Hello Dear All,

 

Hope you are all well and about to have a lovely bank holiday weekend,

 

I’m after a bit of general advice in regards to my 300zx

 

I recently took her to R-Tec Auto Design and they managed to swap the tyres the alloys and tint the windows. There was a rear defuser also installed but this has now been removed buy mother nature and it languishes some ware on the A1 M ?

 

Now the main thing is I also wanted R-Tec to wrap my car but having initially agreed and quoted me a reasonable price the gentleman who was going to carry out the work refused to do so on the grounds that the car has a coarse surface below a certain line and in his opinion the wrap would come off or bubble in 6-8 months’ time thus he did not feel they could deliver a good customer experience.

 

I asked to be quoted on a re-spray and they came back with a ridiculous quote, thus I want to find out what it would cost to have a decent quality respray carried out on the 300zx without it costing an exorbitant amount,

 

The other question I have is about power upgrades, would Jimmer of Power Z be the right person to take her to for tuning or to get an extra few ponies out of her, as currently I think she’s only producing about 270-290 ish? Would it be cost prohibitive to get her to about 350-400bhp without having to go down to route of forging the engine etc..

 

Your thoughts and input is very much appreciated,

 

What were you quoted for the re-spray?

9K :surrender:

9k as in 9 thousand pounds :ohmy: a decent respray is 1500 to 2000 u could get them cheaper but u get what u pay for and try and get recommendations from people, a happy customer is generally the best advertisement

Yes 9 Grand! I told them I would buy another 300ZX for that much, but yes I had a budget of 2.5 - 3k in mind

9K would be a glass out top of the range re spray AndrewG is having his done now and can advise on it more.

I asked to be quoted on a re-spray and they came back with a ridiculous quote, thus I want to find out what it would cost to have a decent quality respray carried out on the 300zx without it costing an exorbitant amount

 

Try Kraftwork near Chelmsford, they have worked on five Club cars to date. They are very busy though. Does your car actually need a respray?

Could a paint correction/detailing session do the job?

 

https://www.facebook.com/pg/CarBodyRepairsChelmsford/photos/?ref=page_internal

https://www.kraftwork-chelmsford.co.uk/

 

The other question I have is about power upgrades, would Jimmer of Power Z be the right person to take her to for tuning or to get an extra few ponies out of her, as currently I think she’s only producing about 270-290 ish? Would it be cost prohibitive to get her to about 350-400bhp without having to go down to route of forging the engine etc..

 

Provided the engine is in good condition then 350-380bhp is reliably achievable with basic mods to up the boost to ~14psi. The VG30DETT engine is over

engineered with forged crankshaft and rods (not pistons though) and with a boost controller and revised ECU map will safely take the increase in power.

Talk to Jim@PZ to go through the options available.

Thank you Andrew & Gaz, Kraftwork seems close by and the site looks good, the paint is in good condition just a few stone chips and small scratches due to age and wear. The front bumper is the only one that really needs attention and could use a respray. Though a colour change would be nice I like the blue but ideal would be dark gunmetal grey.

Will defo talk to Jim@PZ as about 350 would be more than enough for me,

Thank you for the advice, much appreciated.

9k as in 9 thousand pounds :ohmy: a decent respray is 1500 to 2000 u could get them cheaper but u get what u pay for and try and get recommendations from people, a happy customer is generally the best advertisement

 

£1500 is a budget job.

 

Decent is at least £3k upwards providing you strip the car. 'Decent' is also subjective as the body industry is about as about as unregulated as the illegal drug trade, it's hard to find what I'd consider a good quality outfit.

£1500 is a budget job.

 

Decent is at least £3k upwards providing you strip the car. 'Decent' is also subjective as the body industry is about as about as unregulated as the illegal drug trade, it's hard to find what I'd consider a good quality outfit.

 

Wise words Si....:wink:

£1500 is a budget job.

 

Decent is at least £3k upwards providing you strip the car. 'Decent' is also subjective as the body industry is about as about as unregulated as the illegal drug trade, it's hard to find what I'd consider a good quality outfit.

 

 

Absolutely agree and I know too well how places can screw up your car :

 

Another place I would highly recommend is Custom Exotics in Harlow, you won't find more honest guys

Absolutely agree and I know too well how places can screw up your car :

 

Another place I would highly recommend is Custom Exotics in Harlow, you won't find more honest guys

 

I honestly think that these guys do some of the best paint jobs going, especially if you’re after a show car finish as the attention to detail in the final finish is amazing. It does come at a price though.

Mmm... £9k for a respray, now that is the kind of quote that speaks volumes, it is basically, we do not want to do that job, we have no idea how to tackle it and we dont not want to find out, please take it away, however if you do decide to pay £9k for the work, we will drop it at another body shop who will charge us half that and then you collect it back from us all done.. happy days, or is that just the cynic in me :tongue_smilie:

 

Jeff

Mmm... £9k for a respray, now that is the kind of quote that speaks volumes, it is basically, we do not want to do that job, we have no idea how to tackle it and we dont not want to find out, please take it away, however if you do decide to pay £9k for the work, we will drop it at another body shop who will charge us half that and then you collect it back from us all done.. happy days, or is that just the cynic in me :tongue_smilie:

 

Jeff

 

Lol you are a cynic Jeff but never underestimate a vetern of your experence and knowledge mate.:yes:

You are spot on Jeff :) I think they just wanted to see the back of me by that point,

 

I did take her in to J.E Drury Coachworks in Welwyn and they quoted me a very reasonable £450 to fix the front bumper, the bonnet and the rear wing/spoiler thus I'm very tempted to just do that keep her blue and then that will leave more budget to take her to Power Z

 

They re-spray they quoted £1,800 to 2K but they are too busy till end of summer so will have to make a decision by next week I suppose will not hurt to call others like Custom Exotics in Harlow and ask them for a quote and availability etc..

 

Thank you all for your advice and input its super helpful,

I'm very tempted to just do that keep her blue

 

I would give into the temptation - TK3 is a lovely colour!

I would give into the temptation - TK3 is a lovely colour!

 

I have to agree....:biggrin::wink: