Rough price for bodywork repair

Emma867

Hi guys

I reversed my Megane into a dwarf wall last weekend and have dented my boot and cracked the bumper.

Damage = dent is quite - well, dented (boot still opens) and crack to bumper is slight. Might not bother having the new bumper?

How much am I looking at for repair?

motorguy

Emma867 wrote: »

Hi guys

I reversed my Megane into a dwarf wall last weekend and have dented my boot and cracked the bumper.

Damage = dent is quite - well, dented (boot still opens) and crack to bumper is slight. Might not bother having the new bumper?

How much am I looking at for repair?

Probably £300 ish. You will just need to take it to a few repairers and see what they say.

Emma867

:eek::eek::eek:

£300!!

Worth going through my insurance then?

Keith

Emma867 wrote: »

I reversed my Megane into a dwarf

:eek: I skimmed the thread in preview

motorguy

Emma867 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek:

£300!!

Worth going through my insurance then?

I would have thought minimum to get it done. Probably more when i think about it. Maybe £400 - £500.

Probably a full main dealer repair could be anything up to £1500.

Emma867

Bloooooooody hell

Emma867

Keith wrote: »

:eek: I skimmed the thread in preview

:rotfl:

Might have been softer!

hethmar

Well Em, I just got a quote of nearly a thousand for a tiny scratch by my door handle and a scratch on the plastic bit under the bumper from VW so I reckon you must be looking at that too from a main dealer!

Emma867

:eek:^I know, I was just reading your thread.

My megane is 2001 though so can't warrant mega mega bucks on it

I thought it was a case of 'just get it tapped out and the paint touched up'. I know nothing (which is why I'm on here) about repair costs so it's nice to get an idea before I hit the garages.

motorguy

hethmar wrote: »

Well Em, I just got a quote of nearly a thousand for a tiny scratch by my door handle and a scratch on the plastic bit under the bumper from VW so I reckon you must be looking at that too from a main dealer!

VW charged my £1000 to replace a wing on my passat. It was only marginally dented too...

vaio

Emma867 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek:

£300!!

Worth going through my insurance then?

Absolutely not, if you do they'll recoup the costs each year for the next three years.

Frankly, on a car that age I’d either live with it or use a back street garage/smart repair place