Greetings, Noticing the bonnet is suffering from a few stone chips and was thinking of getting it re sprayed. Had a quote for £350 and one for £710 ! Was just wondering what other options are available and in particular has anyone tried 'just' stripping the paint back and then polishing the aluminium itself. Possible or just a mad idea, what do you think? TIEAK
Have you ever heard of aluminum corrosion? Very nasty. I would not do it. You could try spray film (Foliatec), it will be 30-40ish quid and you can remove it any time. Might even make some carbon effect with a fly screen. Paint it black, lay the fly screen on the bonnet and spray over it with silver
if you did go back to bare metal you'd need to give it a clear coat lacquer to stop the corrosion Salieri mentioned. Another option is to keep current colour and get a company like chipsaway to sort the chips out - probably a lot cheaper than a respray.
Thanks for all the notes...I did spend a pleasant bank holiday with a touch up paint filling in all the gaps. Not quite as good as new so think I'll my eye out for a second hand bonnet, sounds the best longer term route.
