Omega Owners Forum - Can anyone do bodywork repairs?

Webby the Bear Omega Knight Offline If all is not lost, where is it? Posts: 1809 Northampton Gender: Drives: Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 CD Auto	Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs? Reply #15 - 15. Mar 2011 at 20:55 cheers cem, i wish id not bothered but is done now so desperately trying to sort it!!!
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Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs?
Reply #16 - 15. Mar 2011 at 20:55

cem wrote on 15. Mar 2011 at 20:50:

Webby , the problem in the picture needs proper sanding .. and proper painting.. which must be done by a professional.. and color passage on the panel is not that easy..(if you wont paint completely)..

dont try to learn painting on a nice new car Grin

He's not Cem. It's his omega he's practising on before he buys a super zaffy. Thumbs Up!

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Webby the Bear Omega Knight Offline If all is not lost, where is it? Posts: 1809 Northampton Gender: Drives: Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 CD Auto	Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs? Reply #17 - 15. Mar 2011 at 20:56
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Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs?
Reply #18 - 15. Mar 2011 at 21:16

A reasonable guide would be about £150 per panel, done by somebody proficient in the craft. Take it to a body-shop, and double or triple that.

Webby, If you're serious about getting your car looking really smart, I have a contact for you who'll seamlessly and fabulously repair your cack-handed bodgery for (I'd guess) about £200, but you'd need to get yourself and car over to Andover, Hants.... Wink

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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs? Reply #19 - 15. Mar 2011 at 21:42 Webby the Bear wrote on 15. Mar 2011 at 20:55: cheers cem, i wish id not bothered but is done now so desperately trying to sort it!!! no worries, can be sorted.. but you need really good references..check the shops finished jobs before you dive in
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Webby the Bear Omega Knight Offline If all is not lost, where is it? Posts: 1809 Northampton Gender: Drives: Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 CD Auto	Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs? Reply #20 - 15. Mar 2011 at 22:17 thanks guys for the advice. tony, yeah im interested. would you mind pm'ing? cheers mate
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Reply #21 - 15. Mar 2011 at 23:26

webby the secret with this sort of repair is the time and effort you but in.from the looks of things you did not sand your repair down far enough.if you have the cash then go for the proper job but if not you need to sand it all back down again and blend it into the good metal.so when you run your hand over it you cant tell where the filler ends and the metal starts.

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tidla Omega Baron Offline Posts: 2392 solihull Gender: Drives: omega 2001 3.0 elite	Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs? Reply #22 - 16. Mar 2011 at 00:10 give this guy a call.
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Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs?
Reply #23 - 16. Mar 2011 at 22:55

Webby the Bear wrote on 15. Mar 2011 at 20:39:

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Pretty much, yes.

Similar to using clays and such whereby surface contaminants are removed alongwith scratches etc leaving a really smooth surface that looks first class once sealed and polished properly.

thanks h21.... see, if i can do that then i can save myself £200!!!!!

so literally just polish with t cut and it will bring off the overspray?

cheers mate

OMG - it looks really cr*p now you've removed masking.

You really need somerthing a bit more agressive than T-cut - use a rubbing compound which will take off and smooth result of overspray.

Ideally you should have properly cleaned surrounding panels using a rubbing compound before spraying, as now if you try to remove the overspray you will end up with a "line" where the new paint meets the old "dirty" paint. So you won't save yourself the cost (£200) of putting this right by T-cutting or removing overspray.

In fact you have probably increased the cost of proper repairs now as you have "mucked up" the bumper, and the rear door which will need sorting as well as the rear wing/arch. Sad

Good bodywork repairs require a lot of good preparation - as you have found out you can't get a good spray finish on poor preparation !

Bet you wish you hadn't started this now Wink

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cannonfodder Junior Member Offline Never ever Blimin anything ever Posts: 69 Leicester Gender: Drives: 1999 2.0L Auto Omega Saloon CD and mostly things now without bullet holes in them	Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs? Reply #24 - 18. Mar 2011 at 18:49 got a similar one, except my back wings got a huge dent in it thanks to some ********* , anybody know,( i know its a welded on back wing), is it much of a job, expensive to replace the whole wing rather than repair?
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Sipey Junior Member Offline Posts: 108 Maidenhead Gender: Drives: 2004 Supercharged Monaro VXR	Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs? Reply #25 - 19. Mar 2011 at 22:35 Hi Webby, If you can get to Maidenhead I can fix it for you and provide you with a car to keep you mobile. PM me if you still need a hand bud. Regards, Mark
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Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs?
Reply #26 - 21. Mar 2011 at 11:25

Fair play for having a go at the body work although it's not something I personally would have tackled with no previous experience... it's not like regular spanner-ing, you need a bit of artistic talent too, plus experience is a must if you want to get good results.
The over spray to the door and bumper should polish out, although you'll be there a long time with just T-cut, better to use proper cutting paste and a machine polisher.

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ffcgary1 Omega Baron Offline I really must get my eyes seen to. Posts: 2263 Mitcham,Surrey. Gender: Drives: 2.5 v6 tourer, 2000 4.0 straight 6 jeep cherokee lpg	Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs? Reply #27 - 23. Mar 2011 at 18:48 Blimey sipey thats a fair offer! well done to you sir, webby would be a plonker to refuse that one, come on webby take it up man quick.
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Guffer Omega Lord Offline Music to watch girls by.... Posts: 6142 Hampshire Gender: Drives: R Reg 2.5V6 Omega ELITE & P reg Omega 2.5 V6 CDX	Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs? Reply #28 - 23. Mar 2011 at 20:23 Is Sipey a pro bodywork specialist that would do mates rate? If so I have a lot of work for him
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Sipey Junior Member Offline Posts: 108 Maidenhead Gender: Drives: 2004 Supercharged Monaro VXR	Re: Can anyone do bodywork repairs? Reply #29 - 23. Mar 2011 at 20:29 Send me a PM mate and we can have a chat
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