My new Tamora

[nubbin]

Well, I've just got my car back after it's trip to the paint shop. Fantastic new paint on nose, wings and bonnet, and I paid to have the rear undertray body-coloured. I have to say the rear spoiler looks fantastic! Much better than in black - it really pulls the rear end together (ooerr, missus!) I've taken some photos and stuck them on fotango, but I'll try to link them to this post, also.







>>> Edited by nubbin on Monday 12th August 15:01

[robertm]

The front looks good, but I can't see the one of the back.

I thought about getting the rear diffuser on mine colour coded when it goes back for the 1000 mile service, but I was worried that it would get messed up by the muck thrown out of the exhausts on cold start ups.

How's yours doing so far?

[robertm]

Ignore my last post.

The rear end has just appeared, (as they say!).

I'd still be interested to know about muck from the exhausts getting on the diffuser though.

Cheers.

>> Edited by robertm on Monday 12th August 16:41

[nubbin]

Robert, I have literally driven it 3 miles from body shop to garage, awaiting Armourfend fitment tomorrow. It will get dirty, and possibly scratched, although I haven't noticed any damage to the rear spoiler since I got it. It will be interesting to see how it goes.

[robertm]

Thanks Duncan.

As a matter of interest, what sort of price did you pay to have it colour coded?

I've just asked TMS for a quote to do mine when it goes back in.

By the way, I see you got rid of the 'black bits' on the bonnet as well.

>> Edited by robertm on Monday 12th August 16:45

[nubbin]

It's a long story - basically a woman rolled her renault Megane onro the bonnet, and scratched it, so I neeeded a complete front end respray - on her insurance! That got rid of the black bonnet vents, and I paid £70 to have the rear spoiler done at the same time. Great value. I didn't get the boot lid black bit resprayed, because it would need blending in all round, so would cost £5-600, which semed pointless. It looks fantastic now, and the paintshop commented that the TVR painting was actually very good, especially compared to robot painters - which often leave bare metal patches!! Renault are particularly bad in this respect.

[Lance]

I like it. Wonder if I can stage a parking incident....!

[robertm]

Seventy quid to spray the spoiler sounds good. I was expecting a couple of hundred.

I'll see how the price from TMS compares, as I think I'll have to get mine done.

Lance, if you're trying to stage a parking incident, just continue exiting Boxhill car park via the entrance, as you did when you took me for a blast!

>> Edited by robertm on Tuesday 13th August 16:00

[Lance]

rob...need to bash the back in though, not a head-on!

[plotloss]

Got any (good) mates with company cars?

Matt.

[nubbin]

Got the Armourfend fitted this afternoon - it is visible, but only just, and there is a line where it ends. But I took the car out for a thrash aferwards, and when I came back, I checked the nose, and there were at least 10-15 marks where stones had hit the Armourend, and they all rubbed off with no damage. good value, I'd say!!