Smart Repair Quality

[Jaguar99]

Hi all

I had a scratch on one of my door mirrors. Arranged for a local smart repair guy to come out and sort it

He painted it, good colour match and scratch gone

However, the finish on the painted mirror isn’t quite as good as the other mirror which still has the factory finish. It looks ok from a distance but if you look at your face in the reflection on the paintwork it’s blurry compared to the other mirror

When I pointed this out to him a couple of days later when I noticed he said no problem he would pop buy and re polish. He did this last week and it’s still the same. Except he has now also missed a bit when repolishing so there’s a funny “flat” bit

He says he will come out again and sort. My questions are whether the reflection in the smart repaired paintwork should be the same as the factory finish and also why he is struggling. Has he been unlucky or are mirrors hard to polish?

I don’t really want to have to go to a body shop to get this done if I don’t have to but if he can’t get it right this time I think I might have to

[Furbo]

Jaguar99 said:

Hi all

I had a scratch on one of my door mirrors. Arranged for a local smart repair guy to come out and sort it

He painted it, good colour match and scratch gone

However, the finish on the painted mirror isn t quite as good as the other mirror which still has the factory finish. It looks ok from a distance but if you look at your face in the reflection on the paintwork it s blurry compared to the other mirror

When I pointed this out to him a couple of days later when I noticed he said no problem he would pop buy and re polish. He did this last week and it s still the same. Except he has now also missed a bit when repolishing so there s a funny flat bit

He says he will come out again and sort. My questions are whether the reflection in the smart repaired paintwork should be the same as the factory finish and also why he is struggling. Has he been unlucky or are mirrors hard to polish?

I don t really want to have to go to a body shop to get this done if I don t have to but if he can t get it right this time I think I might have to

I've had a lot of smart repairs and the quality has varied from magical to passable. I generally take the view now that a good smart repair is one where someone who didn't know it was there would not see it. Not necessarily perfect.