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G'day guys, i have finally spent enough money on the engine (for the moment) and am starting to look more into the cosmetic side of things. Living in brisbane and working on an island off gladstone for 28 days at a time leaves me with alot of time to do research and hunt for places but it is hard to pick a good one. Does anyone have a place that they would recommend in brisbane or close to there that does resprays and would be able to fix the scratches on the body kit?

Cheers Mitch

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G'day guys, i have finally spent enough money on the engine (for the moment) and am starting to look more into the cosmetic side of things. Living in brisbane and working on an island off gladstone for 28 days at a time leaves me with alot of time to do research and hunt for places but it is hard to pick a good one. Does anyone have a place that they would recommend in brisbane or close to there that does resprays and would be able to fix the scratches on the body kit?

Cheers Mitch

Respraying a body kit can be done by pretty much anywhere if your paint is standard. Very easy job and should not cost much. Or are you looking at a complete respray?

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have u considered plastidip?

i was thinking of doing that with the rims later down the track but not the entire car no

From experience not cameron's bodyworks unless you want to pay for it to be done again by someone else, so there's one less for you to look at

haha righto, cool, i havent heard of them but thanks for the warning mate!

Respraying a body kit can be done by pretty much anywhere if your paint is standard. Very easy job and should not cost much. Or are you looking at a complete respray?

theres a few small dents on the steel and the body kit is abit scratched abit here and there so im thinking a full going over and touching up of the whole car

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I thought about the price of a re-spray.

And i thought about how many tools and how much paint i could buy for half that.

So DIY of course, and i get to keep the tools. (that includes an awesome compressor)

Body work can take a lot of hours if its done well.

So you have to think about the cost per hour vs what you earn per hour.

Youtube has a lot of good teachers for all the things you will need to do.

For me my car is big boys Lego, i spend as much time messing with it as i do driving it.

So i guess it also depends on how much you like doing that stuff, a paint job is a BIG job for DIY.

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I thought about the price of a re-spray.

And i thought about how many tools and how much paint i could buy for half that.

So DIY of course, and i get to keep the tools. (that includes an awesome compressor)

Body work can take a lot of hours if its done well.

So you have to think about the cost per hour vs what you earn per hour.

Youtube has a lot of good teachers for all the things you will need to do.

For me my car is big boys Lego, i spend as much time messing with it as i do driving it.

So i guess it also depends on how much you like doing that stuff, a paint job is a BIG job for DIY.

ive got an aircompressor at home, 45L or something like that but i dont think that it would cut the mustard haha. i did contemplate doing it myself only things are that i dont have anywhere at home enclosed enough to do a good job without the car being coated in dirt. im the same with the boys toys thing too, alot of the gear that gets done to the car mainly the cosmetic stuff i do all myself. with me working away and only being back at a week at a time it would be ideal for me to drop it off to a shop and leave it with them for the 4 weeks that i am away giving them plenty of time to sort it out and then pick it up when i get back.

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Honestly i wouldnt recommend doing a respray yourself. It is a huge job and you really have to commit. I wouldn't expect a full respray to be more than 8k if you are going a standard colour. I think i was quoted around 10-12k from the most expensive painted in Canberra to do mine again and i have custom paint.

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