Changing Car Bonnet Colour.

bobbyy_2

Hi

My car bonnet colour is getting is faded away and I wanted to know if I can change the colour to black or another blue as it is cheap to the original blue.

Will this need declaring to insurance or dvla. And will it raise the premiums ?

AdrianC

Just repaint it. The colour shouldn't make a big difference in cost, except that anything with a clearcoat will cost a tad more, simply because there's something else to paint over it. Most of the cost will still be prep and labour, though.



I suspect that the cost is because the bonnet won't be the only thing faded, so they're looking to blend the wings etc in. If you're not bothered about that, then that makes it all a lot simpler.

Yes, if you change the colour, you'll need to tell your insurer. DVLA just know it's a blue car.

Lorian

T-cut and polish?

James2k

you could also wrap it. black, carbon, whatever colour you want, for a lot less.

facade

James2k wrote: »

you could also wrap it. black, carbon, whatever colour you want, for a lot less.

But you should tell the insurer if you change it to black, as cars & vans with black fablon covered bonnets tend to be souped up a bit, so they must surely represent a bigger theft risk.


Best just to keep the original colour, or as close as you can, maybe they could cover it with fablon that matches?

AdrianC

facade wrote: »

...as cars & vans with black fablon covered bonnets tend to be souped up a bit...

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bobbyy_2

I like to inform the insurance but they might tell me to repair it on the vountery excess.

EdGasketTheSecond

bobbyy wrote: »

I like to inform the insurance but they might tell me to repair it on the vountery excess.

Was that a joke; should I laugh?

forgotmyname

Don't tell them and then you claim, they say we dont insure cars with undeclared modifications and void your policy for non disclosure.

Herzlos

Might be cheaper to get a bonnet the right colour from a scrappy? Might even be about as faded as the rest of it. Changing the colour means informing your insurance company.

AdrianC

bobbyy wrote: »

I like to inform the insurance but they might tell me to repair it on the vountery excess.

You aren't asking them to pay for it - they don't cover paint fading...

You're telling them about a modification from standard specification.