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I just took my 1 week old black R34 for a good wash ... I was aware that there are a LOT of fine scratches and swirls on almost every single panel of the car (seems the japanese owner used those dodgy drive through car wash places a LOT :D( ) so I bought some Meguire/Autoglym product to try and do a detail myself ...

After a good wash with Mequire's Gold wash I came to realize the paint is in a worse condition that I thought ... esp. the roof and the bonnet.

There are so many frigging damage spots (1-5mm sq. spots of cracked paint ... oxidation? salt? acid rain?) where the paint is completely gone and all you see white cracks and the metal body in the centre. So after the wash now, what I thought were tons of insects and bird droppings turned out to be damaged paint that no shampoo or wax is gonna fix :)((

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to have just the roof and bonnet resprayed and my approx. costs? The car is factory black (GV1?) I'm in sydney ... my dad's mate's son does car spraying for a living so he might be able to do it a bit cheaper hopefully. I definately don't have $3-5k to respray the whole car :D Even though there are a few scratches and damage to the doors, boot and other panels they're very minor compared to the roof and bonnet.

I'll try and take some pics later of the roof .. it looks horrible from a close distance.

The only good news is that, like any black car, it still looks farken awesome from atleast 3-4m away (when you can't see the paint damage/surface scratches) !! ;D

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I'm sure a cut a polish will take care of the fine scratches/swirls that are unfortunately on every single panel BUT .. as I said, the roof and bonnet have a lot of paint damage that nothing can fix (it's clearly cracked paint with undercoat visible)

I'll take some piccies and post them soon...

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From what you've written... e.g. white areas that have cut through the paint etc... I think a cut and polish is useless, you'll need a respray... to answer your question, yes, the bonnet and roof can be repainted.

I had my bonnet repainted... and asked about the roof too... both can be repainted... you'll be up for around $350.00 for each... there abouts.

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my car has had the roof and bonnet resprayed and blended down to the 1/4 panels

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but i got a massive discount....

should have been about a grand i think

Mate, just my 2 cents... but if you paint your mesh black (or get black mesh) for your car - it would make it look much tougher.

And yeah, for the two items as I noted, $700 at least.

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$700 normal rates or mates rates? :thumbsup:

Either way I reckon it'd be a worthwhile investement as the roof and bonnet are truly fuxored ... the rest, can be hopefully fixed up with a cut and polish

Hey mate, $700 would probably be the middle ground you'll expect... you'll get quotes from anything like $1,500 through to around $600 so I guess $700 would be a descent price for a good job - it will take a few weeks do get finished... as your roof will take the most time... they'll have to slice it off at the sides of the panel etc.

Yeah, it is a good investmen... the other small things a cut and polish would do fine.

Good luck mate.

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it will take a few weeks do get finished... as your roof will take the most time... they'll have to slice it off at the sides of the panel etc.

Good luck mate.

That surely must be a joke?? ;D

Edit: wait you can't really be serious ??? few weeks for a $700 job?? CUTTING the roof off ??? wtf? why would they do that .. they can just spray it on there. you MUST be joking right? riiiight?

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That surely must be a joke?? ;D

Edit: wait you can't really be serious ??? few weeks for a $700 job?? CUTTING the roof off ??? wtf? why would they do that .. they can just spray it on there. you MUST be joking right? riiiight?

Mate, relax!! He doesnt mean actually cutting the roof off, he means cutting back the paint, painting it, and then blending it back onto the car. Your car isnt about to become a convertable :thumbsup:. And yes, it should take a few weeks. You need to let the paint cure, as well and the primer and clear. Good luck!

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It shouldn't take that long to paint a roof at all .If I was doing it it would be a two day turn around the only reason it may take this long is it would be a job that gets done in between insurance work which is understandable .

Paint dosn't take long to cure enough to take a car home .A car can come out of the booth in the morning and the owner should be able to take it home later that day .

If the paint on the roof is as bad as it sounds then the yare going to have to prime down the pillars as well so they will have to paint the rear quarters as well .

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