masiv Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Am thinking of having my bonnet resprayed, due to having an ever increasing number of stone chips and was wondering what the ball park figure would be. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jez.w Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) Between £150 and £200 as a guess. I had my GT4 bonnet sprayed and the vents due to loads of stone chips for £185 last year, was a good job too, not just a cheap blow over. Edited May 7, 2012 by jez.w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimba Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 What's the point, spend £200ish to make it look good, a few trips on the motorway and it'll look how it was before the respray, Save the money or spend it on something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pestey Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 or just get it wrapped.............. will also give it some added protection too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor4460 Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 after getting it sprayed you could always fit one of them protective bonnet clear film kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaungt4 Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Yep had my gt4 bonnet sprated a few monts ago £200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pestey Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 from what Ray told me at RT-P you'd have to wait because of the chemicals in the paint, he said something like 6 months............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottChester Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 I'm in the same boat, the wrap might be a good idea instead though How much would it cost to get the bonnet wrapped and how good a colour match would it be ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 I'm in the same boat, the wrap might be a good idea instead though How much would it cost to get the bonnet wrapped and how good a colour match would it be ? You'd be very very luck if there was a wrap the exact same colour as your paintwork The only real option for wrap would be a carbon fibre wrap or a contrasting colour like gloss black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 £70 - £100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 What's the point, spend £200ish to make it look good, a few trips on the motorway and it'll look how it was before the respray, Save the money or spend it on something else Interesting logic, no point in ever washing a car then as it will only get dirty again, or changing the oil as it will just get dirty and need changing again............... in fact, just don't drive the car any more and it won't cost you a penny to run, problem solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Think what he means rich is just put up with the stone chips and buy something good for the car like a carbon bonnet or something seen invisible darks carbon bonnet at my place on sunday and its a very pretty bit of kit and weigh's nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoUK Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Any idea what kind of price range you are looking at for a carbon bonnet? And roughly what weight saving you gonna get from it compared with the stock bonnets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Any idea what kind of price range you are looking at for a carbon bonnet? And roughly what weight saving you gonna get from it compared with the stock bonnets? dont know about prices but i would say at least half the weight of a gen 7 bonnet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Think what he means rich is just put up with the stone chips and buy something good for the car like a carbon bonnet or something seen invisible darks carbon bonnet at my place on sunday and its a very pretty bit of kit and weigh's nothing It does seem to only be a problem for the Gen 7's though, i'm not sure what it is that seems to attract stone chips unless they just have very thin paint on the bonnet If that is the case, then a respray should sort the problem as there will be a greater amount of paint on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 It does seem to only be a problem for the Gen 7's though, i'm not sure what it is that seems to attract stone chips unless they just have very thin paint on the bonnet If that is the case, then a respray should sort the problem as there will be a greater amount of paint on there think its the angle that the gen 7 bonnet sits at that attracts the stones gen 5 & 6 seem to get the stones on the front bumper more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola67 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 I Need to get mine done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Interesting logic, no point in ever washing a car then as it will only get dirty again, or changing the oil as it will just get dirty and need changing again............... in fact, just don't drive the car any more and it won't cost you a penny to run, problem solved sorry this made me piss myself lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big-Yin Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 40 Spon Doolies Max, thats 40 Quid Max, to anyone south of Hadrins Wall Way yer own spray gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canon4pics Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Gimba, the point of having it done is that one, a respray will give the car a thicker coat of paint than what mr Toyota did from the factory making it more resiliant to future chips, two it prevents any parts of the car from going rusty and three because it makes the car look new again. A carbon bonnet is another option, but at two or three times the price ( and I did it with my last car ) I wouldn't bother again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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