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As the topic, I was just wondering if anyone could tell me the approximate cost of getting either a new front bar painted, or a 2nd hand one resprayed. I am installing my fmic tomorrow, so I am looking at getting a new front bar without anything blocking the cooler.

At the moment I am just trying to decide whether to buy a new one, or find a decent 2nd hand one & get it resprayed to my car's colour. By knowing approx how much a spray will cost it will help me a lot, coz then I can know how much money I will have to spend. :(

Any help is appreciated, cheers, Nathan.

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Yeah, best bet is to go to a painter and ask for figures, to give you an example i had front bar, bonnet, gaurd,grill, door, rear 1/4 painted and some dents taken out for $1350?

But i know it costs around $400 just to paint the bumper bar if you get it done seperatly... Specially if they have to prep it, you might get a brand new one painted cheaper then you would say a second hand one that needs sanding back? Some painters demand that you get it sand blasted which they can do, or you can get it done yourself..

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It might be a good idea to to all the prep work yourself if you're looking to save some money. It's not hard to sand it back and put some primer on it yourself, just consult the spray shop first as to what primer to use. I've recently repaired and repainted my own front spoiler after tearing it in half on a curb, haven't finished it yet, but it's not too hard to do yourself.

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I've done a few repairs on mine myself and just touched up the areas with a can of white spray paint. It turned out pretty sweet and you could only notice the dodginess from up close.

I never thought it would cost $400 though! That seems like a shitload of money to give something a once over with the spray gun.

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just out of curiousity, what front bar are you replacing?

A savaged stock s1 bar. :P

And boostzor I am looking for one without the cooler being blocked as much, I am going to ring around for a type M because they look ok but I will just have to wait & see. Thanks everyone for the replies.

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mate, that FMIC has heaps of airflow already...

improving the airflow might get you anouther 0.00001kW if that's what you 're after

if you are doing it for looks then that's another story but purely for airflow is a waste of $400...

Warren.

Yeah, I do agree with you, but it's not the main reason!! You can't really see it in the pic but the right hand side (looking front on) of the bumper sits a little bit lower, you can actually put your fingers under the headlightlight, a gap of about 1.5-2cm. Also the end tanks of the cooler are sitting very close to the bumper still, the left one I think sits on it. This may be part of the problem by putting a bit of extra pressure on it too.

I need to find time to take it off again & see what's going on, but I am fairly certain I know how to fix it. There is a round plastic piece (don't know what they're called) on the left that even with a screw in dosen't sit in with the bumper properly, but is does on the right & that is fine. It's not really straight, but there shouldn't be a problem with it.

Will sort it on Monday afternoon or Tuesday, I would rather not have to spend about $800 when it could cost nothing. :O

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yer $400 is reasonable price.

wouldn't recomend doing the prep wk urself as u'll cock it up, and have to pay more for them to fix it or they'll just paint ova the top of ur shitty sanding job and get to kick urself in the arse everytime u look at it

try perth panel and paint in ozzy pk

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