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Old Jan 17, 2008 | 10:00 AM
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Im having the s resprayed at the moment as it had quite a few stone chips on bonnet , bumper , wings etc and a few scratchs and lots of swirl marks on the other panels , has anyone got any pics of their s without the wing badges on as i might not get them refitted if i like the smooth look , thanks.
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Old Jan 17, 2008 | 10:02 AM
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Can I ask how much an entire respray is costing?
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Old Jan 17, 2008 | 10:06 AM
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Here's my NFR without the badges.

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Old Jan 17, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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Seems a bit extreme for swirl marks, would it not have been cheaper to get a front end respray and a decent polishing expert for a day?

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Old Jan 17, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Bassoctopus,Jan 17 2008, 07:59 PM
Seems a bit extreme for swirl marks, would it not have been cheaper to get a front end respray and a decent polishing expert for a day?

It's a bit late for that advice now.
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Old Jan 17, 2008 | 12:59 PM
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Well, a full respray costs me about
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Old Jan 17, 2008 | 03:50 PM
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Personally i'd never opt for respraying a car unless 100% needed.You'd need to spend at least a grand to have a top quality job done imo.
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Old Jan 18, 2008 | 03:03 AM
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A good mate of mine owns and runs a body/paint shop so its only costing me a few beer tokens to get it done and being a mate i know i will get a good job done. the car did look a bit odd last time i saw it with no lights , badges , wing mirrors , aerial etc but im sure it will look the bis when its done.
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Old Jan 18, 2008 | 03:21 AM
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This thread is useless without pics
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Old Jan 18, 2008 | 03:35 AM
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Defo lose the Honda ones, but the S2000 ones define the belt line & stop the car looking too tall & narrow, like old British roadsters!
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