smoothed bonnet & boot

1. ryza Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 ipswich Posts: 961 track saxo Daily beemer

   #1 10th May 2010, 10:41

   anyone know where to get a smoothed boot from? ccf sell one for £120 but there's another place that sell onefor £30 but it looks like its been cut in half. anyone know much about this? and anyone got a smoothed bonnet for sale?
2. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #2 10th May 2010, 14:30

   i work in a bodyshop as a panel beater/painter and people just bring in their standard bonnet/tailgates and we smooth them
3. ryza Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 ipswich Posts: 961 track saxo Daily beemer

   #3 10th May 2010, 14:41

   nicee but im in ipswich how much u do it for?
4. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #4 10th May 2010, 15:06

   bonnet £140 painted
   depends how you want the tailgate, like just badges smoothing or whole thing smoothing
5. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #5 10th May 2010, 15:07

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by ryza nicee but im in ipswich

   any decent bodyshop can do it though, get out the yellow pages and go and visit them, get some quotes
6. ryza Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 ipswich Posts: 961 track saxo Daily beemer

   #6 12th May 2010, 16:29

   cheers mate anyone else know where?
7. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #7 12th May 2010, 16:33

   get out the local yellow pages and go and speak to some local bodyshops
   
   i doubt you can buy them off the shelf from anywhere
   
   second hand or get your done at a bodyshop are only options
8. user_41025 Established Member Joined: Jan 2010 grimsby Posts: 1421 citron saxo vtr 1.6i

   #8 12th May 2010, 17:46

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by mirrorblanks i work in a bodyshop as a panel beater/painter and people just bring in their standard bonnet/tailgates and we smooth them

   the whole thing smoothing how much would you guys do it for then mate ??
9. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #9 12th May 2010, 17:56

   i'm in liverpool, i doubt you'd want to travel from grimsby to get it done
10. user_41025 Established Member Joined: Jan 2010 grimsby Posts: 1421 citron saxo vtr 1.6i

    #10 12th May 2010, 17:58

    a no its a fair way just getting prices to see what am looking at paying
11. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

    #11 12th May 2010, 18:00

    for fully smoothed lookin at about £150-200
12. user_41025 Established Member Joined: Jan 2010 grimsby Posts: 1421 citron saxo vtr 1.6i

    #12 12th May 2010, 18:08

    Tar buddy
13. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

    #13 12th May 2010, 18:20

    i dont get threads like this to get panels smoothed you have to go to a bodshpp and get some quotes or take a look in the for sale section ??
    
    unless you wanna buy firberglass/carbon fiber panels which are more more for track cars as they are light not so much about what they look like and are gonna be expensive
    
    and that £30 boot in half?? you sure you werent looking at boot smoothing panels? which you bond on to the original boot but they are crap
14. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

    #14 12th May 2010, 18:37

    he will of been looking at those boot panels, they are fibreglass, usually a terrible fit and not worth the ebay listing fee
15. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #15 13th May 2010, 00:26

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by mirrorblanks he will of been looking at those boot panels, they are fibreglass, usually a terrible fit and not worth the ebay listing fee

    and usually crack...
16. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

    #16 13th May 2010, 15:32

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by LSOfreak and usually crack...

    
    so true
17. user_27198 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2008 Exeter - Devon Posts: 3179 Nitrous'd Saxo VTS '52 Plate (S33 VTS)

    #17 14th May 2010, 23:22

    fibreglass/plastic skins are wank! agreed!
    
    I bought one from here and got it sprayed to my car color... cost me £130 in the end
    
    And now gonna be selling soon for fibreglass one!
18. user_29778 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2009 Stourbridge Posts: 3996 Vauxhall corsa 1.2 Saxo 1.6 vtr

    #18 14th May 2010, 23:23

    You pay for what you get tbh, but that shitty fg for cheap, it will crack and end up replacing it, costing more than what a proper job would of cost
19. Furioman Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2004 Denny United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 666 Ford focus 2.0 Saxo VTS

    #19 14th May 2010, 23:40

    full smooth is a bad thing you have to remove the bonnet saftey catch,
20. ryza Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 ipswich Posts: 961 track saxo Daily beemer

    #20 15th May 2010, 13:48

    so i shouldn't do it?
21. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

    #21 15th May 2010, 16:39

    its upto you, its your car
22. ryza Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 ipswich Posts: 961 track saxo Daily beemer

    #22 15th May 2010, 18:26

    just wonderin if i would bother, quite expensive to just get rid of a grill, but does look rather smart
23. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

    #23 15th May 2010, 18:47

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ryza just wonderin if i would bother, quite expensive to just get rid of a grill, but does look rather smart

    thats why you buy second hand parts and spray them the same colour as your car, at the end of the day body work modifications are expensive
24. blakey260 Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 Rotherham/Sheffield Posts: 137 Ford Focus Zetec

    #24 16th May 2010, 02:42

    i'll be selling my smoothed bonnet once i find another one, but at the moment they're like gold dust :/
25. Mallyauto86 Established Member Joined: Nov 2008 France Just Under The Eifel Tower Posts: 1723

    #25 16th May 2010, 03:51

    smoothed boot big yes smoothed bonnet is gay imho just dont grab them.... carbon fiber bonnet yes
26. ryza Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 ipswich Posts: 961 track saxo Daily beemer

    #26 16th May 2010, 10:28

    ok let me know when u sell it coz i would be interested, and anyone got a smooth boot? or know where to get a decent one from?
27. markwillows Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2007 Grimsby Posts: 930 Ibiza DAB

    #27 16th May 2010, 10:30

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by shaunsvtr the whole thing smoothing how much would you guys do it for then mate ??

    
    I have a fibrelgass boot for sale in Grimsby
    Fully smoothed. In wicked red just needs respraying to match your car
28. ryza Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 ipswich Posts: 961 track saxo Daily beemer

    #28 16th May 2010, 12:27

    ok kool mate, what condition and how much u want for it? and does it come with the glass
29. thebullet118 L-plater Joined: Mar 2010 Leicester Posts: 86 Saxo Frote 1.1i 2001 Wicked Red Oooh... yeah!

    #29 16th May 2010, 12:43

    I was looking at a fibre glass one of ebay. It's 120 pound for full fivre glass with a grill but... If it's going to crack, what's the point? =S
30. ryza Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 ipswich Posts: 961 track saxo Daily beemer

    #30 16th May 2010, 12:59

    yeah i think im gonna leave the bonnet, a lot of work to just get rid of a grill, just gonna colour code grill and mesh it and still wanting a boot thought, that does make it look really smart from my point of view
31. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #31 16th May 2010, 13:17

    smooth boots suit saxos well i think. any bad points in having a full fibreglass bootlid. i know its lighter but does the paint on it look 'rippled' and will it crack over time?
32. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

    #32 16th May 2010, 15:31

    well i make them up to order, drop me a pm