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Repainting / Spraying Body Kit Parts?

PHARR
PHARR Posts: 405 Forumite
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Hi, I have absolute no knowledge in this area of motors so i need to ask here. I have a damaged bumper and found a cheap same exact one from ebay. However that is black and my cars blue, how easy is it and would it be for somebody spray this? I don't know the process and i want to know if its costly?

Many Thanks
Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
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  • Limey
    Limey Posts: 444 Forumite
    Depends alot on the body shop but I'd budget up to £150 for it to be prepped and sprayed off the car by a professional bodyshop.

    You may not get a perfect colour match, depends how old the paint on your car is from what I recall.
  • PHARR
    PHARR Posts: 405 Forumite
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    Appreciate your reply. Helped abit thanks. Where can i find name of my exact car colour?
    Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
  • fivetide
    fivetide Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    Try paint sites like www.paints4u.co.uk if you can't get to the car now.

    They have a wizard thing that tells you based on year and model and basic colour.

    (Assuming you can't get the info on the chassis/vin plate, it will all be coded in there somewhere, you could ask the dealer to tell you.)

    5t.
    What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?
  • PHARR
    PHARR Posts: 405 Forumite
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    Thanks for that 5t.
    Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
  • malkyh
    malkyh Posts: 1,085 Forumite
    Paddy_H wrote: »
    Appreciate your reply. Helped abit thanks. Where can i find name of my exact car colour?

    What is the make, model and year of your car?
  • PHARR
    PHARR Posts: 405 Forumite
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    malkyh wrote: »
    What is the make, model and year of your car?

    Ford Focus Zetec S 2009, Its blue not sure which.
    Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
  • malkyh
    malkyh Posts: 1,085 Forumite
    49392009_Focus_CC.jpg

    By the look of it there is only Vista Blue on a 2009 Focus.
  • PHARR
    PHARR Posts: 405 Forumite
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    Looks about right! thank you buddy
    Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
  • malkyh
    malkyh Posts: 1,085 Forumite
    No worries
  • flang
    flang Posts: 1,094 Forumite
    £150 seems to low to me Id be budgeting around £250 for a good job.
    Cheaper and easier to just find one in the same colour
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