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Bodyshop recomendation
Bodyshop recomendation
by Rippers » Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:19 pm
I bought a 63 bug recently and its 80% OG paint. It has lovely thin paint patina to it where its been naturally sand blasted.
The wings have had a bit of poorly applied filler and wrong colour rattle can which I removed hoping to find OG paint underneath but the PO must have run a D/A over it before as only half of it was OG paint underneath. So I need a body shop to repair this. Ideally painting the areas in grey same as OG primer then pearl white and buffering the paint thin to match the body. Crazy thing is there was only the smallest of dings on the wing that they have tried to repair!
Anyone got any recommendations for someone to do this in the South East?
The wings have had a bit of poorly applied filler and wrong colour rattle can which I removed hoping to find OG paint underneath but the PO must have run a D/A over it before as only half of it was OG paint underneath. So I need a body shop to repair this. Ideally painting the areas in grey same as OG primer then pearl white and buffering the paint thin to match the body. Crazy thing is there was only the smallest of dings on the wing that they have tried to repair!
Anyone got any recommendations for someone to do this in the South East?
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Re: Bodyshop recomendation
by orb » Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:02 am
Can't recommend Darren Mills highly enough, he's done some amazing work, including blending old paint, for a number of my friends and all have been super happy.
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Re: Bodyshop recomendation
by Rippers » Sun Nov 15, 2015 4:39 pm
Do you have contact details for Darren?
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Re: Bodyshop recomendation
by Alex VW Heritage » Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:48 am
I highly recommend Phil @ Brickfield Auto's
http://www.philnorman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home_new.htm
He painted my van and I was very happy.
http://www.philnorman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home_new.htm
He painted my van and I was very happy.
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Re: Bodyshop recomendation
by dinsdale » Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:31 pm
+1 for Darren, as I did on the other thread that Orb links toorb wrote:Can't recommend Darren Mills highly enough, he's done some amazing work, including blending old paint, for a number of my friends and all have been super happy.
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Re: Bodyshop recomendation
by orb » Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:31 pm
Darren Mills - 07976 534793 - tell him Orb sent you
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