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| Fatboy Slim Member Since: 04 Feb 2008 Location: Bridgend Posts: 1006  
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80 quid
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26th Dec 2014 3:43pm |
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| Honker Member Since: 26 Jun 2011 Location: St Albans Posts: 353  
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£936.40....
 
Amazing. £515 labour over £200 for paint materials.......its thru to the undercoat but even so....... Stu |
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26th Dec 2014 8:17pm |
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| CatherineF Member Since: 22 Nov 2014 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 762 
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My god that's a joke.
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26th Dec 2014 8:21pm |
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| Lou Sparts Member Since: 15 Apr 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 1501 
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£936.40 ? I'm in the wrong job ! Could do that on Monday morning and afford to take the rest of the week off. 2005 Td5 90 XS
Steve |
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26th Dec 2014 8:25pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3784  
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I reckon I'd be having a go at polishing it out using first something like a paint cleaner, (a bit harsher than normal car polish), have a few goes with that, gradually, not too hard, & see how you go. After a few goes, it might become a bit less noticeable, & you may be happy to live with it.
If the door get's painted, being metallic, ya just can't paint the door, ya'd have to blend in the two ajoining panels, or ya're gonna notice it. Pickles. |
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26th Dec 2014 8:50pm |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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Free Id paint it myself
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26th Dec 2014 9:09pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558 
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If its though to undercoat then not worth trying to polish out
dont forget that quote should be to blend in to panels round , so really its for repair of one panel and prep/ paint three panels still expensive but youre taken to a main dealer , so cant expect much else ! |
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26th Dec 2014 9:10pm |
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| NigelM Member Since: 20 Nov 2014 Location: South Posts: 114
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I had a few scratches on mine a while back, one as deep as yours looks. Bought some touch up paint, gave it several coats to make sure the scratch was full of paint and then gradually cut it back, starting with 800 grain W&D paper, working up to 2500. Then polished. I would challenge anyone to see it now. Cost about £20 and 3 hours work.
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26th Dec 2014 9:41pm |
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| Honker Member Since: 26 Jun 2011 Location: St Albans Posts: 353
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Yes a bit rich, but as has been said what you'd expect from main dealer! I honestly expected circa £500 but as urine has been extracted I'll sort elsewhere.
Sainsburys car parks Seem to cause more damage than Salisbury plains. Stu |
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26th Dec 2014 10:31pm |
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| Gareth Member Since: 12 Dec 2011 Location: Bramhall Posts: 1101
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I did a similar nasty to my D4 door, and local main dealer (Guy Salmon) quoted £300 inc vat to repair, so why that is so much, I have no idea. The only difference is my D4 is Fuji White, so is a solid colour. 2021 Defender 110 X-Dynamic HSE D300 MHEV
1966 S2a 109 aka Betsy 1968 S2a 88 aka Bob 2014 Jaaaag F Type 3.0 Supercharged. |
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26th Dec 2014 10:40pm |
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| CEEGEE Member Since: 02 Oct 2013 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 135 
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Absolutely ludicrous - presume they thought you were going through insurance to quote such a crazy figure - and we wonder why our premiums are always going up  |
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26th Dec 2014 10:53pm |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1579 
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Dam looks like Chris won that game.
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26th Dec 2014 11:38pm |
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| Iggle piggle Member Since: 10 Sep 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 378 
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If that was the case they are even more stupid than we give them credit for! An insurance company would never authorise a repair based on those prices More likely they got a quote from a sub-contractor, doubled the figure & added 10% because Tarquin's mummy had a similar scratch on her Range Rover sport from parking in the squash club car-park and she was more than happy to pay £1000 |
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27th Dec 2014 9:54am |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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Its great we have so many painters on the site perhaps they should offer their services
Opinions will always differ Polish (OK if it works) Smart Repair (Fine if your flipping the car but doubtful on longevity look closely you will see the repair all day long) Edge to Edge (Fine if you like the harlequin effect White Gareth is hard to match) Panel and Blend (The correct method but sometime massively marked up ) Oh and never quote from an image far to many variables to consider ie Polish what if its been done before there might not be enough UM's left etc etc I know what option I'd take all day long but then I can repair & paint |
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27th Dec 2014 12:07pm |
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