Bodywork repair around Salisbury...
Discussion
Avonside
Unit 3, Wyndham Centre, Salisbury Business Park, Salisbury
01722 412 574
BodyTech
Unit 5-8, Netherhampton Business Centre, Netherhampton, Salisbury, Wiltshire
01722 746 080
Avonside have done a fair few jobs for me over the years, mostly with various cars and vans in the company fleet. They did however repair the front of my V8s when someone reversed their tow bar into it and more recently they prepared and painted a new Griff bonnet for me. Colour match and finish was good in both cases.
BodyTec don’t seem phased by GRP either but in my experience they are less keen to discuss the cost. In both cases you can talk to the guy who will do the job rather than some git with a clipboard.
Plainly it depends on the nature of the damage but GRP is fairly easy to repair yourself provided you get the correct materials (not a kit from the high street shop)
Unit 3, Wyndham Centre, Salisbury Business Park, Salisbury
01722 412 574
BodyTech
Unit 5-8, Netherhampton Business Centre, Netherhampton, Salisbury, Wiltshire
01722 746 080
Avonside have done a fair few jobs for me over the years, mostly with various cars and vans in the company fleet. They did however repair the front of my V8s when someone reversed their tow bar into it and more recently they prepared and painted a new Griff bonnet for me. Colour match and finish was good in both cases.
BodyTec don’t seem phased by GRP either but in my experience they are less keen to discuss the cost. In both cases you can talk to the guy who will do the job rather than some git with a clipboard.
Plainly it depends on the nature of the damage but GRP is fairly easy to repair yourself provided you get the correct materials (not a kit from the high street shop)
Popped over to Avonside at lunch ... their estimate (sent by email this afternoon) made my ass pucker!
£993.60 of labour and £319.53 for paint!!! (Both plus VAT of course.)
How can the paint for that be £320?!?!?!
That's not even a front end respray - that's blending in the bonnet and headlight bezel according to the estimate.
£1,542.93 ... !!!
... now if only i can work out how to post the photo of the damage.
Phil
£993.60 of labour and £319.53 for paint!!! (Both plus VAT of course.)
How can the paint for that be £320?!?!?!
That's not even a front end respray - that's blending in the bonnet and headlight bezel according to the estimate.
£1,542.93 ... !!!
... now if only i can work out how to post the photo of the damage.
Phil
Edited by Bassfiend on Monday 13th December 21:08
I'm just a bit taken aback at £320 for paint ...
I have a friend down in Bovey Tracy who runs a company that do mainly repairs for big housing contracters before the buyer takes ownership but they have done cars before and his comment was "going by the photo there's probably £60 in materials there given the only thing they'll need to buy in specially is the paint and that's a standard BMW colour" and "I'm guessing they're working on 'menu' prices, reality is this will be a 'same day' repair (i.e. completed by one technician in one day) but you won't see the car for a week..."
I'll get another estimate of course but that just took me very by suprise...
And what happened? I got a phonecall from the company MD on Saturday that he couldn't get online to get to the company VPN - I popped over to his house in the New Forest to go try to sort it out. While I was inside his missis backed her 4x4's towbar into it...
Phil
I have a friend down in Bovey Tracy who runs a company that do mainly repairs for big housing contracters before the buyer takes ownership but they have done cars before and his comment was "going by the photo there's probably £60 in materials there given the only thing they'll need to buy in specially is the paint and that's a standard BMW colour" and "I'm guessing they're working on 'menu' prices, reality is this will be a 'same day' repair (i.e. completed by one technician in one day) but you won't see the car for a week..."
I'll get another estimate of course but that just took me very by suprise...
And what happened? I got a phonecall from the company MD on Saturday that he couldn't get online to get to the company VPN - I popped over to his house in the New Forest to go try to sort it out. While I was inside his missis backed her 4x4's towbar into it...
