Front End Resprays

[gazzab]

What are people paying for front end resprays on cerbies? I hear that it can be expensive if the chipping is real bad.
I needa few bits of bodywork sorted but dont wanna spend thousands upon thousands!!!

[cutmonster]

£550 for my Chimaera at TVRBodyshop, Bristol (Webb's). Depends on the paint, mine was Starmist. I had a light conversion which bumped up the price to about £1250. Consider the same for your Cerby as the result is fantastic. TVRBodyshop did a cracking job, can recommend them.
Don't forget to think about stone chip protection. TVRBodyshop are fitting a protective coating which goes on BEFORE spraying for about £80. This is recommended by TVR, apparantly. Don't know how it performs though.
David.

[rthierry]

David,

Was this just a bonnet respray or did it include the wings?

[cutmonster]

rthierry
Full front end respray - they had to replace the lights by hacking out the old ones on the wings and fitting the new pods - so the wings were done too.
I have a feeling a front end respray at TVRBodyshop may be less than £550, too.
David.

[ro_butler]

Can also recommend TVRBodyshop. Had same done as cutmonster and they did a very good job.

[cutmonster]

Rob are you gonna post a piccy? What have you got, a Chim? And what colour? And have you had that new anti-chip stuff put on? If so, any thoughts?

David.

[ro_butler]

I have an imperial blue cerbie. I will post the pics that Webbs sent me when I figure out how to do it.

Sadly I was just picking mine up when I found out about the anti-chip treatment, otherwise I would have had it done.

[gazzab]

I heard of a quote for a cerby front end respray at £2.5K at a well known bodyshop not far from Fernies area.