Car keyed - repair

[pikey]

I've had a car keyed. It's fairly deep across a door and rear wing.

Will it need to go to a bodyshop or are there mobile repair services with some kind of magic these days?

I've had a Google and not found much.

Thanks

[DoubleYellow]

I know the feeling mate. It's disgusting. Mindless vandalism.

The resounding answer I seemed to get was for it to go into the bodyshop. I tried to clear it up a little while with T-Cut amd other methods but realistically it is still there, I know it's still there and everytime I get in the car my eyes are drawn to it.

Get it booked in and get it done (properly). Better in the long run. Let me know how much you pay. Mine is pretty much the same and I'm looking to get it sorted.

[pikey]

Fortunately (!) it's on the shopping car rather than the 911, but bloody annoying as we're due to sell it.

[Anatol]

pikey said:

...are there mobile repair services with some kind of magic these days?

There are indeed.

However, vehicle refinishing is a skilled trade. The most important thing is to get a local recommendation based on experience of the actual guy/gal who will be repairing your car. Whether or not someone is mobile or fixed-site, trades under a particular brand or not, is entirely secondary to that.

Have you asked in the appropriate regional forum? Failing that, maybe come and bother us in the Bodywork & Detailing section...

HTH

Tol

[pikey]

Just been to a bodyshop. They want £300 cash. (Needs 3 panels doing)

Hmm..

[TonyHetherington]

The bodywork/deatiling forum will be a good place for local recommendations, Ben, but £300 - especially as it spans 3 panels - to be done properly from a bodyshop doesn't sound ridiculous?

Nevertheless gutting and I feel for you - I'd be livid.

[ben_reza]

Join the club, this happened to my run around. To be fair it's not worth spending the £250 I was quoted, car is only worth approx 1k.

Was tempted to replace the doors, expect to pay about £100 for pair of doors from scrap yard.

In the end I bought a touch up kit, £8 from local place. It wont be a great repair but will stop scraptch from rusting and hopefully wont grab my attention like the scratch does. Lesser of two evils and all that sort of thing.

[pikey]

TonyHetherington said:

The bodywork/deatiling forum will be a good place for local recommendations,

Ta, could you move it pls? Otherwise I'll just be duplicating a thread.

TonyHetherington said:

Ben, but £300 - especially as it spans 3 panels - to be done properly from a bodyshop doesn't sound ridiculous?

Oh no, I'm aware of that. I've a relationship with this garage so it would be a different price if it were through insurance, however it's still £300.. for a piece of intentional vandalism. I say that as the car has a number of other scratches & 'dings' through people knocking it in supermarkets - but at least that's incompetence.

TonyHetherington said:

Nevertheless gutting and I feel for you - I'd be livid.

Indeed. Timing is rather st as I'm preparing it for sale; MOT, new tyres, service, tax... and now this.

[TonyHetherington]

Sorted.

As you say, fustratingly bad timing.

[Nightmare]

my chap could come and look at it for you but his view on keying is that if you want a decent job it goes in a bodyshop (and he is a SMART repairer par excellance....)

That said, apparently there is a new key scratch repair system which someone has seen but we cant currently find out what the hell it is, and google is of no help dammit

[Bigdick]

Chips away and people like that use 1 pac paint,it doesnt last ,fades...comes off etc....
Get it in the bodyshop thats not a bad price,id charge something like that ;o)


Regards

Richie

[Vette]

Bigdick said:

Chips away and people like that use 1 pac paint,it doesnt last ,fades...comes off etc....
Get it in the bodyshop thats not a bad price,id charge something like that ;o)


Regards

Richie

With respect bigdick - you're wrong. Chipsaway and virtually all other SMART repairers use water based paints exactly the same as in a bodyshop. Clear lacquer is applied for protection & shine. There is no difference in the preparation and application of the paint & lacquer between SMART repair and bodyshops - only the location at which the work is performed.
Cheers

[Nightmare]

Vette said:

Bigdick said:

Chips away and people like that use 1 pac paint,it doesnt last ,fades...comes off etc....
Get it in the bodyshop thats not a bad price,id charge something like that ;o)


Regards

Richie

With respect bigdick - you're wrong. Chipsaway and virtually all other SMART repairers use water based paints exactly the same as in a bodyshop. Clear lacquer is applied for protection & shine. There is no difference in the preparation and application of the paint & lacquer between SMART repair and bodyshops - only the location at which the work is performed.
Cheers

all true

[7even]

Bigdick said:

Chips away and people like that use 1 pac paint,it doesnt last ,fades...comes off etc....
Get it in the bodyshop thats not a bad price,id charge something like that ;o)


Regards

Richie

Me finks Bigdicks having an Austin Powers moment there

[rallycross]

I have some key scratches on a black car (non metallic).

can anyone recommend someone who does magic scratch repairs (ie not smart repair but specificaly scratch removal specialist)

anyone within or around the M25>?

[Anatol]

rallycross said:

... magic scratch repairs (ie not smart repair but specificaly scratch removal specialist)

I'm not sure what you mean - the above doesn't make any real sense. There's no such thing as effective scratch removal (polishing aside) without spraying paint. SMART repair is a set of techniques used in spraying paint (and other ancillary skills like interior repair, wheel refurb, PDR, etc).

But there's no such thing as a scratch removal specialism distinct from SMART paint techniques.

Tol

[red_slr]

I had my 1 series done a couple of years ago. Barstewards did wing, 2 doors and rear wing. Grr..

Cost was just over £500 at BMW.

HTH.