BVRLA guidelines... dent in rear door.

[garmcqui]

Afternoon all,

Some lovely cretin has left my 3 series with a nice dent in the rear door, 2 weeks before end of lease. Been looking at the BVRLA docs and I think it falls within the "not too expensive" category IF it's not on a swage line. £175 if it is.




To me it isn't on the swage line. What do you think?

Thanks

Edited by garmcqui on Tuesday 27th April 13:44

[ZX10R NIN]

Pictures are not the best way to determine how bad it is, personally I'd ring up a local a dent removal specialist & see if they can get it out it'll be cheaper than £175.

[Ted H]

An example from the Audi FS damage guide (other finance companies will vary) has dents listed as follows:

Dented (exceeds 10mm in diameter, no paint damage) £36.00

Dented (Paint damage, regardless of diameter/swage line)
£138.00

From your pics I don’t see any paint damage or that it is near the swage line, so returning with the damage would likely be the lower charge.

Some finance companies also write off any charges under a certain amount, so you may end up paying nothing to return it with this damage.

[Raino144]

I’d say it’s worth getting a hairdryer on that for a couple of mins, it might just pop back out.

[LightningBlue]

It's infuriating. I'd give your local Dent Devils a try, it shouldn't be very expensive

[Macneil]

definately not on a swage line

[garmcqui]

Thanks all. Local PDR place quoting between £110 and £135 to sort it.

Am less than a mile away from local BCA depot (it's BCA that will be collecting it), so might see if I can catch one of their inspectors to ask their opinion