Phil
steve-V8s said:
Avonside
Unit 3, Wyndham Centre, Salisbury Business Park, Salisbury
01722 412 574
BodyTech
Unit 5-8, Netherhampton Business Centre, Netherhampton, Salisbury, Wiltshire
01722 746 080
Avonside have done a fair few jobs for me over the years, mostly with various cars and vans in the company fleet. They did however repair the front of my V8s when someone reversed their tow bar into it and more recently they prepared and painted a new Griff bonnet for me. Colour match and finish was good in both cases.
BodyTec don’t seem phased by GRP either but in my experience they are less keen to discuss the cost. In both cases you can talk to the guy who will do the job rather than some git with a clipboard.
Plainly it depends on the nature of the damage but GRP is fairly easy to repair yourself provided you get the correct materials (not a kit from the high street shop)
Thanks for this info by the way Steve... Unit 3, Wyndham Centre, Salisbury Business Park, Salisbury
01722 412 574
BodyTech
Unit 5-8, Netherhampton Business Centre, Netherhampton, Salisbury, Wiltshire
01722 746 080
Avonside have done a fair few jobs for me over the years, mostly with various cars and vans in the company fleet. They did however repair the front of my V8s when someone reversed their tow bar into it and more recently they prepared and painted a new Griff bonnet for me. Colour match and finish was good in both cases.
BodyTec don’t seem phased by GRP either but in my experience they are less keen to discuss the cost. In both cases you can talk to the guy who will do the job rather than some git with a clipboard.
Plainly it depends on the nature of the damage but GRP is fairly easy to repair yourself provided you get the correct materials (not a kit from the high street shop)
Phil
You could try Sportomotive in Salisbury.
They are a Lotus specialist, and have cars with body work needing doing when I am there, the paint is done off site IIRC.
They also look after a few TVRs. I think they were once a TVR dealers (or Cos used to work for one).
Only paint work I have experience of is a wing mirror which while was very nice - is not really proof!
Regards
Spunagain
They are a Lotus specialist, and have cars with body work needing doing when I am there, the paint is done off site IIRC.
They also look after a few TVRs. I think they were once a TVR dealers (or Cos used to work for one).
Only paint work I have experience of is a wing mirror which while was very nice - is not really proof!
Regards
Spunagain
Spunagain said:
You could try Sportomotive in Salisbury.
They are a Lotus specialist, and have cars with body work needing doing when I am there, the paint is done off site IIRC.
They also look after a few TVRs. I think they were once a TVR dealers (or Cos used to work for one).
Only paint work I have experience of is a wing mirror which while was very nice - is not really proof!
Regards
Spunagain
I shall give 'em a go!They are a Lotus specialist, and have cars with body work needing doing when I am there, the paint is done off site IIRC.
They also look after a few TVRs. I think they were once a TVR dealers (or Cos used to work for one).
Only paint work I have experience of is a wing mirror which while was very nice - is not really proof!
Regards
Spunagain
Ta
Phil
How did you do for quotes?
Im just curious to see how much money i saved
I done a similar thing to mine last month, done the repairs myself, but held out on the paint, as will be doing a complete paint in summer
Here is my mess
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Alex
Im just curious to see how much money i saved
I done a similar thing to mine last month, done the repairs myself, but held out on the paint, as will be doing a complete paint in summer
Here is my mess
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Alex
Alexdaredevilz said:
How did you do for quotes?
Im just curious to see how much money i saved
I done a similar thing to mine last month, done the repairs myself, but held out on the paint, as will be doing a complete paint in summer
Here is my mess
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Alex
The only estimate I have so far is Avonside - the other two places haven't got back to me yet to say whether they're interested in taking a look.Im just curious to see how much money i saved
I done a similar thing to mine last month, done the repairs myself, but held out on the paint, as will be doing a complete paint in summer
Here is my mess
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Alex
At the end of the day it's my bosses wife's insurance that will take the hit if necessary so I'm not too worried but obviously they'd like to avoid insurance if possible ...
... plus of course if I can make it as painless for them as possible then I might be able to wangle keeping these "old" DBLs that I've borrowed from work. ;-)
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