BlacknYellow Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 Hello everyone. Does it worth it to have the full car resprayed? Had couple quotes and it is a bit more than the car itself worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlacknYellow Posted September 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 Forgot to add that there are some rusty spots which will be treated but I guess rust might resurface? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigcraft Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 More so whats actually up with it before you ask that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlacknYellow Posted September 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 I bought it recently and I'm wondering if it worth respraying it to make in look brand new. Serviced and changed everything from discs to timing belt etc but to respray the cost is higher ( the cheapest quote I had was £2000 for full respray). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObjectiveAway Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 I dont think they will treat rust and respray for 2000, best you can get will be brushed rust, and it will be back after few years. Every rusty spot on your car actually is a coroded hole in metal, if you dont want to see rust in short period after repainting your car, you must remove the rust, prime and fill the hole. It is possible to remove the rust by brushing through metal, sandblasting, for really worthful cars they use soda blast. Or rusted parts can be cut out and welded. These jobs are never included in price for respray, because none can actually know whats under color. If thats “included”, they leave parts of coroded metal under color, because its hard and time consuming to remove them and resurface. I advice you to not respray your Lupo if you arent ready for proper rust treatment, just polish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlacknYellow Posted September 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 Well the £2000 quote one said they will treat it. Another one I had for £2700 said the same thing. The thing is I will be away for holidays so I'm not going to be able to pop in and actually see if they treat it or not. I was thinking that , cutting out the rust and welding in a new piece would be the best but it's costly for sure. Thank you for your reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObjectiveAway Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 18 minutes ago, BlacknYellow said: Well the £2000 quote one said they will treat it. Another one I had for £2700 said the same thing. The thing is I will be away for holidays so I'm not going to be able to pop in and actually see if they treat it or not. I was thinking that , cutting out the rust and welding in a new piece would be the best but it's costly for sure. Thank you for your reply. I think they will just posish the rust to flat surface, prime and resurface it. Welding is not the only option, sand blasting and soda blasting works as well, the only problem - if there is not much metal left after removing oxydized metal parts, then it returns to welding. After simple brushing rust looks like this, but all the dark part is oxidized and must be removed as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlacknYellow Posted September 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 I thought they will sandblast it and then treat it with some kind of chemical. I will ask the body shop exactly what they plan to do regarding the rust. Thank you for the information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3peteo Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 My opinion is to keep that respray money I'm your pocket. These are mostly older, cheaper cars nowadays. I'd just keep on top of the mechanicals as you'll maybe sell it a a year or two on move into something else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshlupo Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 Have it wrapped! Fraction of the cost of a respray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigcraft Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 @BlacknYellow post some pics instead of keeping us guessing. I restore for a living and you could just have sections done at a time and blended in. That way it’s easier to manage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlacknYellow Posted September 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 2 hours ago, tigcraft said: @BlacknYellow post some pics instead of keeping us guessing. I restore for a living and you could just have sections done at a time and blended in. That way it’s easier to manage. Thank you for your info. Here are some pics I just took. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlacknYellow Posted September 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 7 hours ago, Welshlupo said: Have it wrapped! Fraction of the cost of a respray I thought of that but would still have to deal with the rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigcraft Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 Those pics dont look too bad and a very careful grind and treatment can preserve those quite well although what are the rear arches like? Look at the folded lip and see if there is any 'swelling' between the spot welds? Also have a look where the sills join the rear wings inside the door aperture as they can go there too. The other places are the lip area on the front wings. Many years ago when I first tested rust converters I had a first edition Caddy van with original paint although scabby as hell. I had very little time and not enough for a full paint job so I just gound out the rust very delicately then compounded all the vehical and triple coated the prepped areas with rust converter. I then ever so carefully touched in the paintwork and it left it at that, 18 months followed and got chance to paint it properly so I just knocked the edges off from the touch up and gave it a full paint.......... Fives years since application of the converter there was very faint 'Spiders' forming but you needed to look really close for them as the van still looked impressive. Things can be done very cost effectively if you think them through. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObjectiveAway Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 This is bad, after sandblastig there will be holes, but without sandblasting rust will be back, i advice to not to respray it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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