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(assuming I stay super red II)?£1800 + VAT by a toyota recommended garage(Fed up of looking at pink bits lol) 
(user name on here) might be able to sort out your paintwork for a fraction of that price, if you are just trying to get rid of the pinkness £200 for detail£200-300 for that, that'd be £500 straight off and the bit at the top of windscreen before the t bars is beyond help I think lol. 
. And theres those little bits that really annoy me that only I notice too, respray would fix them instantly lol(the owner was an actual spray painter). However, every resprayed car I've seen is never as good as a factory sprayed car. Theres always some bit that you're not happy with or a part that you start to notice a few months down the line. I'd try the polishing route first, especially with an electric one, apparently they really do work."resin polish" its designed for Airdraft and stuff, I have seen his black MK1 go from a swirly grey thing to, well Black.£1800 does not seem a stupid price to spray an entire car, but I recon you could get it done cheaper, a place close to me will do a colour change on an MR2 for £1500 in VAT. A lot depends on where you are in the country and how many bodyshops there are in the area you could pay £1800 and get a great job or equally get one thats complete ass. Equally you could pay £4000 and still be in the same situation.£1800 is cheap and if thats through a main dealer then they will be getting a cut on top and farming the work out. If you get it wrong first time around, well you have the tools to do it again. Paints and associated consumables will be readily available from your local panel / paint shop and you can buy a good sized compressor, paint gun, and mask from Machine Mart. I can get great result with spray cans, and IMHO the hardest part to painting is just getting the paint onto the panel once you get the action its simple. The rest is just prep. Looks brilliant!(not including door jams) is about £1000 to £1700 but its hitty missy about some places workKoLaBoTTle wrote:Just a couple of questions regarding a respray
If I was to buy enough paint to respray the whole car, what price would I be looking at or how many litres would be needed
What else would I need laquer wise?
Basically a rough price if I was to attempt any spraying myself
Been quoted
Cheers
for cost reasons it would be cheaper to buy a gallon of laquer which would come with hardenor. now the cost of this all depends on the quality desired and longevity . the basecoat can range from £100 up to £300 . the laquer can range from £50 up to £380 there are lots of considerations to take on board though ! where would you spray it ? what type of conditions ? would it be oven baked etc has the car had previous paintwork ? your most likely gonna need a primer unless the cars bodywork and finish are in good condition. do you have access to a bodyshop spray booth ?. and my spoiler has 2 in it, then theres the top half is diff colour to the bottom half. These are the little things that only I notice but they really annoy me lol 
£400 be plenty to budget for doing it myself? I know you need diff paint for the plastics etc and lil bits n bobs would probabaly add up but in all honesty i've never looked into it ? do you have access to paint premises or is this at home in the garage operation ? It's all about the prep as I am sure Tiny will tell you.(I can anyway) Time to save up methinks 
Super resin polish is Good but it doesnt really do anything for pink paint work as the fillers are what give it its red colour as they glaze over the surface as that is slowly washed off it goes back to pink. Then that will stay red for years after that. It does help if you spend a fair amount of money on wax to maximise the protection afterwords something like a colour charged red wax with UV protection to slow the process. Unfortunately your never going to be able to stop a car going back to pink you can only slow the process by garaging when not in use and using a good quality wax with a uv content. 
And all the stone chips, especially towards the rear really annoy me
£150 straight colour ... not clear over baseKoLaBoTTle wrote:How do you cover the stone chips so they look like they were never there?
+1-2mm over the level of the rest of the paint 2400 wet and dry and some fairy liquid then a harsh compound and light cut and finisher takes the paint back to like it was never there. 