GTi Paintwork

dantheram · Post by **dantheram** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:24 pm

Hi all,

Ive recently brought a W reg polo GTi, im recieving it on wednesday (can't wait). I want to get the car looking good and this involves getting rid of some faded/weathered paint work around the boot handle. What is the best way to repair the paint work, are there any guides on this site.

Cheers in advance,

Dan

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:10 pm

Hey, welcome to the forum and congratulations on your purpose. The paint on the GTI shouldn't be faded unless it's had some major exposure to sunlight or a corrosive environment. A machine polisher would probably brighten up the paint work best. Check out this link, it should help a bit: http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog ... olish.html . If it's just the boot lid handle it's probably corroded like on most GTI's, I just had to get mine repainted

dantheram · Post by **dantheram** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:17 pm

Its just round the handle, the paintwork is fine otherwise apart from a small stone chip on the bonnet. How much did it cost you to have the handle area repainted? With regards to the stone chip, are they hard to fix/touch up?

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:32 pm

Not sure how much it cost as I got a heap of other jobs done. It shouldn't cost more than Â£30 I'd of thought for labour and materials. You could probably do it yourself cheaper. Touch up kits will get rid of stone chips but don't leave a perfect finish. Wet Sanding technique is better but it's risky and you can damage your paintwork if you don't know what your doing

dantheram · Post by **dantheram** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:00 pm

there is just 1 really annoying chip right on the lip of the bonnet, im not sure that a stone has done it either as it seems too deep. thanks for the advice regarding the boot handle.