soon to be newbie

[Therockdoctor]

off to look/buy a mk2 over the weekend not paying a huge amount and not expecting a car in A1 condition and fancy a bit of a project. The car has and mot but looking a lil rough around the edges ...

was wondering the avg price of a respray or you opinions on plasti dip as dont know anyone who has had this done... and also what the diffculty is like to do external mods bumpers etc ... btw the knowledge base on here helped make the decison to take the plunge big hand to you guys cheers alan

[craig]

Make sure you give the sills a good look over for rust, as expect to pay around £1000 for both sides to be replaced and painted.

Rear arches don't generally rust, so is a good sign of badly repaired accident damage.

Full respray, budget around £2500-£3000 for a well reputed, professional job.

Bodykit wise, look for parts that have been fitted to a car or genuine kit. Saves ballache fitment issues in the long run.

[Therockdoctor]

seller claims no rust and has been wax oiled underneath once i get her home will post some pics and details of the car to see what you lots think of my buy

[craig]

seller claims no rust and has been wax oiled underneath once i get her home will post some pics and details of the car to see what you lots think of my buy

Need to check down the inner sills for the sponges present (these need removing) and have a look for rust on the inner sills.

These can be accessed by removing the rear quarter speaker panel trims.

[Therockdoctor]

cheers buddy i will be sure to do this on inspection

[craig]

cheers buddy i will be sure to do this on inspection

No prob mate, just don't want you buying the car, then finding out!

[Ryan S]

My £800 respray. Although another £400 to fit the kit and cut/weld the arches etc, would have been £800 in total for the respray on it's own.

[androo007]

No way, how'd you get it for that sheppy? I'd love mine done a new colour

[Therockdoctor]

looks mint that mate 800 quid is a steal !!!

[Mullen]

cheers buddy i will be sure to do this on inspection

If you've not done it before it's not quite as straight forward as pulling the panels off. There are two press fittings in the edges of the storage/sub enclosures behind the seats that need to be undone. You can get at the ones on the passenger side by opening the sub enclosure lid but the ones on the drivers side can only be accessed by removing the storage box itself first.
Also when I did mine I could only reach right down into the inner sills by removing the seatbelt brackets & I have pretty thin arms and hands.
You only need a medium phillips head screwdriver for the storage box but you'll need a socket set for the seatbelts.

[Ryan S]

No way, how'd you get it for that sheppy? I'd love mine done a new colour

the argument about respray costs has been done in depth on here, I found a local guy who was cheap and good, £800 is just what he takes for a respray, with other painters up this way being similarly priced. He did have my car for a stupidly long time but I reckon if it was just a simple respray it'd be a matter of weeks not months, there was a lot of work went into my arches and bodykit as the kit was rough as hell from the mould despite fitting well.

i can forward on his number if anyone wants it but he is in the north east of Scotland

[Therockdoctor]

cheers buddy i will be sure to do this on inspection

If you've not done it before it's not quite as straight forward as pulling the panels off. There are two press fittings in the edges of the storage/sub enclosures behind the seats that need to be undone. You can get at the ones on the passenger side by opening the sub enclosure lid but the ones on the drivers side can only be accessed by removing the storage box itself first.
Also when I did mine I could only reach right down into the inner sills by removing the seatbelt brackets & I have pretty thin arms and hands.
You only need a medium phillips head screwdriver for the storage box but you'll need a socket set for the seatbelts.

super advice ... will be taking tools along and a mate who has freaky spanner hands ... and all going well i should have her home 2moro and will show you what i have got

[craig]

Glad you're going with the advice to avoid buying a rough 'un. Looking forward to pics.

[Therockdoctor]

its a 1997 n/a with verified 56000 on the clock tiny bit of bubbling on passenger door rust free every where else waxoil underneath mot till april and i paid 1300 quid the guy had wanted 1800 but reduced in price on ebay last week to 1450 he accepted my offer... good buy i think ....

grrr site wont let me post pic says i need to do more posts ....

[Draven]

you need 15 posts to post pics

[Therockdoctor]

aaah right oh ...thinking of getting the club membership just wondered what the perks are ? also i only got insurance for the day to get the car home again as not to sure on the best option as it wont be my daily.

[craig]

aaah right oh ...thinking of getting the club membership just wondered what the perks are ? also i only got insurance for the day to get the car home again as not to sure on the best option as it wont be my daily.

15 posts required, or if you have premium there is no min posts required. This is just to stop spambots signing up and posting links/images.

Perks of premium membership are ability to dispay an avatar, access to the premium membership area and ability to post items for sale.

[gerbil1028]

Red u forgot one important benefit for this chap.

Instance discounts.

[MartinF]

Red u forgot one important benefit for this chap.

Instance discounts.

Is that instead of the delayed discounts?

[gerbil1028]

Oh feck INSURANCE discounts lol.

I saved more than enough to cover membership until I die