Daimo B
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Severly lacking in th last few years?
"Back in our day" when I was a lad  Loads of us had resprays. Be it the original colour or aftermarket colours. It made the cars...
Is it me, or is it something that seems not to happen very much these days on modified car?
Also the amount of "show cars" or all out monsters is lacking recently?
Are times changing for modified cars?
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karisma_corsa
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i think the main cause is resprays cost so much and people simply cant afford them,
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Matt L
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its because most people who start making show cars now use lexus lights and then post pics on here, get shot down for having a car that doesnt have gsi kit/speedlines and then never comes back on . so we dont hear about them
the above isnt really a serious reply
but theres a few people on here that have had resprays recenetly just not really posted about them.
[Edited on 19-02-2009 by Matt L]
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XSIHardy
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yeh i think they have,in a few years the crazy cars will probz be back, but for now i think more people are going onto car forums ect and going down the root of keeping it suttle and smooth
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Tommy L
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Credit crunch hitting the modifying scene
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Ojc
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Unless you are rebuilding something, starting from stratch there isn't any point.
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Gazdaman
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Personally the cost stops me. I'd love a respray, just can't afford/justify one.
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a_j_mair
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resprays are always one of the things where you get what you pay for
i no this as my corsa ended up having 3 just to get it right
need to spend the money to do it properly
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Andy Stocker
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I had one 
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mwg
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I'd say more people are buying newer cars and modifying them rather than older stuff that needs a bit of restoring aswell as modding. So they dont really need respraying
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karisma_corsa
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My car gets loads of attention and all ive done to the exterior is one off bumpers sprayed in same colour as car, the package as a whole works, but if i wanted the car to be totaly mint then i would get a respray,
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Matt L
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my old corsa practically had a respray as all the parts were sprayed at some point
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FruitBooTeR
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Ill shall be getting one when saxo sells
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gavin18787
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I fancy one to sort out all my paint issues. But they are only minor and will only come back once its been "used"
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Hammer
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There will still be plenty being done, summer is the time you see them when the shows are on.
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Andy Stocker
I had one
We are old but cool?
Yours was better than mine. Yours made people crash cars from looking. Donna still laughs at that storey
People saying about new cars needing resprays. But tbh, when say Andy and I were tinkering with Corsas, corsa B's were still "fairly" new (3-4 years old) and didn't really need them, but we done them anyway
I know theres a few, just not seeing many about these days as everyone does the same as everyone else. (i.e GSi and smooth).
Smooth is good, but too much of one thing makes it bad... And EVERYONE is doing smooth these days?
Someone go mental again please
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Daniel_Corsa
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Mine just about had two!
Colour change was about best thing I ever done! Would do it again if I modify a car to that extent again!
GF's bro had his Polo done just before Christmas! Lots being done just not in the corsa world any more!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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l15ter
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respray-not worth it for me, plus i sooner use the money towards a new car
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Tomnova16
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there is loads of brand new golfs being resprayed non factory colours and thats just the veedub scene, still lots going on but as said gonna be more coming as everyone waits for the show season
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swill_omnibus
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt L
its because most people who start making show cars now use lexus lights and then post pics on here, get shot down for having a car that doesnt have gsi kit/speedlines and then never comes back on . so we dont hear about them
the above isnt really a serious reply
That made me laugh!
quote:
but theres a few people on here that have had resprays recenetly just not really posted about them.
Yea i had a respray about 4-5 months back now, white&black but didn't feel important enough to post about it
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Daniel_Corsa
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All the VAG stuff will be out for Ultimate Dubs next month!
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Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa
All the VAG stuff will be out for Ultimate Dubs next month!
And i don't think the Anni will be in a state to drive up there! = 
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Luke
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I'm looking at getting one done in the next few months or so. Don't know where to take it though.
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Tomnova16
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you could bring it to me
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
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DizzyRebel
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a good re-spray is about 3 grand if you want a proper job, its a lot of money to spend on a car that probably worth 3 grand anyway!
I do miss seeing bright colours and mad kits of the 90's really did love that skeete R5 in lime green. Things just cost too much nowerdays, and its hard to be original as everything has been done already!
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