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  1. Looking for a professional car paint spray shop in Bkk.

     

    Roadrunner is ex UK motor trade and has spray painted cars before. I despair what I see in Thai bodyshops.

     

    Main problem with Thais is their habit of covering whole panels in filler (also known in the motor trade as pudding). They then wet sand it, the filler absorbs the water. They then paint on top and wonder why it cracks and blisters when the filler dries out. Duh, it hurts my bird brain.

     

    Dry sanding takes longer and is a real pain to do, but it is the correct way and achieves lasting results.

     

    Anyone know a professional paint shop in Bkk? Or maybe a spray booth / workshop I could use to do it myself?

     

  2. Typical cost to paint one panel is 3000 Bt. The whole car including door shuts etc 40,000 Bt.

    Depends who does it and if they remove windows so you don't see the overspray around the window rubbers.

     

    Main problem with Thais is their habit of covering the whole car in filler (also known in the motor trade as pudding). They then wet sand it, the filler absorbs the water. They then paint on top and wonder why it cracks and blisters when the filler dries out. Duh, it hurts my brain.

     

    Anyone know a professional paint shop in Bkk? Please PM Da Roadrunner.

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  3. Considering that oil costs a lot less than a new transmission, I always change mine more frequently than recommended. Use the correct specification oil. Beware of some unscrupulous gas stations that use cheap poor quality oil. Check it comes in the manufacturer's bottle and not out of some unmarked oil drum round the back of the garage. Safest bet is to use the franchised dealer.

  4. 7 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

    Fully vaccinated is not defined on the Thailand Pass site.

    It only asks for 2 vaccinations with the most recent one no less than 2 weeks before the date of entry.

    This from the FAQ's for it. https://consular.mfa.go.th/th/content/thailand-pass-faqs-2

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    So if one has not been vaccinated within the last two weeks, you either need another shot or a RT PCR Covid test? I also take it that other types of Covid test are not accepted?

  5. 10 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

    When do the Thailand Pass application you will not need a corvid 19 test if you are fully vaccinated. The LA site apparently forgot to mention that when they updated their site.

    You do need to check with airline you will be traveling on to confirm they do not require a corvid 19 test to board your flight. Some may only require a antigen test.

    Hi Ubon Joe, what do you call "fully vaccinated?"

     

    Is two jabs of vaccine sufficient or is an additional booster shot required?

  6. This being Thailand, what you will get at the LTO varies considerably. I have registered a car with colour change at the infamous Chatuchak LTO (forego all hope ye who enter here). They sent me to their Police office, but the officer on duty wasn't interested.

     

    Suggest you take photos of car before and after paint and keep a receipt from the paint shop.

     

    As for changing colour. Doing it properly requires stripping the whole car. Engine out, glass out, doors off (as you will have to paint the door shuts). Hell of a job. The average Thai paint shop might charge 40,000 Baht. With a black car you can get away without doing the engine bay.

     

    I would leave it as original colour if I were you. Colour change can detract from value.

     

     

  7. After looking at your photos. Cause of failure was oil starvation due to old oil being thick like sludge, which blocked oilways causing the engine equivalent of a heart attack. Needs total rebuild with ALL new bearings and new crank if old one is beyond machining. New exchange engine is another way.

     

    This is what happens when you don't change the oil and filter regularly.

     

  8. How can they crack down on something that they already stated does not exist?

     

    Ah, only in amazing Thailand!

     

    Well, the police have to make money somewhere. For years they have been makinga show of arresting girls, fining them and then releasing them back onto the streets. Next day they arrest the same girls again.

     

    Amazing thing is that the girls were 'working' opposite the police station!

  9. This being Thailand, expect different reactions at different registration offices. Patience of Jesus may be required.

     

    When I bought my car, it was already registered up country, 10 hours drive away. Initially I was told I would have to go there first, then return to Bangkok and register again. I had visions of driving all the way to Nakhon Nowhere only to be sent back empty handed.

     

    I refused to go!

     

    I just sat there at Nonthaburi reg' office till they gave in. In the end a nice Thai lady came out to help. She said it was her last day at the reg' office and she had always hated the stupid rules. It made her day to break the rule. It all took a few hours, but Roadrunner left clutching a new blue book and new reg plates.

     

    They will want your passport and proof of address, plus the car and its papers.

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