Best place for a touch up pen?

Discuss the 406's Bodywork stuff in here (what parts fit what, what can be interchanged with what etc etc).

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Best place for a touch up pen?

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Remember I had my rear bumper resprayed after someone at the MOT station 'caught' it in the car park?

Well I reversed very very slowly and 'kissed' my colleagues front number plate screw (he should have stuck the f*cker on with adhesive pads :roll: ) well, I've taken a tiny chip out of my lovely new painty near the rear number plate :x

My car is 'Diablo red' and apparently it's a pig to match up so where should I get a Pen from and if you say ''from the dealers Welly'' how much am I likely to get wallet-raped by them?
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Halfrauds if not the dealers, better of 2 evils is your choice. :cheesy:
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Surely their must be a bodyshop or paint specialist near you that can mix the right colour for you.

Ive been to a paint specialist place that had a colour charts. They came out to my car with a card and they just matched my colour with one of the shades on the card. It was a bit like a B&Q type of thing.

That was many moons ago the place has shut down now:roll:
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Welton wrote:My car is 'Diablo red' and apparently it's a pig to match up so where should I get a Pen from and if you say ''from the dealers Welly'' how much am I likely to get wallet-raped by them?
From the Dealers Welly :lol:

Can't remember how much I paid, but my Samarkand Blue one is totally useless - it's WAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY too dark! :evil:
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from the stealers welly :shock:
cost about a fiver is all :cheesy:


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Stealers again Welly - you get a touch up pen and a lacquer pen in a nifty little box for about £4. My first 406 was Diablo and the touch up was spot on match wise . :cheesy:
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Halfrauds have loads and I've used them before and they were good.
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I've just bought a Touch Up Brush from Ebay for my Sierra in Diamond White only £3 delivered.

Peugeot Diablo Red £3.50 delivered:
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Welton wrote:Well I reversed very very slowly and 'kissed' my colleagues front number plate screw
That's why the sensible have towbars fitted :P
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mjb wrote:
Welton wrote:Well I reversed very very slowly and 'kissed' my colleagues front number plate screw
That's why the sensible have towbars fitted :P
You mean the Tow Bars that right off your car when you get rear ended because they bend the boot floor so badly? :P :P
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Halfrauds paint set work very well, the touch up pen is brill and very fine (not like a brush based system which is way too clumsy) you can do each paint chip with ease. They will also mix colours and put it in one of the pens (about £12 I think). Other than that you could use Chips Away to do it for you but that is quite expensive.

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While we are on the topic of paint, Niz, where did you get the paint from to paint the parts in your engine bay?

I cant seem to find that shade of green anywhere.
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