Mango Paint :(

1. SxO13 Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 west sussex Posts: 338 Nissan Micra 16V ,Vauxhall Corsa Citreon Saxo 1.1i

   #1 10th May 2010, 15:42

   what a bummer !! bit pissed as i just rang halfords for some paint for my mirror caps and its going to cost 11.99 to get a 300ml can because the colour needs to be mixed would a 300ml can do mirror caps centre console ??
2. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #2 10th May 2010, 15:44

   get yellow pages out, look up paint/bodyshop suppliers or motor factors, all local paint suppliers around me do around a 500ml can for less than a tenner and the quality of paint is alot better than halfords
   also they will mix the paint to match your car
3. SxO13 Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 west sussex Posts: 338 Nissan Micra 16V ,Vauxhall Corsa Citreon Saxo 1.1i

   #3 10th May 2010, 15:49

   cheers buddy they will do this in spray cans yeh ?
4. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #4 10th May 2010, 15:50

   yes they do it in cans
5. marcusd Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr

   #5 10th May 2010, 16:41

   depending where u are in hove theres hove paints they mix it up in spray can and they pretty good match. much better than halfords crap, that doesn;t match
6. SxO13 Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 west sussex Posts: 338 Nissan Micra 16V ,Vauxhall Corsa Citreon Saxo 1.1i

   #6 10th May 2010, 17:56

   o right cool do the post it i mean i could collect it or my old man works in portslade so he could pick it up do you no how much they are for 500ml spray cans mate
7. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #7 10th May 2010, 18:04

   find somewhere local, be so much easier, they will match it to your cars actual paint, not just from a forumla and it will match spot on
   
   when mixing from just a formula the paint can quite often not match due to the years of fade/wear on the paint on the car
8. nicole_ Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Posts: 6713 VTS & EK9

   #8 10th May 2010, 18:10

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by mirrorblanks find somewhere local, be so much easier, they will match it to your cars actual paint, not just from a forumla and it will match spot on when mixing from just a formula the paint can quite often not match due to the years of fade/wear on the paint on the car

   mangos awful to match,
   every single panel on my mangos a slightly different colour lol
   but its only mirror caps so guess its not too bad if there not exact
9. SxO13 Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 west sussex Posts: 338 Nissan Micra 16V ,Vauxhall Corsa Citreon Saxo 1.1i

   #9 11th May 2010, 17:52

   yeh but now im thinkin is it really worth getting a match of paint if its only for mirror caps i mean im not really going to be spraying anything else unless i do my centre console 2 tone black and yellow to match the future 2 tone vt kit humm i will have a think but i think my mango is like that too !! dont think every pannel matches lol
   
10. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

    #10 11th May 2010, 17:54

    will still work out cheaper going to a paint suppliers and the paint quality will be alot better than halfrauds
11. rosco27 Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2008 York Posts: 328 Saxo VTR 1.6i Metalic Silver

    #11 11th May 2010, 19:39

    As said I would try somewhere else bud. There not called Halfrauds for nothing!