knowley Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Been looking at getting a respray on my R300 - too many stone chips etc are making her look a bit tatty. One option is to strip the panels off and fit lots of carbon panels from CarbonBits, but I think that maybe out of my budget. I've had one paint quote which involves doing the whole car; nose cone, bonnet, side skins etc etc - for around £1000. Does this seem too cheap too expensive? Are TSK the only people to go to for 7s or is it worth using someone else I've had experiance with on a tintop? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Day Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 TSK are the only paintshop in SE doing 7's on a regular basis & getting a 100% rating on this forum. I wouldn't take my car anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 100% rating??? Not if you saw the shocking way the paint is peeling off the side skins of my car... assuming TSK did the factory paint jobs for March '03 cars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheds Moderator Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Run it Oop North for a paint job - £700 in plain colours, metallic more. Take the missus on a dirty weekend with the savings while you are there. Or buy more carbon. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 What do you get for the £1000 or £700? Is it drive in/drive out? Or do you need to strip car down to bare chassis? And will they strip side panels back to base coat/metal? as mentioned by top coat is just peeling off in huge sections so needs stripping back before respray... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheds Moderator Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Depends where you go of course. More work for them = more cost. Labour rates are better in the sticks though for obvious reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 BOSS, of cause!! But you quoted a figure of £700 as a guideline. I was wondering what that covered!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Faulds Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Neil, if you need it redone properly in the same area, drop me a line and I'll point you in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrelevant Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 knowley: Are you talking about a 'blowover' - e.g. preping the surface of your paint and respraying in the same colour? Or are you expecting a strip to bare metal and then etch/high build/top coats? The amount of labour difference between a drive in/drive out complete bare metal respray and a top coat blowover of a prepped car is huge. You can't compare prices until you have a well defined spec - and even then, you can get into details about how many layers of paint you'll get, what type of paint will be used, and how much finishing they'll do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I reply to every thread Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 TSK haven't done ALL the factory jobs. Caterham have on occasions farmed work out to other paintshops - but they've always come back to TSK - which I think says it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P G Warren Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 I just had mine resprayed in BRG with yellow nose and stripe for £575 at a local garage with a decent reputation (no previous work on 7's but had just done a Morgan). The car was bare ali with BRG wings before. The ali was quite badly pitted in places so they has to do quite a bit of prep including filling the pitting to give a smooth surface and then suitably priming the ali. They did quite a bit of stripping but did just mask some bits. So, not entirely stripped as you might get if you pay £1000+. Very pleased with the result though. Just worried now about the first stone chips 1999 VX1600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruff seven Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 I bring my cars from the isle of man to TSK superb paint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowley Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 I would imagine this is just a blow over and respray in the original colour. I would expect a drive in/out job where the only bits that are taken off the car are the ones getting in the way? The paint is a metalic blue - Caterham Azure Blue which the guy has already matched to an offical Lotus blue... its at my local independant Lotus specialist. I want more layers of paint than the original spray job because it chips soooo easily at the moment ☹️ I've always assumed with TSK you strip it down and take your chassis to them for painting, is that wrong? Edited by - knowley on 25 May 2007 12:16:47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesElliott Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 TSK can strip it for you if you want. Charles --- My SuperGraduates 2006 diary My SuperGraduates 2005 diary, My Caterham Academy 2004 build and race diary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen grant Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 If you are happy to pay extra, Tony will strip it down for you... stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen grant Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 must type faster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 TSK have just done the car I'm rebuilding and the work is EXCELLENT. Completed on time and sightly under the budget I'd planned too. Flat colour is cheaper than £700 for the whole car from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Bob Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Mav - when you say from scratch do you mean drive it in - TSK do all the work - drive out the new colour, all for under £700? C7 GTE at Goodwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilS Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Totally biassed (he's my father) plug if you're near Yorkshire - Hugh Spencer in Baildon. Does loads of classic stuff and will be doing me a bonnet stripe if I can get the car up there this summer. Cheers, Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowley Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Thats the thing though Mav I am not rebuilding the car just want it to look like new again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 LB, I delivered a chassis with panels - all bare. I'm sure they will do a respray on an existing car, however if there is strip downa nd rebuild work then the cost will be higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F355GTS Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 John TSK, jut look at the finish in mine and Angus's For a bare alu job and new plastics mine for metallic with solid nose cone ring, stripe and front wing leading edge was £800. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowley Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 A full rebuild is tempting Mark, but I am not sure my car is old enough to justtify one? Must meet up soon, hoping to do some MSE airfield days in the coming months no doubt you'll be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative bluenose Posted May 25, 2007 Area Representative Share Posted May 25, 2007 I have just had my car resprayed at TSK and the finish is excellent. I stripped the car myself and delivered it to Tony. He charged me £750 for a pearlesant paint job, plus he sprayed the interior panels, fitted lowered floors that I had purchased separately, sprayed the engine bulkhead, and he removed the exhaust headers, total price £1100. Some photos here of the finished car in Lotus Lava Orange. As previously mentioned Tony does a drive in, drive out service and his hourly rates are pretty reasonable but it obviously hikes the price up. To respray a car well requires quite a major strip down and is fairly time consuming putting it back together if your as ham fisted as me 😬 Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxseven Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 bluenose - you going to update your blog ?? Caterham Fireblade here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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