Smart repairable ?

[1441]

Mrs just called me, she as reversed into a car in a car park, she waited for the owner not drove off btw, she rang me for our insurance details (which are in her glove box) but I asked her to send me a photo, will it smart repair which we would pay for rather than claim which would potentially affect both ours and his insurance?

[Benmac]

With that extent of dent, particularly the sharp crease I would say definitely not but I'm no expert.

[stuartmmcfc]

As far as the dents, my Mrs had dents in virtually the same areas of her S-max and a smart repair got them out.it was creased the same way.

Edited by stuartmmcfc on Sunday 2nd August 19:57

[1441]

That's my fear to be honest, she's 80 miles away so I can't see it, it's a focus, are the wings bolt on ?

[lostkiwi]

I'd tend to agree. There's also very little room to work the dent out at the top where the crease is. Looks like a panel shop job to me.

[wack]

I haven seen welded wings for many years so d say they're bolt on

Cheapest way is probably going to be a wing in colour from a breaker , how much damage is there to the other car

[1441]

Swimbos car

[battered]

Nope. That's a proper repair job IMO. The snag is that you have a sharp crease so the metal has stretched. You can't get it to pop back once it's stretched.

An indy repairer ought to see that for £200ish though, ask nicely.

I'm happy to be proved wrong, if a smart repairer can sort it then hats off.

[ZX10R NIN]

That won't be a smart repair I'm afraid.

[justanother5tar]

Focus wings on eBay are £40 including delivery. Get one off there and polish everything up.

Jobs a good'un and no doubt cheaper.

[HustleRussell]

eBay used silver wing and an hour's graft IMO.

[1441]

Not that you want these things to happen but wish it was closer to home then I could get local quotes myself, we have no prior claims on insurance and NCD is protected so may well go that way, the second hand wing appeals just to far away to sort.