Where are the pics Nicole??

Lee



Here is My 68AutoBug after 10 years of resto....
at home in the carport..... Lee

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[ Edited on 2-8-2006 by nicole ]

[ Edited on 2-8-2006 by nicole ]

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finally go the pics to the right size......
she will be phantom black when she is finished
and thinking her name will be the black pearl.

With those old skool gold wheels it will look like a 1980s JPS BMW race car!

these are to be the new wheels
hopefully

Ok now I'm pissed off.

My baby has been with another man for 15 WEEKS now, and it should only just be ready for paint!

Sure there is alot of work involved, I understand that, but I'm paying a so called professional 15k to paint a car that he has had 4 times as long as I've owned it.

wtf?

[ Edited on 10-9-2006 by nicole ]

First of all Nicole - love the wheels, but i am biased. I have them as well.

Now - that is not good with the paint job.
That is a LOT of $$$ you have paid for a paint job. Hope it included some pane work and stuff as well.

Yeah. It needed the drivers door realigned, 1 crack in the front welded and the bolts for the guards had pulled through, but he didn't even start on it till week 3, and it hasn't changed all that much since.

He said some shit about it being a 72 auto superbug L and it would be worth it, but I'm yet to find anywhere/one to confirm it, so for all I know he could be blowing smoke up my arse.

This sorta shit makes me wish I hadn't even started this at all. If the paint is this much hastle, what's going to happen once I start on the engine?

[ Edited on 10-9-2006 by nicole ]

Hi Nicole,
sorry to hear of Your problems...
and I believe $15K is too much money for a paint job...

for that amount of money, most professional painters would have worked day and night to have it ready..
and you would be recommending them...
I can't see You recommending Him??

I'd take it somewhere else Nicole...
You may have a fight on your hands to get Your Beetle from Him now however....

and the 1972 auto Beetle isn't really worth a lot of money

a 1975 original Auto beetle [Very Rare] was on ebay recently
and the owner told Me, He was told it was worth
$5500... at least...
It was on ebay a few times...
[reserve getting lower each time]
I'm not sure if He got $4000.... in the end..

My 68 Auto Beetle is insured for $5000 [as a classic car]
with the NRMA
and I sent them about 10 photos of the car...

sorry to say, I don't think it will be worth $15,000 if You sell it...
but then again, if you are like Me, You will never sell it..

and spray painters always take too much work on...
but Your $15k paint job should have taken priority IMHO..

Best of Luck Nicole....

Lee

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[ Edited on 11-9-2006 by 68AutoBug ]

I got a couple of quotes around the $15 K mark when I was looking at painting my bug (the bosy was in pretty good condition) and I was told that would be for a "pretty average job" ......

Good luck Nicole, am looking forward to seeing the progress

Wow..

$15k for an average paint job...

no wonder so many people paint their own cars...

My Son painted Mine....
and picked the colour...

Good to have a Spray Painter in the family..

Lee

Good luck with the remainder of the resto - hopefully it goes smoother than it has thus far. I would have thought for $15K that would include all rust repair and panel beating, not to mention a very very nice final finish. I am not sure how many quotes you got but I guess if he hasn't done much work you could pay him for what he has done to date and then find somewhere else. It would be different if it was a $5K job in which he would fit it in between other jobs when time permits....but I would have thought for that sort of money it would be a higher priority.

HOWEVER.....I am not a professional paint and panel person nor have I paid someone to paint my cars as I do it myself (yes there is a hell of a lot of time involved in a show quality finish), so this is just my 2c. Maybe Helbus on here could give some advice via U2U as he is in the trade?

Alan

Thank you all for the kind words.

The $$$ side of things isn't really a worry to me at all. I made a commitment to that that price (well actually the first verbal quote was "about 6k and 2 weeks"!) but it's gone to far to pull out now.

I just want my bloody car back!!!

I can't stand seeing nice shiny bugs cruising around, knowing that mine is half naked somewhere, just dying to get back out on the road.

And I can assure that if I don't get an absolutely flawless showroom finish much blood will be spilled.

Hope it all works out for you (and SOONER aswell!) I know the feeling of being stuffed about by Panel beaters. Can't wait to see the pics when you get it back.

Brendan

$15k and it's not even a body off pan job? Bugger that!
I hope it all works out in the longrun.
-Staggers.

Oh and yours is a Superbug S, not L.
-Staggers.

Hi,
I agree with the others, not to say anyones wrong, but a 15k paintjob should be a bare metal base, all bodywork included ,and at least to say a top final finish. Anyone who agrees to pay this much and then told it'll only be an 'average' job. Go elseware! I have been a spraypainter for a long time now and i've never heard of anyone paying that sort of dollars for anything less than a show quality, bare metal, file finished repairs, flawless finish. Inside and out! Go and have a chat and let the folks who are doing the work know you would like car done asap.After all thats a lot of bread and butter.
Good luck.

This was taken about 4 weeks ago.

Hi Nicole,
I'm afraid thats not a bare metal respray from what I've seen...
the paint has been rubbed back and undercoated [which isn't bad for a $5K paintjob...]
but for 15K....

Your car should be painted in two pack premium paint of show quality ....

thanks for the pics..

Lee

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Hey Nicole, how are you? I live around your area chicky and if I would recommend anyone for panel work and spray painting it would have to be BodyWorks Unlimited in Leichhardt. I own a white bug with pink pearl over the top, they painted it for me, did a fantastic job AND they had it no longer then a couple of weeks if I remember correctly.

well she is finally nearly finished just a pitty i dont get to drive her much. here are a few pics.

and i also am interested in joining a local club anyone got any prefences???

and hey jo i did your hair a coulpe of times at Ali's for hair

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noice, you`ve gotta love a semi-auto

Well - it certainly is shiny

Looks like a good job.
Are you still going with the Spider wheels??

is it slam oclock yet??

Well it does look OK
nice and shiney... polished up great..
old headlamps want throwing away....
they spoil the look of your car....

wheels look like 14 inch...
Your car needs to be lowered or those large wheels You were talking about.... fitted..

tail lamps are illegal... all red.. maybe you already know that...

Best to join a VW club ...
as there will be plenty of helpful VW owners
who will help You save more money... {I hope]

How does Your Autostick go??
I love mine...
it really accelerates when I use the 3 gears...

Damien [killakornkob] had some gearshift stickers made a while back... I don't know if he has any left...
they go onto your ashtray...

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Best of luck nicole

Lee

looks awesome nicole..
definately an awesome beetle you have..
are you taking her to dubs by the pub?

thanks for the comments and tips i realyy want to try and get out with her this year.

yeah i really want the new wheels and new headlights as i can really see at night with these ones but they have been put on the back burner as we just brought a new house a couple of months ago.

i love the auto

want to go to dubs buy the pub but only get back from holidays at fraser island on the saturday and are staying at my folks place at caloundra so probably wont have my car which is a shame.

if you want a shift pattern sticker Warb on here does them as well as i had him copy mine so i could get a new one