Dent

[Ian in Northampton]

... was backing my Gal onto the drive and has caught the rear offside door on a stone wall. There's a dent - not too large, not too deep, at the leading edge of the door but the paintwork is well scratched through. My only dealings with bodyshops over the past few years have seen them insist that the only fix for this kind of a problem is a new panel (in this case, I guess it'd be a new door). That may be because they've all been insurance jobs. Does no-one beat panels out/use filler these days? Any recommendations for someone in the Northampton/Towcester/Wellingborough/ Milton Keynes area who'll do a good job but at an affordable price? Thanks! Cheers, Ian.

[mumof4]

It depends if it is metallic paint..if it is then the whole panel will need to be resprayed...

You could technically do this job yourself...

[erisaman]

Firstly - make sure your son has stopped bleeding ("..my bloody son..") then check out franchise dent repairers such as Dentwise etc. These guys follow a very simple but very effective procedure in which they get behind the dent and slowly but surely 'roll' it out using a tool not unlike a radiator paint roller but without the roller. Alternatively you may want to check out franchise scratch repairers such as 'Chips Away' etc.

 

Apologies for inadvertently providing advertising here - but companies such as these do provide less invasive repairs for lesser dents and bumps.

[gregers]

agree with erisaman but also check out some of the independent peeps who do this sort of work,i saw one doing a jet black(metallic)corsa with a bloody big scratch on the rear when i saw it the next day it was amazing couldnt see where the scratch was.

[mumof4]

Got some numbers for the undertakers if they are required aswell?? :lol: ;)

[seatkid]

You could always put a matching dent on the other side....that way no-one would notice :lol:

 

 

Really, I don't think you should vent your anger on your son....accidents happen!....go kick down the stone wall instead.....and apologise to your son... ;)

[mumof4]

If he's still alive ;)

[Ian in Northampton]

Thanks all - that's very helpful. I used to do stuff like this on my first ever car - an Anglia - including filling the sills with newspaper and chicken wire and filling over them, but my days of messing with bodywork are long gone. Seatkid: so far as the bloody son's health is concerned, I'll just say that a) this was the latest act in a series of significant misdemeanours, and ;) he took the car without permission in the middle of the night. He's had all of three driving lessons (he's 17) and already thinks he's God's gift to the roadways of Great Britian. It's not metallic paint, I don't think - it's the rather common dark blue that you see on lots of Galaxies.

[mumof4]

That common dark blue is metallic..if you look at it, does it look like there is glitter in the paint?..or is it a matt blue.

[Willie Krashitt]

Ian,

 

I can genuinely recommend a company near to the cricket ground in Northampton. A "one man band" bodyshop called Mend a Bend, in Stimpson Avenue, Northampton, Tel: 01604 638132. Over the years have had the odd repair done there, always been a first class job and prices have always been reasonable.

 

George.

[Ian in Northampton]

Many thanks Willie/George. I'll give them a call.

[Ian in Northampton]

Mo4 - sorry, didn't mean to ignore you. Bitter experience has taught me not to ignore ladies... :lol: I'll take a closer look. The mud/dust does tend to obscure things a bit, though.

[mumof4]

Hey dont worry about it......im used to it.:lol:

[gregers]

I'll just say that a) this was the latest act in a series of significant misdemeanours, and cool.gif he took the car without permission in the middle of the night. He's had all of three driving lessons (he's 17) and already thinks he's God's gift to the roadways of Great Britian. It's not metallic paint, I don't think - it's the rather common dark blue that you see on lots of Galaxies.

 

ID THRASH HIS BLOODY ARSE and make him pay in some serious house hold chores.

[Ian in Northampton]

Gregers - I'm ahead of you: actually, he will suffer even more pain than that. We run a little Citroen AX as a 'spare' and we told him if he paid for half the insurance (

[sparky Paul]

I stopped by the body shop just outside the village to get a ballpark figure.

[raymac]

I'm surprised he hasn't said he'll spray the whole side so as to get a match , that seems to be the general thing to do ,but i'm only talking from insurance claim experience :lol: