a fortune (they do lots of porsches, mercs etc). But If you want someone who will do a pretty good job woth out costing the earth give PJ Murphys in the Valley a call, I was happy with work they have done for me.

funny you should mention that....i had one panel of my old gtir sprayed at pickering smash repair and they did a great job. I didnt know until now that they are known for import work - i just went with them for the competitive quote.

very fast repaints at petrie- name sounds iffy but there good, just had mine done, 5700 for full colour chnge, looks really hot, DO NOT go to custom 1, they stuffed the car, had it for 6months only for the paint to peel within hrs, full credit to peter at very fast repaints for solving all my problems

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