My refresh / build

[mutley]

Hi,

Er, first question, I am not really sure, never thought about it!! (i guess I better speak to my insurance!)

and 2. As my V5 ( Logbook) states the colour only as "Silver" then going from Sebring Silver to Kaiser Silver to me it's still Silver!) Now as to the cost, I am going for the full restoration respray, which means pretty much ripping the car apart, painting all the bits, and putting back together again, but not only that, I need a bit of work done as some of the panels didn't quite fit properly, so at a conservative estimate, could be anywhere between 6- 8 K .

I'll just have to wait and see if there are any issues discovered when they take it apart, so fingers crossed........

Cheers
Jim

[goldtop]

Thanks for the info Jim. Hope you have good news at the insurer.

I'd have thought at that going to a darker silver would mean that you could avoid the time/cost of internal cavity paintwork (except, perhaps, door jambs). In effect, Sebring Silver just looks like bare metal, so I don't think it would look odd when frunk or engine cover are lifted. It's an option I am considering, after remembering that I really, REALLY wanted a black NSX when I first started looking. But I'm undecided, especially if a wrap would achieve the same effect.

[mutley]

All, here are the last photos of my car as I dropped it off at the bodyshop.

[mutley]

And work has commenced!



Wish me luck!!!!

[britlude]

And work has commenced!



Wish me luck!!!!

A quick lacquer and you have a unique woodgrain camo paint job

[goldtop]

I was thinking that it looked pretty cool, too. Like one of those BMW Art paintjobs.

[mutley]

Quick update, (no more images as yet) but the body shop has finally got my car down to bare metal. Apparently there were about 8 layers of paint on it , hence the pretty wood-look effect when sanding!

I'll update with photos when I get them.

Cheers,

Jim