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hiya,
I live in portsmouth and my much loved dizzi is in need of a respray. she is our only mode of transport used daily so it would have to be a weekend job.
can anyone recommend a spray painter near to us please?

Not for me ta, but what sort of money you looking to pay for this and what is wrong that denotes a respray
mm

welcome to the club!

a weekend re spray would be a blow over and wouldnt address any issues!

I'd recommend Advanced Automotive in Ryde , Isle of Wight, but as per the previous response, they are not going to do a poor / quick job. they are there to do a quality job for you. Most garages nowadays worth their money want recommendations and they will not get that with quick cheap jobs - particularly on paint work

Given the cost of getting it painted, I think I'd be tempted to add in the price of a cheap hire car for a week to the budget, and get the job done properly not against the clock.

Assuming they got it painted Saturday morning, would the paint even be properly hard by Monday?

yep , start first thing , panel wipe, hit it with a da.mask the sod and bake it, drive out same day 5pm rock hard as it ever will be, well thats a respray ,Im being pedantic but nobody said anything about repairs
which is why I asked what I did, pickies and budget then advice can be given,,
that said they may not even return ,but as J has said, be nice to do a quick helo before asking us to guess the length of string...
mm

Hello to all!
Have uploaded some pics here( or have tried to as u can tell I'm new this) , I did the rust in the summer and which has been painted over . I don't think there would be any repair work, however I am aware that you can't really tell till she is stripped down.
I was given a quote for 2000 and it would take 3 months to do.
Thankyou for the idea of a hire car for a week , would be doable!
She has several layers of paint on her of varying colours and would like to have her looking smart for the summer.

well from the picks shes well filled but if your happy with the bodywork as you see it (your van and you have hands and eyes on) then windows and all fittings removed and prep and sprasy excluding anymore repairs and 2k would be about right--ish,
3 months ,err not if its just being painted etc , a week or two at most for that assuming its not being done as a fit in , which for such a simple task would seem unlikely,
Oh and rehang your doors correctly
mm

Dear all,
Thankyou for all your advice , had a closer look at the door today and yes it doesn't seem to hang right
K8