There's a lot of prep work that goes into such a small job. Your also having two different colours. Between £300-£400 is in the right area I think.
Thanks @Minimucks. Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t being being hit with T6 price inflation! I thought that when I looked at the lower grill. Plenty of prep! The reason I went to this body shop is that they do a lot of work for a local converters and they rate him.
I'm not sure why it might peel off if you do the job properly with a rattle can, the prep is the important bit and you can do it properly yourself and save a lot of money.
I did have a go with an aerosol on a lower grill I picked up on eBay. It looked okay at a distance but didn’t pass T6 Quality Control! Not sure I used the right primer.
Ah, I've only done small repairs on my three daughters cars, and I buy my rattle cans from a company called "Nuagane" who mix the paint in front of me while I wait 5 minutes, they sell mainly to the car trade. It's good stuff and always does a decent job, some of the repairs I've done still look good five years later after plenty of pressure washing.
Borat have you gone ahead and painted your OEM grilles? I've been agonising over this (painting OEM versus buying prefab) ever since I got my T6.1 12 months ago. Would love to see any photos of anyone who has painted OEM lower grille gloss black?
Not yet but I’m about to start getting some quotes so will let you know if I get it done. Unfortunately seems to be a lot of bad experiences of quality with the aftermarket ones so if I can get a reasonable quote for paint I probably will go this way. I’ve got a splitter that I need painting as well so hoping to get it all done together
Hey Borat, so have you had your grilles painted yet? How'd they turn out? Any photos?So, I got 2 quotes - 1 from paint worx in loughborough who are well known for VW stuff and one from a local firm. The local firm is well recommended and when I spoke to them it turns out they have done a few VW conversion bits and knew what they were talking about. This was for painting an LV-S chin / splitter in Ravenna blue / gloss black and painting the grills / dog bone plastics in gloss black with blue trims, inc fitting to the van. Paint worx quoted 550+vat, my local firm quoted 300+vat. Fairly big difference! I'm going to chance it with the local guys, as they are very well reviewed and its a big price difference. Given what I have seen others have been quoted just for the plastics, that seems like a bit of a bargain, given it would cost me almost 300 for aftermarket ones and I know I would struggle to fit them without breaking something
I'll see what they come out like and post a recommendation if they are good!
ps - Not sure if you planned to get the chrome effect trim painted, but the local guys suggested it would chip easily and wouldn't recommend. When I mentioned to paintworx they said they do it a fair bit and it can work with a lot of prep but they agreed its something that can happen. As a result I am going to get the matt black aftermarket trims and get them painted instead, which paint worx said they've done and works fine
Hi. They are actually in the paint shop as we speak. I should have them fitted over weekend so will report back and post pics. I’ve seen another one with painted grills and looked good.
Any pics of your painted grilles yet Borat?
