Oh no - look what I did!!

[Anonymous]

Look what I did....

Does anyone have any suggestions about where to get this fixed? Luckily it's only the bottom part of the bumper so I dont think it will be too costly to fix...

 

[Anonymous]

Hi blue, unlucky with the scrape, a skilled smart repairer should be able to get that fixed for you, i would recomend speaking to your dealer and seeing who they use for there preperation!? I would think about £150, otherwise it's a bodyshop!! - hope that helps. cheers

 

[Anonymous]

Mibblue its another amber red similar damage as mine. but mine requires a grill as well. my bee is being sorted at just car clinic through insurance. there is useually lots of bodywork shops around so check out the prices and look at some of their work first]. good luck hope you get it sorted soon.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks bee - this was totally my fault, no other cars involved so I wont use my insurance (its gonna be less than the excess anyway). I've been lucky tho as its only scuffed the bottom of the bumper. The grill and the black part of the bumper is undamaged. Basically I scuffed the bottom of a wall (I thought I was in reverse!!!! lol I'll never criticise women drivers again! lol). Will shop around but had a smart repair to my last car and that was a pretty good job. Oh well.... :crazy:

 

[RCZ1]

Hi Mibblue, hope you get that sorted soon. And what's this about lady drivers? :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

<hangs head in shame> all these years of cracking women driver jokes has caught up with me....

 

[Anonymous]

Oh no - what a shame We all seem to be damaging our RCZs recently...... although I think the light that fell on Flash was male..........

 

[Anonymous]

Got my RCZ fixed.... and on the same day as my laser eye surgery! Both car and me doing well!! :dance:

 

[Anonymous]

Looks good as new :clap:

 

[Anonymous]

So where did you get it done, and what did it cost?

 

[Anonymous]

Used Chipsaway - the guy I used is called Clark (in Bham) - he did a good job. Came to £156 so not too bad altho it will teach me to take more care in future!!

 

[Anonymous]

I used their kent bloke when i damaged mine, did a good job and only charged £90 plus VAT

 

[Anonymous]

Hi, I have had a quote from chipsaway to fix the chip on the rear arch, the only thing stopping me from going ahead was the bit where he said he would have to clear coat the entire panel, and my mind has gone to a place where this will then not match the rest of the panels on the same side of the car?

Mlbblue can you give any additional details as to what they did with regards to the spray job? Or am I being a bit of a worrier?

 

[Anonymous]

i used a local paint shop to repair my rear bumper and he had to clear coat the whole panel. perfect match. £130 inc vat.

 

[Anonymous]

Binky, they're a bit out of your way, but if you have family or friends in W Yorks area where you could go for a few hours, this guy does a fantastic job and has a good rep round these parts.

I reversed into a scaffolding pole in the pitch dark a few years ago and put a massive dent in the back of my Astravan at the time, it was right on the crease in the centre of the boot and so couldn't be pulled out like 'normal' dents and needing filling and paint. The guy came out to me and did it at my house, took him around 4 hours from start to finish (sand, fill, sand, fill, sand, fill, paint, more paint etc) and cost me £75 which included the entire panel needing a new clear coat. I can find fault with things that aren't even faulty, but even I couldn't find any faults with his work, the colour match was spot on under both natural light and artificial light (street lights). You'd never know there'd been such a huge dent there a few hours earlier.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi, I have had a quote from chipsaway to fix the chip on the rear arch, the only thing stopping me from going ahead was the bit where he said he would have to clear coat the entire panel, and my mind has gone to a place where this will then not match the rest of the panels on the same side of the car?

Mlbblue can you give any additional details as to what they did with regards to the spray job? Or am I being a bit of a worrier?

I'm not really an expert when it comes to how they do it vs. a paint/body shop but I've had no problem with colour matching, sorry I can't help any more :thumbdown:

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply Guys, I think I was just baulking at the fact that the whole panel would have to be clear coated again.
I work in Pudsey, Leeds so will give them a call if only to get a second opinion.