Any Bodyshop experts?
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Got a bit of an issue with a paintshop that has worked on my car recently, I will give you the full story....
Stones came off the back of a truck and collected the front of the car so went through insurance to get a front end respray. Whilst it was there I mentioned a few other jobs that might aswell get done.
Originally quoted £1000 for the front end respray and down the drivers side and about another £1000 for all the extra stuff I requested.
Whilst it was there it had the following done:
Front Bumper and Splitter (insurance)
Drivers Wing (insurance)
Drivers door (insurance)
Drivers rear quarter (insurance)
Passenger wing (insurance)
Bonnet (insurance)
Drivers Side Skirt (insurance)
Windscreen (insurance)
Other jobs I asked to be done were:
Rear Bumper
Top Half of spoiler including lacquer of a small carbon strip that is attached
Passenger Door
Passenger rear quarter
Passenger Side Skirt
Inside of boot lid (around the mouth if you know where I mean) and this involved removing the rear screen
Underseal and Cavity Wax
Rear arch lips painted with stone chip
Painting of new bumper bars front and back
(they also charged me for "repairing dents" down the sides.....so just filling and sanding I would imagine....something that would be done anyway?? Or if not- the panels would have already been rubbed down for paint anyway?? And these were tiny tiny tiny little dents)
I had a bill of £429 in new parts as I got them to buy in all new screws, nuts, brackets, the lot- I am happy with this and will pay no questions asked.
The car is only on 35000miles and was clean before, not a spot of rust etc. etc.
In the end the insurance paid out £3400 for the work, and this was just for the insurance covered parts (originally quoted at £1000) - so they got paid VERY well for the parts covered and naturally I expected I would be pretty much covered and only really have my parts bill to pay, my £350 excess and very little else but possibly a token couple of hundred.
But I was still presented me with a bill of £3000 on top of my £350 excess!
So that is approx £6500 to do that work?? Does this sound right?
Sounds steep to me.....especially given I was quoted about £2000 to begin with! (albeit I wanted new parts used but that only came to £429)
Anyone any advice on what to do here? I a) Cannot justify this or understand where the additional money has gone and b) Can't afford that!
Stones came off the back of a truck and collected the front of the car so went through insurance to get a front end respray. Whilst it was there I mentioned a few other jobs that might aswell get done.
Originally quoted £1000 for the front end respray and down the drivers side and about another £1000 for all the extra stuff I requested.
Whilst it was there it had the following done:
Front Bumper and Splitter (insurance)
Drivers Wing (insurance)
Drivers door (insurance)
Drivers rear quarter (insurance)
Passenger wing (insurance)
Bonnet (insurance)
Drivers Side Skirt (insurance)
Windscreen (insurance)
Other jobs I asked to be done were:
Rear Bumper
Top Half of spoiler including lacquer of a small carbon strip that is attached
Passenger Door
Passenger rear quarter
Passenger Side Skirt
Inside of boot lid (around the mouth if you know where I mean) and this involved removing the rear screen
Underseal and Cavity Wax
Rear arch lips painted with stone chip
Painting of new bumper bars front and back
(they also charged me for "repairing dents" down the sides.....so just filling and sanding I would imagine....something that would be done anyway?? Or if not- the panels would have already been rubbed down for paint anyway?? And these were tiny tiny tiny little dents)
I had a bill of £429 in new parts as I got them to buy in all new screws, nuts, brackets, the lot- I am happy with this and will pay no questions asked.
The car is only on 35000miles and was clean before, not a spot of rust etc. etc.
In the end the insurance paid out £3400 for the work, and this was just for the insurance covered parts (originally quoted at £1000) - so they got paid VERY well for the parts covered and naturally I expected I would be pretty much covered and only really have my parts bill to pay, my £350 excess and very little else but possibly a token couple of hundred.
But I was still presented me with a bill of £3000 on top of my £350 excess!
So that is approx £6500 to do that work?? Does this sound right?
Sounds steep to me.....especially given I was quoted about £2000 to begin with! (albeit I wanted new parts used but that only came to £429)
Anyone any advice on what to do here? I a) Cannot justify this or understand where the additional money has gone and b) Can't afford that!
£6500 quid for paintwork? WTF did they paint it with? Gold? Applied by fairies?
Did they possibly mention the trebling of costs beforehand? Did you agree to the( vastly) increased cost? Im no expert but id reckon they are ripping the pish. I was quoted around the 2.5k mark for a respray on my Merc, from a Merc dealer, not exactly a place renowned for bargains....
Did they possibly mention the trebling of costs beforehand? Did you agree to the( vastly) increased cost? Im no expert but id reckon they are ripping the pish. I was quoted around the 2.5k mark for a respray on my Merc, from a Merc dealer, not exactly a place renowned for bargains....
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