Page 24 - Australian Paint & Panel Magazine May-June 2019

24
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY
26 Andrew Marsh interview • 32 Tech Talk: Fume
PAINT&PANEL MAY / JUNE 2019
ZAGAME AUTOBODY WON FOUR PAINT & PANEL AWARDS BACK IN 2016 RAISING THE BAR AS A STATE OF THE ART REPAIR FACILITY. NOW IT HAS OPENED A NEW FLOOR DUBBED A 'SUPERCAR REFINEMENT CENTRE'.
ZAGAME RAISES THE LUXURY
T
HE NEW BESPOKE FLOOR AT
Zagame Autobody, Mel-
bourne is a total jaw dropper. As well as ‘jobbing’ Audis and Alfa Romeos and the like, Zag- ame dealerships sell supercars such as McLaren, Ferrari and Maserati and its passionate clients own a stunning array
of automotive exotica.
To service this elite group of custom-
ers and cars the Bespoke division of Zagame Autobody in Tullamarine offers repair, restoration and ‘refinement’ to full factory-approved standards for some of the world’s most exotic cars.
Zagame Autobody Bespoke division is, in effect, say the company, an exten- sion of original equipment manufactur- ers (OEMs) factory floors, albeit on the opposite side of the globe.
Zagame Autobody is already certified to perform repair work to OEM stand- ards for brands including Alfa Romeo,
Audi and Fiat; with Bespoke now add- ing a second tier of ‘top end’ brands and cars including Lamborghini, BMW, Tesla, Honda NSX and Audi’s exclusive models including the R8.
Most Bespoke cars are expensive, high-performance models with leading technology and manufacturing com- plexities. The Honda NSX supercar, for example, features a hybrid petrol-elec- tric powertrain and a body structure comprising aluminium and other lightweight, high-strength materials including carbon-fibre.
Bespoke has a total of 31 work bays across approximately 4,000 m2 on its own dedicated floor. Fit out includes: chassis alignment, point-to-point com- puterised measuring, non-contamina- tion repair rooms, audio-visual displays linked directly to OEM repair methodol- ogy, specific tooling for all brands, alu- minium dent rectification equipment,
restoration bays, bays for body wraps and paint protection film and, of course, hi- tech spray booths from Junair.
Special technology includes Dolphicam, a mobile camera providing ultrasound in- spection of Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Plas- tics (CFRP).
Work bays also have F1 garage-style over- head lights which replicate outdoor lighting indoors; and offer dimming, colour and fo- cus adjustment to replicate different light- ing environments, thereby eliminating the need to move a car to various lighting loca- tions during final inspection.
Completed cars are presented to custom- ers from a dedicated indoor delivery foyer. Bespoke’s 10 technicians are trained online and at overseas factory headquar- ters, including yearly updates on latest
welding technologies.
“The capability now exists to have exotic
cars rejuvenated locally to the same exact- ing standards as their original place of