Touch up paint

[noel]

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Where is the best place to buy touch up paint. How much do Honda dealers charge?

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NOEL

[Jumanji]

Since you are in Sydney, Hit up VG auto Paints, Get the paint code off your car take it to them and they'll mix it up!

[noel]

Ta for the heads-up, Jumanji, I'll follow that lead.

For what it's worth: I contacted one of those bumper repair outfits for a price on touching-up six small scratches on the bumper - they said the job should not take more than a 'few hours' and cost $350.

I'll just get some paint and do the touch-up myself. I've learned the hard way from a previous experience, where a section of the plastic on a Volvo taillight, through which light did not pass, had broken. The guy at the local dealership counselled against it, unless replacement was necessary for registration. But, I did replace the unit (at $350, twenty years ago) and not a fortnight later, the lady of the house, reversed the 264 into a trailer parked across the street, putting a large hole smack dab in the middle of the new taillight. Good thing I hadn't thrown away the other unit, eh?

Still wondering - just what do they do for the $350?

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NOEL

[Jumanji]

They sand that area back to plastic, Apply primer and then re do the paint

[noel]

They sand that area back to plastic, Apply primer and then re do the paint

Ta for the information - and your interest, Jumanji

[Jumanji]

Ta for the information - and your interest, Jumanji

Anytime drop me a PM if you need anything

[fillit]

Ta for the heads-up, Jumanji, I'll follow that lead.

For what it's worth: I contacted one of those bumper repair outfits for a price on touching-up six small scratches on the bumper - they said the job should not take more than a 'few hours' and cost $350.

I'll just get some paint and do the touch-up myself. I've learned the hard way from a previous experience, where a section of the plastic on a Volvo taillight, through which light did not pass, had broken. The guy at the local dealership counselled against it, unless replacement was necessary for registration. But, I did replace the unit (at $350, twenty years ago) and not a fortnight later, the lady of the house, reversed the 264 into a trailer parked across the street, putting a large hole smack dab in the middle of the new taillight. Good thing I hadn't thrown away the other unit, eh?

Still wondering - just what do they do for the $350?

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NOEL

bit on the expensive side as a whole bumper respray shouldn't cost more than $500 or so..

[noel]

bit on the expensive side as a whole bumper respray shouldn't cost more than $500 or so..

Update: I had the job done by a bumper specialist for under $300 and it was brilliant. Took several hours (at mortgage manor) and he sanded damage back to base, undercoated and then applied colour coats.

The guy was very thorough and really masked up the rest of the front of the car. Now looks great!

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NOEL