Doc on tour, France, Spain, Morroco.

[MichaelT]

It's the right colour fiat 210 , but bare in mind the unpainted bits have 20 year old paint on them even a paintshop in the UK charging thousands could not paint the bumpers and have it match the exsisting paintwork perfectly. The only way to do that is a full respray.

I've had many vehicles resprayed in the UK...I paid 4k for a respray on an old vw back in 2008 .. I've had several others done and a few partial resprays. Whilst the finish on the main panels etc was better than what these guys have done none were ever perfect straight after paint ...they still required fettling.

A spectrometre only gives the colour code ....its almost impossible to mix it to allow for sun, road damage over years.

That's what I thought a spectrometer does, give you the exact mix to match up. Fiat 210 will obviously be whiter than the existing so using a spectrometer will make a near perfect match taking into account fade etc.

 

[Northernraider]

That's what I thought a spectrometer does, give you the exact mix to match up. Fiat 210 will obviously be whiter than the existing so using a spectrometer will make a near perfect match taking into account fade etc.

I'm not sure it does . It just identifies the colour

Also it's likely any aging and fading would be different on different areas of the vehicle due to how its parked for long periods etc so the colour on the left side could well be different to that on the right . Many motorhomers will always choose to park with their hab door facing south to get the sun etc.

The fortunate thing with my van is it was parked In a big shed for 12 years so it didn't get sun bleached so much.

From where I removed the grey decal there's very little difference in the colour from the paint where there was no decal. And it polishes up nice as I did it all in sep/Oct

 

[MichaelT]

I'm not sure it does . It just identifies the colour

Also it's likely any aging and fading would be different on different areas of the vehicle due to how its parked for long periods etc so the colour on the left side could well be different to that on the right . Many motorhomers will always choose to park with their hab door facing south to get the sun etc.

The fortunate thing with my van is it was parked In a big shed for 12 years so it didn't get sun bleached so much.

From where I removed the grey decal there's very little difference in the colour from the paint where there was no decal. And it polishes up nice as I did it all in sep/Oct

It gives the exact mix but you are right one side may be more faded than the other even top to bottom.

 

[Mikey RV]

That's very true I remember one of my Elegances which was never painted but had more shades of gold than H Samuel's jewellers View attachment 1001548

Same here my elegance is silver / grey, never been painted but needs some paintwork done. Should have called it fifty shades of grey.
So don’t worry about it Tam, it’s trendy to have different colours, you just took your time catching up with the rest of the world.
But the blue and grey one there is another league……on its own.

 

[jongood]

I religiously remove the angles mortes stickers as soon as I leave France so I dont end up with 3 sharp white squares. Looking at the fading on some peoples stickers makes me think they're in for an unpleasant surprise when they eventually remove them.

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[Minxy]

Tam, for info the parking near the beach walk/garden area at Retimar is allowing MHs to stay again, it would be a good spot for you as there's a good beach for your pooches and a large area of land next to it for them to have a run around on too. We stayed in the smaller carpark for a couple of nights without any problems and the police patrolled regularly but didn't move anyone on.

what3words location: https://w3w.co/mushy.soiling.shams

 

[Northernraider]

I've had a good scan round it this morning and overall I'm very pleased .. definitely needs a bit of polish but overall unless you really scrutinise it you'd be hard pushed to know it wasn't always all white . The biggest issues are where there was black sealant around bumper and arches .. but that's easily cleaned and redone

 

[funflair]

Tbf there was usually a bit of colour difference on new stuff, Aluminium panels taking the paint differently to fibre glass skirts etc.

Quite true Jon, our Palace the fibreglass bits were a different shade to the side panels straights from the factory and some have different shades within the different fibreglass panels (no excuse for that) Concorde, Burstner, Carthago all do it, N+B are pretty good if you pay an extra £30k for a metallic paint job

 

[jongood]

I've had a good scan round it this morning and overall I'm very pleased .. definitely needs a bit of polish but overall unless you really scrutinise it you'd be hard pushed to know it wasn't always all white . The biggest issues are where there was black sealant around bumper and arches .. but that's easily cleaned and redone

What a big relief for all of us

 

[Carpmart]

Great news!

