Respray recommendations in the Glasgow Area?
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Re-advertising a post I left earlier on the Porsche forum - advice please from anyone in the Glasgow area?
Leaving for work early Friday morning and as I pull out from the lane on to the single lane A-Road (turning left) I glance right then left and see in front of me two white vans abreast coming straight at me. One was in the process of overtaking on a silly bit of A-Road (A81) as you exit the village (Blanefield) where there is about 200 metres before the road bends - admittedly there is nothing illegal about his manoeuvre according to the white lines on the road but in committing to that manoeuvre a driver can't see my turning which is in a blind dip midway along the road on the other side. The long and the short of the story is that I see this van at about 20 metres away, brake so not to leave the junction and the van passes me at about 50 mph. I think at the time, within about a foot of the front of the car. He then swerves and hits the front RHS of the van he is overtaking.... they brake and pull-in immediately about 150 metres away. The van drivers are all fine thank goodness and pretty cheery too despite the noise and general carnage across the road. Damage to the vans is surprisingly light but I suppose they were both going in the same direction at more or less the same speed. Clearly they are shaken and after the briefest look at the front of the car, I nip off to work, grateful the children aren't in the back and that I'm not nursing the effects of an air bag etc.
Today as I'm cleaning the motor I inspect the area carefully and realise that I was actually hit on the front right hand side. There is a scuff which has taken the paint off (1-2 cm max) with some rubber marks about 4-5 cm but there is absolutely no dent or impression caused by the white van passing at 50mph!! Whilst I'm slightly annoyed that I didn't take their details at the time (they were exchanging details for obvious reasons), I had no damage and believed I had not been hit but I was and had it been an inch or so to the right I guess I would have known for sure and not mistaken it for my rapid braking. So, there's a lesson in there somewhere re. taking down accident details and looking left on to A Roads in case some nutters in underpowered white vans are having a race but I will now have to cough up to get the front resprayed - Can anyone recommend someone to the north of Glasgow? Should I ensure it is a Porsche specialist or given the size of the scrape am I just being a wierdo?
PS. I called Stirling Council on Friday to add weight to a my neighbours who have both had similar experiences. They have already conducted a site visit but we shall see what is to be done.
Leaving for work early Friday morning and as I pull out from the lane on to the single lane A-Road (turning left) I glance right then left and see in front of me two white vans abreast coming straight at me. One was in the process of overtaking on a silly bit of A-Road (A81) as you exit the village (Blanefield) where there is about 200 metres before the road bends - admittedly there is nothing illegal about his manoeuvre according to the white lines on the road but in committing to that manoeuvre a driver can't see my turning which is in a blind dip midway along the road on the other side. The long and the short of the story is that I see this van at about 20 metres away, brake so not to leave the junction and the van passes me at about 50 mph. I think at the time, within about a foot of the front of the car. He then swerves and hits the front RHS of the van he is overtaking.... they brake and pull-in immediately about 150 metres away. The van drivers are all fine thank goodness and pretty cheery too despite the noise and general carnage across the road. Damage to the vans is surprisingly light but I suppose they were both going in the same direction at more or less the same speed. Clearly they are shaken and after the briefest look at the front of the car, I nip off to work, grateful the children aren't in the back and that I'm not nursing the effects of an air bag etc.
Today as I'm cleaning the motor I inspect the area carefully and realise that I was actually hit on the front right hand side. There is a scuff which has taken the paint off (1-2 cm max) with some rubber marks about 4-5 cm but there is absolutely no dent or impression caused by the white van passing at 50mph!! Whilst I'm slightly annoyed that I didn't take their details at the time (they were exchanging details for obvious reasons), I had no damage and believed I had not been hit but I was and had it been an inch or so to the right I guess I would have known for sure and not mistaken it for my rapid braking. So, there's a lesson in there somewhere re. taking down accident details and looking left on to A Roads in case some nutters in underpowered white vans are having a race but I will now have to cough up to get the front resprayed - Can anyone recommend someone to the north of Glasgow? Should I ensure it is a Porsche specialist or given the size of the scrape am I just being a wierdo?
PS. I called Stirling Council on Friday to add weight to a my neighbours who have both had similar experiences. They have already conducted a site visit but we shall see what is to be done.
Ferrymill did a decent job on the wife's car a few years back, the car is still in the family and the finish is holding up well - gave me some £££s off for paying cash too, but were still happy to give me some guarantee paperwork for the work, which I've not had from a bodyshop elsewhere.
AGAR said:
OJ - how did you get on with this? My father's car could do with having the front bumper resprayed on it.
Thought I would update you. I used Ferrymill Motors in Torrance and picked up my p&j this evening. They couldn't have been more professional or helpful (opening up at 7pm to fit in with my work) and the car is immaculate - it has even been washed too. They had to take the front bumper off because of the proximity of the scratch to the headlamp washer but offered me the options from a quick respray of the affected area which "would convince most people", to a full bumper respray which would catch all the other chips acrewed over the last 35000 miles. I went with the latter for £280 all in and feel very happy that this will look much better for the next 35000 miles I clock up. Thanks for the advice everybody - great recommendation (although I hope not to use them again!!) for all marques. OJ. 
OJ... said:
AGAR said:
OJ - how did you get on with this? My father's car could do with having the front bumper resprayed on it.
Thought I would update you. I used Ferrymill Motors in Torrance and picked up my p&j this evening. They couldn't have been more professional or helpful (opening up at 7pm to fit in with my work) and the car is immaculate - it has even been washed too. They had to take the front bumper off because of the proximity of the scratch to the headlamp washer but offered me the options from a quick respray of the affected area which "would convince most people", to a full bumper respray which would catch all the other chips acrewed over the last 35000 miles. I went with the latter for £280 all in and feel very happy that this will look much better for the next 35000 miles I clock up. Thanks for the advice everybody - great recommendation (although I hope not to use them again!!) for all marques. OJ. Sounds like they did a fantastic job for you. It does seem a lot more than I thought I would have to pay to have a bumper resprayed, but you get what you pay for I suppose. Would you mind posting some pics of the work? Feel free to PM me please. I assume the colour match between old and new paint is excellent? I'm hoping to book mine in a week's time.
Thanks again,
Agar
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