Paint Repair

[FamilyWagon]

Some little ***** decided to key the bonnet and driver side rear passenger door on my usualy shiny Gal.

 

Does anyone know of any mobile body work repair companies that are any good and preferably those that cover South Wales.

 

Or any advice on what to ask them, what is involved and how much I should expect to be quoted would be appreciated.

 

Cheers in advance.

[mumof4]

Crumbs......sorry to hear this..are they deep scratches?..and is it metallic paint?

[Guest gooner52]

try here m8

 

they are really good do all of the uk too

 

and sorry 2 hear about the marks..j

[FamilyWagon]

Yes the scratches are reasonably deep and the paint colour is Machine Silver Metalic

[mumof4]

From what i remember about my course..metallic is harder to respray to an exact match..and they usually have to spray the whole panel.... :lol: .....might be diff with a lighter colour..but i know they have to with darker colours as stands out more.

 

Do hope it gets sorted.

[chromedome]

Unfortunately with metallic paint you have to spray a complete panel to get a good finish.

 

In your case could be whole bonnet and bottom or top half of the door. This of course starts getting expensive. Have you got protected no claims on your insurance?

[Guest gooner52]

as chromedome says..would be likely the whole bonnet

and the botton section of the door,with surrounding areas cut in

 

mine is machine silver had a of work done to mine

[NikpV]

expect you won't get much change out of

[broom broom]

cost us

[NikpV]

cost us

[broom broom]

am gettin him to respray my puma he's doing the whole car except the room and treating the rust on the rear arch and door sills for

[broom broom]

room i ment roof lol

[NikpV]

:D :D :)

[tim-spam]

Mine is a dark metallic, and when I had my rear bumper repaired by Chips Away, he did the job in my drive, and after filling the deep scratches only resprayed the corner area where the forklift truck had scraped it. The match was perfect, although I suppose a large flatish panel may be a little different.

[Guest MATT jr]

sorry to hear that, if you catch them you should be allowed to scratch their paint work (i mean skin here) as punishment.

 

cat of 9 tails!

 

but...my mums bran new Toyota aygo was only a month old when a merc scraped the rear right side of the car. its black metallic, and was simply touched up - looks as good as new.

 

never the same tho...cos you know it happened :lol:

 

MJR

[gregers]

some tosser hit my brother in laws brand new mazda 6(specail addition blur blur blur)

damaged the rear wing by the fuel filler neck and the rear bumper,it was parked in the local big supermarket and they didnt leave a name,and hes been told its going to cost somewhere between

[Guest gooner52]

supermarket car parks arrrg

 

i always park length ways(yea i know it takes up xtra paking space but dont care :huh:

[Guest MATT jr]

supermarket car parks arrrg

 

they say pheasants are thick! humans seem to loose all intelligence when it comes to car parks...drivers going to fast, and people walking around clueless

 

MJR

[Guest gooner52]

crayford sainsburys

 

11.30pm

 

night of the living dead :) :) :huh:

[Guest MATT jr]

night of the living dead :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

 

eaxctly what i say! have u seen Shaun of the dead?

 

sometimes tesco car park is just like it.

 

MJR :blink:

[Guest gooner52]

stamford bridge on a sataday :blink: :lol:

[FamilyWagon]

Well I have had one lot of mobile paint repairs...or whatever they are called...to have a look and he said that I would be better off taking it to a body shop...personally I can't see how some African Swamp Mud Face Mask and some Peppermint Foot Lotion is going to help...but thats what he suggested :lol:

 

He said that the entire bonnet would need spraying for a good finish and that it would be better/cost effective to get the door done at the same time. So unless anyone has any other suggestions, I guess I am going to have to sell one of my kidneys...I was saving that for my daughters Uni fund too :rolleyes:

 

I just cant figure out what would posses someone to key a car, but if I get my hands on who ever did it...they are going to need a surgeon to retrieve their keys!!!

[broom broom]

your lucky they only keyed it up here they like to through paint stripper at it....... never had anything like that done to mines though but some cheeky little sod nicked the alloys off our escort a few years back and someone tried to force the windown down on the galaxy but they didnt get in thank god one of our neighbours had his car set on fire they put a lit firelighter on his bumper we now have cctv in our car park so no ones cars been toouched since it went it touch wood! :wacko:

[MadBaz]

My Girlfriends, brothers girlfriends cousin tried to get in mine, we had a few 'words' a neighbour called police, lucky for him :wacko: , I got a verbal warning and he got carted of cos there was a commital warrant out for him, he's now doing 18 months for theft/vehicle crime.

[mikeohope]

I wouldnt let chips away any where near a valued car. They totally messed up my mondeo and had to get it done by pro body shop. Some of these chips away guys have no more than a months training and they use substandard paint.