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This is a discussion on colour coding side strips within the Styling and Car Care forums, part of the General Motoring Discussions category; how much does everyone think it would cost to colour code the side strips and door handles on a red ...
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30-04-2004, 20:24
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| Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: doncaster
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| colour coding side strips how much does everyone think it would cost to colour code the side strips and door handles on a red fabia rs cheers |
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30-04-2004, 20:43
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In the land of Stella .
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| At a guess , about £200ish ..............I didn't realise that the door handles weren't colour coded .
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30-04-2004, 20:49
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| Mongreller  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon
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| Milotec silver door handles are about £30+VAT for all the covers, but obviously you want red ones? Get these covers and spray em red? I dunno. 
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01-05-2004, 00:19
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| Or get Halfords to mix you up the right colour and spray them yourself Chris
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01-05-2004, 00:25
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| Briskodian  Join Date: May 2003 Location: North East
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| Leave it well alone - it'll look pants otherwise. |
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01-05-2004, 09:33
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Feb 2003
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| Yea dont go there. It will look terrible. Stick with the black as its breaks the slab effect, plus the strips will look cack if you have it done and the paint peels/cracks when other doors bounce off them.
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01-05-2004, 14:29
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| Briskodian  | I thought about doing this myself but then put it to the back shelf. Approx £200 is a lot of money to pay for very little improvement (on a black car anyway) that money could be put towards a chip or exhaust. I think I'm right in saying that most people would prefer performance mods over asthetic mods. If you still want to change the handle colour search the scrappers for a Golf/Passat/Polo etc...... they all use the same handles and I'm sure you could find a colour coded set for less than the £200 it would cost to spray yours up. Des |
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01-05-2004, 14:40
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| Briskodian | If you really must do this,I agree it'll probably look a bit overpowering,need to break the colour up a bit.Go to Halfords or similar,get tin of spray undercoat suitable for plastic (flexing agent built in) tin of red spray if available,if not get it from main agent,clean thouroughly with panel wipe or similar,grey scotch pad bits to be done,pref after masking off carefully and thouroughly,and away you go! If you have the confidence to diy then total cost approx £20-5 . Laffin. Don't come moanin if it looks naf though C.J. Notice on your profile you've got a puglet.You changing to a real car soon? Last edited by C.J.; 01-05-2004 at 15:16. |
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01-05-2004, 14:55
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Colchester
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| Or go the full max power route - remove the door handles, get them filled in and smoothed over...
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01-05-2004, 16:39
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| BRISKODA Staff  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cambridgeshire
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| steveredvrs - Steve with the Corrida red vRS - had his car done last summer. See this thread for lots of pics and information on the cost.
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01-05-2004, 16:55
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| Go for the milotec chrome covers, on a red fabia they look the dogs.
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