I'm dithering again..

I have got hold of a good carbon bonnet. However it was the wrong colour for the car. My preference is body colour with the bonnet vents in carbon.

When I've spoken to a few body shops they pretty much want to respray half the car, I want the bonnet and bumper they want to do the wings. If I have to do the wings then I have to do the old bonnet otherwise that won't match if I ever want to use that. Getting very expensive very quickly.

Experience anyone of spraying just the bonnet?

Since getting the bonnet I've removed the paint. My thinking was that getting it back to carbon and polishing it up would be cheaper than respraying half the car. The carbon is great but there's few patches where they rubbed it down a bit too much when prepping for paint.

Anyone know of any specialists that can completely strip old lacquer and reapply?

 

They won't want to fully do the wings.

You have to blow the new colour in to the old colour so you don't get an in your face change of colour as the new paint will be ever so slightly different to the old.

If I was viewing your car as a prospective purchaser it would stand out like a sore thumb and put me off. I would still notice if it had been done properly but knowing it had been done properly would make me feel more re-assured that it wasn't a bodge job. Do it the right way, it won't cost 'that' much more.

 

Like you said you would have to do the old bonnet too though which will put the price up..

 

I had my J's bonnet sprayed off the car, there was no way I was going to let them near the wings.

 

How good is the colour match?

 

It was fine when I had it done.

There were 2 shades of Silverstone in the painters paint code book, one matched one didn't.

 

tbh, the light reflects at such weird angles between bonnet and wings the paint often looks like it mismtaches anyway ! and the bumpers have a plasticiser in the paint that changes the shade of that too. I'd try and find somewhere to get just the bonnet done to your original preference with carbon vents - it's your personal taste after all.

Finally, if you put too much paint on - think of the extra weight !! you should be able to see the carbon weave like on the Ferarri F40

 

Most paint shops are nervous of doing one panel edge to edge

 

I had a new boot lid done when I had my spoiler put on so I could keep the original and specifically only wanted the boot lid done not the rear fenders as when I come to sell the car I want the old one too match.