Scum caught keying Aston on dashcam

Scum caught keying Aston on dashcam

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JS1500

579 posts

176 months

Monday 7th September 2015
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Is there a picture of the damage anywhere?
I wonder how deep the scratch is... aluminium is quite soft and I'd imagine a key could easily cause panel damage with enough force applied.

croyde

22,696 posts

229 months

Monday 7th September 2015
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Someone deeply keyed every panel on my 2 month old Land Rover Discovery 3. Land Rover quoted £4k back in 2005.

Chips Away quoted £500 per panel at 8 panels damaged so the same money with no promise that it would be perfect.

The little that did that cost me big time when I came to sell it.

mikey k

13,011 posts

215 months

Monday 7th September 2015
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Sump said:
xjay1337 said:
It's completely horrible what this guy did
But £8k of damage?

Aston or not it's just paint.
A full bare metal respray, glass out job is like £5-6k at most.
So assuming it's front wing, door and rear wing how is that £8k?
Things get expensive when you involve fibreglass and ally. Also gets more expensive when you're paying for a job that will leave zero evidence behind.
yes not to mention the "Aston tax" wink

RichB

51,429 posts

283 months

Monday 7th September 2015
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xjay1337 said:
A full bare metal respray, glass out job is like £5-6k at most.
Do tell me where, I want to get my Aston repainted and am getting quotes of around £15k wink

RobDown

3,803 posts

127 months

Monday 7th September 2015
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Why rich? The paint has always looked lovely on your car whenever I've seen it

Captain Greg

92 posts

107 months

Monday 7th September 2015
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croyde said:
Someone deeply keyed every panel on my 2 month old Land Rover Discovery 3. Land Rover quoted £4k back in 2005.

Chips Away quoted £500 per panel at 8 panels damaged so the same money with no promise that it would be perfect.

The little that did that cost me big time when I came to sell it.
What did you do to his wife?....I hope it involved a glass table?

RichB

51,429 posts

283 months

Monday 7th September 2015
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RobDown said:
Why rich? The paint has always looked lovely on your car whenever I've seen it
Oh, bubbling and corrosion on the lower front wings which irritates me but I suppose very few people notice.

ds2000

2,681 posts

191 months

Tuesday 8th September 2015
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RichB said:
Do tell me where, I want to get my Aston repainted and am getting quotes of around £15k wink
Someone is having a laugh with you then. A place I know and have used for years in Powys would be 3-5k at the most.... I stripped an old car 10 years ago and had the colour changed for 1.2k... people are seeing the Aston tax with you I feel.

EclypseDesigns

80 posts

162 months

Tuesday 8th September 2015
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Agree with ds2000 there. Go around as many bodyshops as you can and look at their work, don't just plump for the first you see. How clean/dust free is their spray booth...etc i think £3-5k is reasonable £15k is outrageous.

Ken Figenus

5,678 posts

116 months

Tuesday 8th September 2015
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Have to agree - its the Aston tax Richbiggrin.

For comparison get a quote but tell them the vehicle is something like a Peugeot 205 GTi that you hope may be appreciating in value... Or that Lancia lookalikie thing wink

RichB

51,429 posts

283 months

Tuesday 8th September 2015
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ds2000 said:
RichB said:
Do tell me where, I want to get my Aston repainted and am getting quotes of around £15k wink
Someone is having a laugh with you then. A place I know and have used for years in Powys would be 3-5k at the most.... I stripped an old car 10 years ago and had the colour changed for 1.2k... people are seeing the Aston tax with you I feel.
As I said, give me the name of the place, I'll send them a file of pictures and get a quote.

p.s. there will be aluminium welding to be done on some of the panels but you'd expect that with a bare metal respray so I that should be in their £3-5k price.


Edited by RichB on Tuesday 8th September 20:39

RichB

51,429 posts

283 months

Tuesday 8th September 2015
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ds2000 said:
I stripped an old car 10 years ago...
p.s. I don't intend to "strip" anything, I want the painters to do that. Glass out, bonnet off, inside bonnet painted, door shuts etc.

SpeedMattersNot

4,506 posts

195 months

Tuesday 8th September 2015
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I think a very, very good respray with ally welding work, new seals, new decals, piece by piece nut and bolt as good as new finish, without doing any work yourself, may be a lot closer to £15,000 than you think. £15,000 still sounds way to high, but for £3,000 for a full respray today I'd expect problems within 5 years.

Ken Figenus

5,678 posts

116 months

Tuesday 8th September 2015
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OMG - look at the paint horror stories on the TVR thread re respraying. Poor guy. Dont know who did it but I think many of them in the know have worked it out: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=153... Be careful out there Rich!

RichB

51,429 posts

283 months

Tuesday 8th September 2015
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As a TVR owner too I have seen that, what nightmare! You can peel it off like a wrap eek

RobDown

3,803 posts

127 months

Tuesday 8th September 2015
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I have a lot of sympathy for that TVR thread, having had both:

1. an absolutely, absolutely shocking experience(s) with a certain well known Heritage Dealer who should never be allowed near a DB5 again
2. the car has spent the last 4 months in at Chiltern having the previous poor respray corrected

Given my experience I would certainly be hugely sceptical of anyone who offered to respray a DB Mk III (or indeed any classic car) for £3k. Or if they did do it for that I'd be budgeting to have it done again within 5 years



Edited by RobDown on Tuesday 8th September 22:32

ya_bollox

212 posts

121 months

Tuesday 8th September 2015
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there's many paint horror stories but v few stories of great work because its not as interesting, always has been its part of the trade,
people do like to moan but it seems more warranted now than ten years ago, lots of more cowboys, Differences between quality job and st is materials and time working AND DRYING/CUREING times, and workers, £3000 would get a perfect match bare-metal full side an possibly lose colour across the bonnet,roof,trunk,-worst case. to an un-noticeable even to a trained eye standard, and 5year warranty on paint where I work,

If it were me though and its a insurance quote... Well see its a prestigious car, the paint is 3-stage metallic, special stuff[maybe 20years ago], hmmm-
7000pounds please, while secretary thinking [ I hate vandalism/jealousy... maybe if the bills big enough he'll do time]

what's the garages hourly rate? maybe ridiculous

ones things for sure I/we wouldn't mind more people thinking 15grand is an acceptable amount for a re-spray! haha shocking stuff lads

RobDown

3,803 posts

127 months

Wednesday 9th September 2015
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We're talking full body respray, not just doing a long one side scratch.

And have you seen what a 50 plus year old body shell looks like stripped down? You have to make an allowance for 'remedial' work


allyduncan

27 posts

264 months

Saturday 12th September 2015
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This reporter believes the guy deserves a medal.....

http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13713677.Joy...


Burwood

18,709 posts

245 months

Saturday 12th September 2015
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allyduncan said:
This reporter believes the guy deserves a medal.....

http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13713677.Joy...
Attention seeking idiot who should lose her job. Btw has this vandal been found guilty? Sentencing next week?