hello again, bonnet question this time

[Andy70]

hi guys, I was going to leave this job till nearly last, but I saw a bonnet come up for 200 quid that I found, now mine was a cat C in a previous life and the damage was repaired poorly and had quotes for 2k to repair the minimum damage on the bonnet and respray the front wing, I get it that it's fiberglass and a bit specialist, but that seems steep if I can get a clean bonnet and resprayed for 700 quid or so maybe? (yes I think it's in good condition) and just bolted on and then just worry about the poor paint job on the wing another day, mine is a 2000 plate, 4 bolts on the front, 2 each side, are they all interchangeable? thanks again.
I might have read on an old thread on here once that the later ones were vented better?

[TarquinMX5]

It has been mentioned a few times, ie.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...


https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

(I don't know the definitive answer)

[Belle427]

May be better to visit your chosen painter first to ask their advice as they may want to paint the entire front end to blend it properly and do a decent job.

[Chim72]

Not sure where you’re located but i know several members of the local TVR CC that have used Option1 in Bromsgrove and been very pleased with the job & cost.

[Andy70]

Belle427 said:

May be better to visit your chosen painter first to ask their advice as they may want to paint the entire front end to blend it properly and do a decent job.

The bonnet needs some repair work which is whats pushing the price up, so if that one that i saw was in tacked, I'm still waiting on a reply from the seller, it would be cheaper to pop a new bonnet on and spray it rather than the cost of the repair

[Andy70]

TarquinMX5 said:

It has been mentioned a few times, ie.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...


https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

(I don't know the definitive answer)

Cheers, i looked at those threads is seams it isn't cut and dry so probably not worth the hassle

[Andy70]

Chim72 said:

Not sure where you’re located but i know several members of the local TVR CC that have used Option1 in Bromsgrove and been very pleased with the job & cost.

I'm in Bristol

[Chim72]

Might be worth giving Mark at Amore a call. He may know someone.

[Andy70]

Chim72 said:

Might be worth giving Mark at Amore a call. He may know someone.

Yeah I'll try that, not going to do too much research if it's not cut and dry as it seems like a gamble, Maybe the answer is to get other quotes in, the reason why I went to this company is they done a really good job for a friend and it was stupidly cheap and as it happens, they do fiberglass work too, in fact they done a TVR a couple of weeks ago