Had a little argument with a wall....

[anonymous-user]

Birmingham underground car park. Any idea what is the best way to try to neaten this up? I may be trading in the car in a month (it's on PCP) so it won't matter too much but just seeing what I can do in the meantime to make it look better!

Thanks!

[mneame]

Claybar, polish, touch up, flatten, polish. Depends how confident and competent you are at this sort of thing though.

[anonymous-user]

mneame said:

Claybar, polish, touch up, flatten, polish. Depends how confident and competent you are at this sort of thing though.

Thanks for the reply!

Not very confident would be the straight answer! I was afraid it may involve equipment that I do not have; I'll only be charged £106, if at all, when I hand the car back so it may just not be worth doing.

If I just wanted to get rid of the yellow wall paint would some polish do the job, or do I need something specific?

[paintman]

Polish, claybar, solvent such as tar remover or brake & clutch cleaner, maybe even WD40 are all likely to remove the yellow.

If it's only going to cost a max of £106 leave it as it.

[anonymous-user]

paintman said:

Polish, claybar, solvent such as tar remover or brake & clutch cleaner, maybe even WD40 are all likely to remove the yellow.

If it's only going to cost a max of £106 leave it as it.

Thanks - I'll give WD40 a go just to see if I can smarten it up. I am going to leave it, just thought I'd ask if there was some easy miracle cure I was unaware of

[anonymous-user]

Just been out with the WD40 and the yellow pretty much all gone so just a few small scratches left now. Looks far more inconspicuous!

Cheers for the suggestions!

[7even]

PCP= Ouch! if its not perfect on return inspection, well lets face it they have to make their money some how. Far cheaper having it repaired properly than what the leasing company will charge.

[anonymous-user]

7even said:

PCP= Ouch! if its not perfect on return inspection, well lets face it they have to make their money some how. Far cheaper having it repaired properly than what the leasing company will charge.

Quite the opposite actually. Max charge by BMW is £104 to have the whole panel repainted when I hand back. Bargain!

[Squiggs]

garyhun said:

Quite the opposite actually. Max charge by BMW is £104 to have the whole panel repainted when I hand back. Bargain!

Hhmmm ...... How big is this panel? Is it not a whole bumper?
I can't see BMW only charging £104 for a whole bumper!

I hope luck is on your side

Please report back when you get the final costs

[anonymous-user]

Squiggs said:

garyhun said:

Quite the opposite actually. Max charge by BMW is £104 to have the whole panel repainted when I hand back. Bargain!

Hhmmm ...... How big is this panel? Is it not a whole bumper?
I can't see BMW only charging £104 for a whole bumper!

I hope luck is on your side

Please report back when you get the final costs

No luck needed at all, I wish you guys would educate yourselves

It's been discussed on one of the PCP threads and confirmed by people handing their cars back. I also have the repairs cost list - you can also download from the BMW website. Cost to respray a panel is £106 and a bumper is £104. Curbed alloys are only about £40 each.

These prices are less than I could achieve anywhere myself.

In addition, I was at my dealer yesterday and was informed that on many occasions the assessors don't even bother to mark up the damage that's outside normal wear and tear. They simply take the car straight to auction and let you off completely. This also confirmed by customers in the PCP threads.

So I'll hand the car back and expect a bill of around £200 for a bumper respray and repair to 2 curbed alloys. Happy days!

[largelunchbox]

7even said:

PCP= Ouch! if its not perfect on return inspection, well lets face it they have to make their money some how. Far cheaper having it repaired properly than what the leasing company will charge.

That's wot I thought when returning a corsa with a few scrapes etc, when the inspector asked me to sign the form for the damage there was 2 boxes to tick,1 to accept the damage and cost and other box to decline. I ticked decline and never herd any more about it.