Defaced front end

[fairclp]

Hi all,

She's been defaced in the work's car park:



She was reversed into, breaking the nearside headlamp cover and cracking the GRP in places. He was kind enough to leave contact details - so top marks to him.

I'll still need to drive her but my concern is the weather and rain ingress.

Do I need to do anything or will she be OK exposed?

TIA,

Paul


Forgot to ask: Anyone recommend a TVR bodyshop in the Birmingham area?

Edited by fairclp on Wednesday 6th September 19:08

[SHIFTY]

Paul

At least she(he) left there number, try option 1 in Redditch. Chris Watton had his front end resprayed by them and they are now an official TVR bodtshop.

[tail slide]

Obviously need to go for a bright colour next time!

The light units are proprietary types designed to sit in the weather normally, so should be fine.

[fairclp]

I was thinking of getting her resprayed in Dayglow Orange with Reflexite Lime stripes:

[targarama]

I shouldn't worry about the weather. The light units should be bonded in place themselves. The bodyshop will need to clean the whole area up anyway.

[fairclp]

Thanks all.

The indicator unit is a bit loose but they all work.

I'll give Option 1 a call in the morning.

Privilege were really good.

Once I mentioned GRP they were happy for me to get a quote of my choice. They are sorting out a hire car for the repair period also.

Now, about that dayglow orange.....

[alt]

There's also Central TVR in Stourbridge (used to be Team Central in Perry Bar) that TVR Power uses for its bodywork....

[fairclp]

alt said:

There's also Central TVR in Stourbridge (used to be Team Central in Perry Bar) that TVR Power uses for its bodywork....

I used them last year for the front end respray to get rid of the stone chips.

Let's just say I wont be going back.


Got a quote from Option 1. I'm now waiting for the insurance engineer to look over the car.

[bilton_d]

option 1 did an immaculate job on my old Cerbera

[PinkPanther]

fairclp said:

He was kind enough to leave contact details - so top marks to him.

Yup, full marks to the guy. Not many would do the same nowadays.

[carsarecool]

Fairclp,

Had exactly the same damage on mine.

Dulford Autos quoted me half the cost of anywhere else.

And they did a first class job, incl respray.

[fairclp]

Bye bye E Class Merc hire-car hello TVR T350!

Paint job looks nice, but too dark to see!

Although, she threw a blank display fit when off-loading from the transporter. Cleared once restarted. Obviously giving me a warning about being sent away.

Glad she's back!

[rpa.janwell]

Happy end to the story, glad to hear it.