Bodytone - Wokingham

omegamanv6 · 19-12-2007, 09:35

anybody know if this is a good place for bodywork and respray??

in march im planning to get my car resprayed jet pearl black and the bumpers smoothed in , also will have my new bumpers on by then

or does anybody know any better?

astra_sri_andy · 19-12-2007, 10:01

Yer, he seems to be pretty good. Tony his name is and he's really friendly

He sprayed Becky's spoiler for her for £110, which we thought was pretty good. I have another mate with a VXR who uses him for spraying and stuff, he recently had a big dent and nasty stone chip on his bonnet repaired by Bodytone and speaks quite highly of him.

mattcoupturbo · 19-12-2007, 10:44

Are these the guys opposite the army camp?

astra_sri_andy · 19-12-2007, 10:49

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Originally Posted by mattcoupturbo

Are these the guys opposite the army camp?

No mate. I think that's Silverlake Garage or something.

Bodytone are down Redlake Lane in Wokingham...you know your on it cos you need new suspension when you get to the end

mattcoupturbo · 19-12-2007, 10:57

Are right cool, glad i never wne tthere then

well that silverlake place is alright too, they did my mates leon for him, bit of a chav kit but the spray job was top notch.

astra_sri_andy · 19-12-2007, 11:02

That's the thing...you drive it to Bodytone almost standard, get a load of low ass bodykit fitted and get a big fat FAIL when you try and drive out

Nah, I'm sure it's ok cos there's always a couple of cars he's done outside. Usually an Orange Polo and a Green Golf. Both look pretty low

nickyboy · 19-12-2007, 20:25

My old car was resprayed there a few years back, did an excellent job and it was quite cheap too

omegamanv6 · 20-12-2007, 14:05

ok sounds good then

... think ill be going there

my son is good mates with the owner of that orange polo.. his father owns the place

thats how we found out about it....hmmm discount

my son has finally won the battle .. for months he has been nagging me to get it resprayed black with the new bumpers , he done a photochop and it looks ace.. so it has to be done , cant wait .. just need the cash now

astra_sri_andy · 20-12-2007, 14:34

Will look good black

**BeckyG** · 20-12-2007, 16:38

Make sure you post pic's so we can see it when it's completed! Sounds good

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Originally Posted by omegamanv6

my son is good mates with the owner of that orange polo.. his father owns the place

thats how we found out about it....hmmm discount

Cheeky lil bugger tried racing me a while back...before pulling into Bracknell's finest chav stop 'Wicks Car Park'

Hmmmm classy

omegamanv6 · 20-12-2007, 17:12

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Originally Posted by BeckyG

Make sure you post pic's so we can see it when it's completed! Sounds good

will do ..

wont be till march though , ill take some progress pics aswell

omegamanv6 · 22-12-2007, 18:21

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Originally Posted by astra_sri_andy

Will look good black

best colour for it i reckon

just waiting for a rough quote now

Johnny A · 22-12-2007, 18:48

like I said before the guy doing my carlton is a miracle worker, based about 10 miles north of Milton Keynes (Very close to Santa pod).

Again like I said he isn't cheap, but IMO you should never skimp on things like this because unless you really lucky the usual thing that happens is the paint finish/prep or thickness of paint is substandard and you end up with it flaking or going dull or whatever quickly.

To put it into perspective (something I never had when I took my carlton to him) here is what has been done and how much it's cost (BTW this guy hasn't bumped up the quoted price even though he found more problems)

Full respray inc door/boot shuts and engine bay slam panel
All paintwork removed to bare metal (because it was THAT bad)
dents removed from most of the doors (car park type)
Drivers door rebuilt (got a nice rusty surprise when he sanded the paint and found loadsa filler)
Rear arch extensions smoothed in
front and rear bumpers repaired (cracked)
aerial hole smoothed
boot panel de-rusted
Spoiler removed, mounts rebuilt and spoiler tweeked to fit the rear 1/4s better (before they caught slightly on the paintwork... damaging it)
Rust around rear window killed
huge deep scratch in bonnet removed
Heavily damaged bonnet rear corners rebuilt (I was amazed at this as they were bent to fook!!)
Bonnet badge recess smoothed
Painted in a metallic paint with subtle flip (not telling u the colour... it's a surprise)

Drive in drive out price: £2500

Considering the sheer size of the car and the work thats gone into it I think it's a very fair price.

omegamanv6 · 22-12-2007, 19:19

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Originally Posted by Johnny A

like I said before the guy doing my carlton is a miracle worker, based about 10 miles north of Milton Keynes (Very close to Santa pod).

Again like I said he isn't cheap, but IMO you should never skimp on things like this because unless you really lucky the usual thing that happens is the paint finish/prep or thickness of paint is substandard and you end up with it flaking or going dull or whatever quickly.

To put it into perspective (something I never had when I took my carlton to him) here is what has been done and how much it's cost (BTW this guy hasn't bumped up the quoted price even though he found more problems)

Full respray inc door/boot shuts and engine bay slam panel
All paintwork removed to bare metal (because it was THAT bad)
dents removed from most of the doors (car park type)
Drivers door rebuilt (got a nice rusty surprise when he sanded the paint and found loadsa filler)
Rear arch extensions smoothed in
front and rear bumpers repaired (cracked)
aerial hole smoothed
boot panel de-rusted
Spoiler removed, mounts rebuilt and spoiler tweeked to fit the rear 1/4s better (before they caught slightly on the paintwork... damaging it)
Rust around rear window killed
huge deep scratch in bonnet removed
Heavily damaged bonnet rear corners rebuilt (I was amazed at this as they were bent to fook!!)
Bonnet badge recess smoothed
Painted in a metallic paint with subtle flip (not telling u the colour... it's a surprise)

Drive in drive out price: £2500

Considering the sheer size of the car and the work thats gone into it I think it's a very fair price.

that seems a good price.... ive been expecting mine to cost somewhere around 3000 , im just waiting for a quote .. im getting more that just a respray aswell.... i know u all like surprises

astra_sri_andy · 24-12-2007, 19:42

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Originally Posted by omegamanv6

im getting more that just a respray aswell.... i know u all like surprises

Gonna camp out down Redlake and see if I can spot you, then post all the sneaky beaky pics on here

Will it be ready for the 2008 show season?

omegamanv6 · 25-12-2007, 13:25

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Originally Posted by astra_sri_andy

Gonna camp out down Redlake and see if I can spot you, then post all the sneaky beaky pics on here

Will it be ready for the 2008 show season?

haha

yeah it should be ready .. not sure if it will be ready for aprils show , i might go to aprils show but it might be looking a state ..

will have to see though ..will definately be ready for pv

vaughanp · 02-01-2008, 23:06

i have got a little treat for u in 2008 on my coupe its the front bumper and its costing 150 to get primed and sprayed in star silver is that good i thought it was check there website out
http://www.accmoto.co.uk/

olly6969 · 24-02-2008, 17:02

My car is in there at the moment having angel eyes popped in, Front and rear gsi bumpers, side skirts and spoiler and one wingmirror colour coded all for £400 not to bad,! Good guys!