Aerial_stu Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Hiya, I'm off to visit a paint shop next week for quite a few jobs. Some small patches of corrosion at rear wheel arches, stone chips, odd bubble here and there.I keep thinking if I do the lions share of the strip down and deliver on a trailer, surely it isn't that big a job to prep and paint a Caterham?I've got a Solarbeam Yellow 310S, which is lovely, but I really love the Riviera Blue with a gray stripe.Who has done a full re-spray and are you happy with it?CheersStuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonT Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 When mine was reskinned in 2018 due to corrosion around the grot traps, I went from silver to Daytona blue (I'd always wanted a blue one!). Chris at 7workshop stripped it, TSK did the paint. Blue with a grey stripe you say... It's a bit lighter than I'd originally expected, but was very happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerial_stu Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 YES, that looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 TSK did mine after repairs to rear basket. Paid them to prepare and respray whole car. Same colour. No stripes. Excellent job as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted October 20, 2021 Leadership Team Share Posted October 20, 2021 I had my '99 car repainted a few years ago from Lotus Azure Blue to Porsche Miami Blue, I pondered Riviera blue for ages but decided everyone else had it, not a number, free man and all that I stripped it myself then had a local painter collect it. If you want a really high shine on a solid colour (rather than metallic) check whether whoever's painting it does a "clear over colour" process, it's pretty standard for metallics but not necessarily the case for solid colours.Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mph Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Now that looks stunning!Does anybody mind me asking what a full respray cost can be? Ballpark will do, accuracy not required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted October 21, 2021 Leadership Team Share Posted October 21, 2021 Mine was a little short of £2,500 including spare carbon rear wings in body colour, plus having the front wings and headlights lacquered. The rear wings are still plain carbon and untouched. There's plenty of places that'll do a cheaper job but by the time I stripped it all I decided to go for the best job I could afford. There was also quite a lot of tidying involved from previous half door and tonneau fitments.And don't forget to factor in paint protection film .....Stu. Edited to add ... my car had already been repainted 12 months before I bought it, I have the bill for the work and it was in excess of £2K and not a good job. I'd also looked at a couple of Riviera Blue cars at a local Caterham dealer and was less than impressed with the paint, yet a friend's car has been repainted Riviera Blue and it looks stunning. All is not equal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Who did yours Stu?, the reason I ask is I've had 2 painted by Tony at TSK and paid significantly less than that., they were both completely stripped chassis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted October 22, 2021 Leadership Team Share Posted October 22, 2021 Prospray in Warrington. When I looked around at prices there's significant variation and mine's at the upper end, but I'd already seen the quality of the work on another local Caterham and was prepared to pay the higher price. Not all paint jobs are the same and like most things, the cost usually reflects this. The car in the workshop before mine was a Porsche 364 Speedster having a £25K restoration!Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mph Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I don't think that's unreasonable really. I paid 5k for PPF on my old 911 - so 2.5 Yes, after paying that I'd want to put PPF on it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Mine was done by TSK - the car went via Arch for check over and reskin, they then transported it down to Kent for Tony to do his magic. Tony brought it back to Lancashire in his van. PM me, include a real email address and Ill fire some pics over and more details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Ah, I found some already uploaded. PM me and Ill tell you what Tony charged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K7 VCT Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Pja coachworks near Heathrow have done a lot of 7s, they did a free bits for me last year. Excellent service and results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerial_stu Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 Finally completed my rebuild after a full respray and I think it looks awesome!Porsche Shark BlueP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted January 11, 2022 Leadership Team Share Posted January 11, 2022 Very nice Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mph Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 That looks fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmundo2 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Looks great! Mines due into TSK in February. Looking forward to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmundo2 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On that note has anyone got experience of a good supplier of de sls. I'm looking for just basic Vaterham logos x3 for bonnet sides and one on the rear..Might want something slightly bespoke but nothing complicated. Will ask Tony if he uses someone but any thoughts welcome.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmundo2 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 *decals, ( edit doesnt seem to work ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon_h Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Alastair Westle is your man for decals. I'm not sure if he bothers with this forum anymore but you can find him in the Caterham and Lotus 7 FBook page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmundo2 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Thanks. I'll drop him a line... Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerial_stu Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 I got all mine from Alastair Westle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team Toughie Posted January 12, 2022 Leadership Team Share Posted January 12, 2022 I was part way through getting a decal for mine from Alastair Westle, then he suddenly just stopped responding and never replied again. Dunno why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmundo2 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I had read somewhere else that he was a busy man and at times hard to get hold of.. Ideally I want someone solid/no nonsense that does it full time and sells a quality product/service. There's obviously a lot of companies out there doing this sort of thing but would prefer a recommendation.. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amos91 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I contacted Alastair on Facebook a few months ago for some replacement stripes. He replied very quickly everytime and the vinyl arrived within 24hrs. Good quality product too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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