4th gen roof - red or black?

Post by **vanzep** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:14 pm

well ive had one quote from a bodyshop that has done work on other ludes and it was a bit more than i was hoping for - been to another one today and will see what they say. both have said that its windscreen out to fix the dented roof

i was looking for the rear quarters of the car to be painted and the arches fixed but its not looking promising
might have to come up with some other options such as wrap or plastidip

Post by **indigolemon** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:29 pm

That sucks man. I still think black would look good, and some cunning use of filler would hide the dents and could be wrapped over?

Post by **vanzep** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:21 pm

yeah i got my hopes up and then got the quotes

one of the problems of owning a 20 years old milano red lude

probably a wrap for the roof is a good idea - then ive got the arches to do again and thats before painting the rear quarters, bootlid and bumper.

at this stage plastidip looks attractive at £399 for a whole car single or two tone

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:40 pm

Someone only said the other day on here that Plastidip is only good for about 9 months or something though. Don't quote me on that, but it certainly wasn't a long time.

I think @bb1boy knew about it.

EDIT: Here it is...

http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/post186730.html

Post by **vanzep** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:52 pm

thanks for pointing out that thread
9 months isnt going to work is it

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:03 pm

You'd definitely be better off with wrapping.

Post by **vanzep** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:06 pm

yep will have to do some research

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:45 am

Indeed, it should last 9 months quite comfortably, but then it starts to wear and peel and look scruffy.. still, you could do a 6 monthly application to make sure it's always fresh

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:52 am

...for a roof, I'd go vinyl, its a nice (almost) flat square panel - a wrapper's delight ...see what I did there?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 10:13 am

bb1boy wrote:a wrapper's delight ...see what I did there?