General My Barchetta & Respray

[neil_bb77]

Well I have had the B almost three years now and she has been locked away for a while but decided it was time to finally get the paint sorted. 15 years of stone chips, dents and scuffs were starting to get annoying.

So a few weeks ago this was the situation




And now



Also added the Naxos front spoiler at the same time which i'm happy with



Fingers crossed for some good weather soon

 

[afroking]

Looks great!

Did it cost much?

 

[bumble]

Looks great mate. Shame you couldnt afford the red paint. Maybe next time.

 

[afroking]

He's a bloke mate, blokes don't like pink.

 

[wish mine was orange]

nice job good color

 

[neil_bb77]

Looks great!

Did it cost much?

Around £900 all in, been saving for a while!!

A lot considering the value of the car at the moment but much happier now its done

 

[Nino_1975]

Mine cost 2K for full restore of exterior.

It's worth it. It's not about what it's worth on the market but what it's worth to you.

Rare cars.....

 

[F4usT]

nice color... so shiny i can almost see my face when looking at.

 

[doolahrock]

That looks fantastic. Reminds me of my wee blue.....now living in Spain.

 

[barchetta_97]

Nice looking b you have there!

 

[MattB2k]

Great looking car. One day I will get my bodywork blemish free again.

 

[neil_bb77]

Thanks for the nice comments, cant wait to get the car out of the garage. Still need to work on those other jobs now, have a new leather gearknob to fit and still undecided whether to fit the leather seats that are in the shed.

Mine cost 2K for full restore of exterior.

It's worth it. It's not about what it's worth on the market but what it's worth to you.

Rare cars.....

The B certainly is getting rare, i work just opposite a major road junction and during a day you can see Ferrari's, Lambo's and plenty of others but very very rarely another Barchetta

 

[jetweed]

Any guesses how much a Black Barchetta full resray should cost?

 

[patches]

I know I may be able to find this in other posts but can I get recommendations as to a good body shop? Ideally London but South England doable. To add the the two small dings, a branch fell off a tree on my street last night and dented the rear quarter panel (passenger side).

 

[Nino_1975]

I know I may be able to find this in other posts but can I get recommendations as to a good body shop? Ideally London but South England doable. To add the the two small dings, a branch fell off a tree on my street last night and dented the rear quarter panel (passenger side).

Great place in Swindon if you don;t mind travelling. They did mine.

www.mitchymotors.co.uk

 

[jetweed]

Hi Nino, do you mind me asking how much it cost to carry out the restoration that you have achieved with your car? How much work was carried out by Mitchy Motors?
I've emailed them to ask what cost their help on my car would be...

 

[Twilight Johnny Atom]

I know I may be able to find this in other posts but can I get recommendations as to a good body shop? Ideally London but South England doable. To add the the two small dings, a branch fell off a tree on my street last night and dented the rear quarter panel (passenger side).

As I always do, I'll recommend DTR. Better access to body parts than most and an unbeatable understanding of all things barchetta related so they will know if there are any issues likely.

http://www.dtrsports.com/

 

[patches]

Thanks both - good to have a couple of options!