Dentmaster etc etc
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silverback mike

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11,292 posts

276 months

Sunday 13th February 2005
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Anyone have knowledge of how much these chaps charge to repair small ish dents where paint hasn't been broken....

The reason I ask is that I have become reliant on beeping parking sensors instead of using my brain.
I travelled approximately 5 feet backwards attempting to straighten up into a carpark space. Sodding beeping things didn't work, so I nudged a puma that had stopped nicely out of view. There were some nice scratches that were previously on the puma, but a small dent on the lower offside panel.

Obviously my fault, I won't even try to blame the sensors, as I should have checked over my left shoulder as well as right....

The owner of the puma phoned me, agreed that the scratches were not my fault, she seemed happy that we should settle with me paying for dentmaster to de dent it. The paint isn't broken, and to be frank I couldn't see it, but won't argue. There isn't a mark on my car, typical.....My worry is that the puma has a hoofing great one piece rear wing

Anyway, waffling aside, anyone know what the price of being a blind tw@t will be.

Balmoral Green

42,558 posts

271 months

Sunday 13th February 2005
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Usually thirty or forty quid per panel, regardless of total number of dents per panel. They are generally very good too. Many years ago when I was in the motor trade, an area manager made a sales pitch at my outlet. He went down the side of his Mercedes with a hammer, his techie then got them all out. Very impressive.

silverback mike

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11,292 posts

276 months

Sunday 13th February 2005
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Let's hope so, I have a funny feeling I am going to get shafted with this.....she was nice though, a good way to get a mobile number....

:lecherousleslievoiceon:
Helllllooooooooooooooo

yertis

19,546 posts

289 months

Sunday 13th February 2005
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silverback mike said:
Let's hope so, I have a funny feeling I am going to get shafted with this.....she was nice though, a good way to get a mobile number....

:lecherousleslievoiceon:
Helllllooooooooooooooo


Are you going to use your powerful computers at work to find out where she lives as well?

silverback mike

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11,292 posts

276 months

Sunday 13th February 2005
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She gave me her address Looks promising...

She called me a naughty boy, too.

clubsport

7,399 posts

281 months

Sunday 13th February 2005
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I use someone from Dent D*v*l*, I understand there is a trade price and a retail price,,,one being about 1/2 (30 quid) of the other one + vat of course.
The skill of the operatives varies hugely, I would suggest asking someone in the trade who they use and reccomend rather than just picking someone out of the yellow pages.

andygo

7,293 posts

278 months

Sunday 13th February 2005
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Ford Puma's mate?

Absolute blob to sort out. Steel panels made out of 1/4 plate. Not easy. I have to charge extra for those....

silverback mike

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11,292 posts

276 months

Sunday 13th February 2005
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andygo said:
Ford Puma's mate?

Absolute blob to sort out. Steel panels made out of 1/4 plate. Not easy. I have to charge extra for those....


Cheers mate.