Spray painter in Perth

[MattyT]

Looking for a spray painter to colour code some small body kit parts for the golf.

Just got quoted $250 by lombardi bros I'm sure they'd do an amazing job but I was hoping for less.

[faisan]

Which parts are you getting painted?

I want my side skirts painted and have been quoted $700 - $800 by a few panel beaters to do this. I would jump at $250!

[MattyT]

My fake kamei bumper air in takes + hella dual round surrounds. Really small parts.

It looks like this spray painting business is pricey stuff!

[geoff_gti]

I was thinking Lombardi too, I reckon if I were to get my bumpers and bonnet done it would be a couple of grand, so $250 ain't so bad by comparison

[zz2]

just say you will pay cash. theyre bound to knock off a few $$ that way.

go see Nick and Alberto smash repairs in Ossie Park and speak to the head painter Angelo directly. he did a tops job on repainting my mirror after it got scraped and he only charged me $80 cash.

[Gipson]

hey mate place called outer limits in cannington are reslly good, had a whole getz front end eye matched perfectly by them not long ago. real nice blokes too tell them itll be cash and they'll beat any other offer.

[tinto]

thread jack.

Are Lombardi up to fitting side skirts and other body bits?
I'd imagine they would be.
I have a set of mkv GTI skirts to fit (to hide my jackstand dent shame).

then mrx will give me **** about having a confused car

[FJ Steve]

no-one needs poor excuses like that to give you *** about a confused car

[mrx]

My fake kamei bumper air in takes + hella dual round surrounds. Really small parts.

Sounds like a DIY job to me. Autopower Car Paint in Balcatta will do a good job of matching the paint for you and put it in a spray can for about $25.

then mrx will give me **** about having a confused car

Oi! What have I done?

[tinto]

Oi! What have I done?

Oh crap. It wasn't you. I'm sorry!

*checks history*
it was -mission-

back on topic.

I went out to get a quote today to Lombardi's but didn't take the skirts...
so they couldn't quote on the spot... they said they don't normally touch 'body kits' but could quote on fitting it.
I figure if they are capable of rebuilding a mangled Jaguar, they're capable of popping a few holes into my sills to stick some plastic on.

[roccodingo]

$250 is a cheap price... unless your doing it yourself..

Be aware Matty that plastic parts will need the correct addatives in the paint ( flex agent) and possibly a different primer depending what type of paint your asking for.

[MattyT]

I just want it to be the exact same colour as the body of the car.

I'm going to get a few more quotes tomorrow but will probably end up taking it to lombardi. They were utter professionals and zero BS - I like that. Also 2 aston martins parked out the front was nice, heh.

They had a little purgoet they'd just done a full respray on, it looked amaaaaazing. I'd love to do that for my car... pitty that they quoted me $9k for it

[zz2]

They had a little purgoet they'd just done a full respray on, it looked amaaaaazing. I'd love to do that for my car... pitty that they quoted me $9k for it

was it a 205GTi???

[mrx]

Be aware that one of the members of the GolfMkV forum got his rear GTI bumper colour coded by Lombardi (via the Osb Park dealership before delivery) and sent it back, because they hadn't bothered to smooth it off first - so they ain't perfect either.

Tinto, that's probably why they say they wont usually do colour coding?! BTW I said the wheels looked too big, nothing about being confused - haha!

[tinto]

oh yeah... "wheels too big for a car that car jacked up" comments of this ilk cut deep and cause a guy to buy wider wheels to stretch the tyres and coilovers. heheh who said peer pressure was dead?

I popped back out to Lombardis today, so they could look at the skirts and they said they didn't want to do it unless i could leave the car there for a couple of days.

I have a feeling they are more interested in the insurance jobs they get - and they have a hell of a lot of those. The guy i spoke to went so far as to say all their accident jobs get priority.

So I'll take it to a place where they're actually interested in doing an easy job for some quick cash. VW did recommend someone, so I'll give him a call (should have just done this first).