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Old 06-01-2005, 06:34 PM   #1
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G'day guys,

I'm wanting to patch up and respray my EF Falcon Bonnet and return it to it's former glory. It's currently got some nasty little gravel dints in the front end like it's been in a pebble storm or something. Does anyone know any really top places that are cheap around the south eastern area or Melbourne that can patch her up and match the gunmetal grey duco exactly? And are there any places that give discounts for forum members?

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Old 06-01-2005, 06:47 PM   #2
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The whole bonnet will need to be painted and blended to the guards. From memory a mate got bonnet, front and roof done for $800 mate's rates.....
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Old 06-01-2005, 06:55 PM   #3
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My car is it the spray shop atm. I was quoted $420 for bonnet & blending into guards (herritage green).
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Old 06-01-2005, 10:20 PM   #4
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cheaper to get the color codes and just spray it urself all tho it depends how accrute they mixed it :
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THey never mix it good ever.. Even white they will stuff up just to **** ya off. I got magna red mixed once painted it and it was pink... The spray painters know how to mix paints better than paint sellers
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Yeah I think I'll leave this one to the professionals rather than tackle it myself ;)

Those all seem pretty good prices. Is that a spray and bake process Stock and Psych, or just sprayed on?
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Old 07-01-2005, 06:03 PM   #7
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I'd prefer you go where I got mine done in resivoir, Gunmetal is a difficult one to match.

The bloke who did mine is the rep for Jaguar Dupont paints in australia, and does the paint on the Jag F1 show cars when theyre in australia. There was even an incident where a ford dealer sent him a GT-P to re-match up the bumpers because he did a better job than ford themselves!

Unbeleivable job on my car though and an unbeleiveable perfectionist, I'd recommend him highly. Send me a PM for his details if you're interested.

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That sounds like a real promising lead! Thanks dude! Did you get your whole car resprayed did you?
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Paint shops can't mix for shit. They always mix off the code, which was great 12 years ago (**** my car is 12 next month!) but the paint has long since faded.

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Those all seem pretty good prices. Is that a spray and bake process Stock and Psych, or just sprayed on?
I'll ask him next time I see him, but it was a bloody good job. Looks great.
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After i get my car back, i'll let you know how good the place doing my front end are..
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I just picked up my car then. It was baked. Ill throw some pics up tonight.
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Old 08-01-2005, 06:49 PM   #12
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Thanks Yagz.

Yeah I just saw your thread Stock, that's a great finish! Can't wait to get mine done.
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