Paint/Lacquer repair advice needed
Discussion
My V8V needs some paint repair on the rear bumper.
Warranty wont cover it and I'm being quoted over 1500 to get it sorted through official channels but with service and possible Warranty extension in the next month or so I'd rather not have this on top.
As you can see its the lacquer. Im Dorset so somewhere "down sarf" would help. Not being in-country at the moment doesn't help.
Anyone had experience of Harwoods AM doing this sort of thing?
Warranty wont cover it and I'm being quoted over 1500 to get it sorted through official channels but with service and possible Warranty extension in the next month or so I'd rather not have this on top.
As you can see its the lacquer. Im Dorset so somewhere "down sarf" would help. Not being in-country at the moment doesn't help.
Anyone had experience of Harwoods AM doing this sort of thing?
Many thanks for advice. As I suspected I can get this done cheaper.
Reminds me of the trickle charger saga......AM badged CTEK, "that will be one right arm and the PIN number to your bank card please Sir" or go on Amazon and get the same CTEK charger for half the price of a fill up!
I had some paint damage on my C4S which was worse than this to be fair and it came back good as new so the Commander In Chief is taking it there in the next few days for a quote.
Understand that AM will charge a premium, its the nature of the beast, but I baulk at that sort of price.
Reminds me of the trickle charger saga......AM badged CTEK, "that will be one right arm and the PIN number to your bank card please Sir" or go on Amazon and get the same CTEK charger for half the price of a fill up!
I had some paint damage on my C4S which was worse than this to be fair and it came back good as new so the Commander In Chief is taking it there in the next few days for a quote.
Understand that AM will charge a premium, its the nature of the beast, but I baulk at that sort of price.
michael gould said:
sorry to say but red cars are a bloody nightmare to paint as they often look different under certain light ........£1500 sounds like lots !!
Yep agree, hence my first port of call was to AM. But I remember many moons ago I had a red sports bike that needed some paint work and took it to the same place where the local Ferrari dealership (this was in Germany) took their cars to, again couldn't tell the difference. There will be places that I can look up but this is just lacquer damage so as you say, £1500 is a little steep.Update on my lacquer issue.
Well obviously I wasnt going to pay the £1000+ that AM wanted to repair the laquer damage on my car and went to a garage that sorted my Porsche ages ago....
All in £350. Sorry but i love you Aston Martin, but there is a limit to my generosity!!
Well obviously I wasnt going to pay the £1000+ that AM wanted to repair the laquer damage on my car and went to a garage that sorted my Porsche ages ago....
All in £350. Sorry but i love you Aston Martin, but there is a limit to my generosity!!
Edited by petop on Friday 27th May 23:21
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