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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 ) well, I've taken a tiny chip out of my lovely new painty near the rear number plate

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?

Halfrauds if not the dealers, better of 2 evils is your choice.

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:

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

Can't remember how much I paid, but my Samarkand Blue one is totally useless - it's WAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY too dark!

from the stealers welly
cost about a fiver is all

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 .

Halfrauds have loads and I've used them before and they were good.

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:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-PAINT-PEUGEOT ... dZViewItem

Welton wrote:Well I reversed very very slowly and 'kissed' my colleagues front number plate screw

That's why the sensible have towbars fitted

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

You mean the Tow Bars that right off your car when you get rear ended because they bend the boot floor so badly?

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.

Mat

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.