I have to say, when I saw the painting happening in a sand/gravel area yesterday and not a shed with some dust suppression, I was more than a tad alarmed!

The main thing is, you’re happy, that’s the start and the end of it!

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[Minxy]

So funsters ... how many of you really wanted to know the outcome of the paint job but we're fearful of opening the thread to find out in case there was a very grumpy Scot waiting for you!

 

[Lenny HB]

Tam, for info the parking near the beach walk/garden area at Retimar is allowing MHs to stay again, it would be a good spot for you as there's a good beach for your pooches and a large area of land next to it for them to have a run around on too. We stayed in the smaller carpark for a couple of nights without any problems and the police patrolled regularly but didn't move anyone on.

what3words location: https://w3w.co/mushy.soiling.shams

A long way from where he is in Marocco.

 

[CaptainPaul]

So funsters ... how many of you really wanted to know the outcome of the paint job but we're fearful of opening the thread to find out in case there was a very grumpy Scot waiting for you!

Not me I was sending him positive vibes throughout! Lol

 

[Minxy]

A long way from where he is in Marocco.

Silly 'old' boy, it's for when he gets back to Spain.

(Edited to add 'old' so as not to mislead! )

 

[Northernraider]

A few more pre assembly photos . That door looks so so much better

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[Manic]

Did they mask the door graphics

 

[Northernraider]

Did they mask the door graphics

Yes I had to do that as it would look odd without them and getting that bit replaced would have been hard . Turned out OK you can't feel the edge. There is a little overspray on one bit but hopefully that will clean off.

 

[Phill D]

Looks good Tam, never doubted you would be anything but pleased with it.
You knew you would need to polish and fettle things after completion.
It cost me £350 to have a Ducato bonnet done recently and I had to deliver the bonnet to the paint shop.

 

[CaptainPaul]

A few more pre assembly photos . That door looks so so much better View attachment 1001577View attachment 1001578View attachment 1001579View attachment 1001580View attachment 1001581

Looks super Tam and it's taken years of the big girl
Well done mate

 

[Carpmart]

I’ve forgotten what the Flair looked like before now…

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[Wanders from Glos]

I've had a good scan round it this morning and overall I'm very pleased .. definitely needs a bit of polish but overall unless you really scrutinise it you'd be hard pushed to know it wasn't always all white . The biggest issues are where there was black sealant around bumper and arches .. but that's easily cleaned and redone

Glad it’s worked out for you

 

[Northernraider]

I’ve forgotten what the Flair looked like before now…

I will post pics up before and afters once it's polished and re assembled

 

[scousebird]

I've had a good scan round it this morning and overall I'm very pleased .. definitely needs a bit of polish but overall unless you really scrutinise it you'd be hard pushed to know it wasn't always all white . The biggest issues are where there was black sealant around bumper and arches .. but that's easily cleaned and redone

Good to hear you're pleased with the job as you seemed to be working yourself up into a right lather about it. What's next?

 

[pagey]

Looks good

 

[Abacist]

Brake master cylinder change is next after refitting lights and trims unless Tam is going to get this lot to paint underneath!

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[Clemmo]

Im sure you will have thought about it..... I always ask the body shop to let me have a small jar/tin of the paint they used with a brushing consistency. Allows you to hand finish any bits n bobs as you come across them after you have left the Bodyshop.

 

[pagey]

I would get them to paint it underneath as it's an awful job to do

 

[Barchetta47]

I will post pics up before and afters once it's polished and re assembled

Really pleased for you. Those boys have done you proud.

 

[CaptainPaul]

Good to hear you're pleased with the job as you seemed to be working yourself up into a right lather about it. What's next?

Song for our Tam.....

 

[Phill D]

Good to hear you're pleased with the job as you seemed to be working yourself up into a right lather about it. What's next?

Too many “well meaning “ negative vibes can make things difficult to deal with!

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