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MkV GT TDI 170 DSG - Blue Graphite [Sunday Clean]
MikLSP:
I might get it painted in the future but I'm not spending on that right now. How much do people usually pay for valance painting, about £500 I'm guessing?!
On a related matter, I noticed that the old valance had definitely been removed / replaced before and was done by some utter moron who clearly used a screw driver to prise it off from the outside causing several dents and chips to the painted bumper like this.
The majority are behind the number plate actually so at least they don't show but, come one, what the hell are you doing! The bumper does have few other marks around the boot lid anyway and I'm going to leave it for the time being until we no longer have to get prams in and out of the boot. I would be much more annoyed if I sorted the bumper and it got gouged with a pram frame! :wink:
chrisr763:
--- Quote from: MikLSP on March 10, 2014, 01:01:22 pm ---I might get it painted in the future but I'm not spending on that right now. How much do people usually pay for valance painting, about £500 I'm guessing?!
On a related matter, I noticed that the old valance had definitely been removed / replaced before and was done by some utter moron who clearly used a screw driver to prise it off from the outside causing several dents and chips to the painted bumper like this.
The majority are behind the number plate actually so at least they don't show but, come one, what the hell are you doing! The bumper does have few other marks around the boot lid anyway and I'm going to leave it for the time being until we no longer have to get prams in and out of the boot. I would be much more annoyed if I sorted the bumper and it got gouged with a pram frame! :wink:
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For the rear valance - I'd say £150-250. Not sure where would charge £500 but I wouldn't to back there unless they were painting the rest of the car FOC!
MikLSP:
Haha, I had no real basis for that figure, it was just a (wild over-) estimate that I picked at the time. Either way, I'm happy with black textured plastic for now but will consider a painter upper valance section and a tidier bumper in the future. :happy2:
Oh another thing I forgot to mention is how big the gap between the GT arch liner and the GTi valance is. Obviously you will need to fit the GTi liner to sort this properly but for now I just made a very crude little bracket so at least everything is held in place (and yes I am aware of how despicably filthy my liner is haha).
Melvin084:
not £500 :signLOL:
I should be picking my valance tomorrow, my body shop are charging me £80 fitted
MikLSP:
Here are a few new pics I took in the fog last night. I actually went out to photograph a building on campus but couldn't resist this opportunity, just a shame the car was not actually clean.
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