Filler cap is a really simple task. 6 countersunk allen heads hold it on from the outside of the panel and the internal part is just 4 jubilee clips that hold the feed, overflow and 2 breather tubes to the assembly. They're accesible by removing the small cover in the boot that protects the pipes from your luggage. If you already have an aerocap and just want to change the colour over you wouldn't even need to do any work inside, just the 6 allen heads and swap the cap and surround over.duncs500 wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 7:12 am Ok I will:
How difficult would it be to swap the filler cap? Mine is a silver one at the moment but I've been wanting a black one like yours as it matches the rest of the car better. I've just been a bit scared of unbolting it to look in case I cock something up (this is a general theme of mine for anything to do with working on cars).
Also, with TSK you obviously did a lot of work with the car assembly before and after the respray. Could you pay TSK to do this? Or do they expect it to come to them ready for spraying? Same goes for if I bought some new rear arches, and if it needed any chasis work. Would make sense to get it all sorted and resprayed in a oner but don't know if they do this or have a friendly local garage that would?
Re. the paint strip and rebuild: Yep, you could just pay more and have them, or another bodyshop do that work. PGM quoted me over £3k to do the syrip down, transport to the paintshop, collect and rebuild. That's why I did it myself. I imagine other places are cheaper, owever I know there are some that are more costly. To drop it off with PGM for them to take to a local (very good) bodyshop and me to do nothing other than turn up, pay and collect it was ~£6k + the parts i needed (arches etc). To do it the way I did cost me less than £2k.
What I didn't do was ask TSK how much it would cost to just drop the car off and have them do the strip and rebuild. In hindsight I probably should as they obviously do it for other customers and seem very good at it.
Also bear in mind my paint was more costly than a normal colour, so you can expect costs for the paint aspect to be lower.
It's a car forum isn't it?
