Rough price for bodywork repair

Emma867

vaio wrote: »

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

Thanks - this is more along the lines of what I was thinking and was wondering how much 'back street garage' would charge.

motorguy

Emma867 wrote: »

Thanks - this is more along the lines of what I was thinking and was wondering how much 'back street garage' would charge.

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

Is this thread getting circular?

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

pgilc1 wrote: »

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

I've just had the bonnet, two wings, and two front doors completely resprayed on my MB. Cost was about £800, plus £160 for two wings.

You were had.

mikey72

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

I've just had the bonnet, two wings, and two front doors completely resprayed on my MB. Cost was about £800, plus £160 for two wings.

You were had.

Only worth it on an old car. (What's an MB?)

pgilc1 wrote: »

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

Proper job though, and it will keep the bodywork warranty.

mcjordi

MB= merc benz?

traul the scrappies OP.. you could get a boot lid for £20-50 in the right colour and a bumper for the same again. maybe even cheaper not worth going through insurance

motorguy

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

I've just had the bonnet, two wings, and two front doors completely resprayed on my MB. Cost was about £800, plus £160 for two wings.

You were had.

Did you get that done with the main dealer to maintain the paint warranty?

Was the paint oven baked?

Were the wings genuine brand new Mercedes wings from a main dealer?

My passat was four days old when a neighbour reversed into it. It wasnt unreasonable to expect the car to be returned as-close-as-possible to factory finish. Maybe your merc is a little older than that? (in fact from your recent posts your car has 245,000 miles on it, so you were right to get a cheap job done on it)

Plus the neighbour paid up immediately in cash so i wasnt out a penny.

hethmar

That seems very low Pew Pew. I remember when my OH ran into a woman who suddenly slammed her brakes on at a roundabout some years back his BMW bonnet was replaced at the cost of well over £1000.

motorguy

hethmar wrote: »

That seems very low Pew Pew. I remember when my OH ran into a woman who suddenly slammed her brakes on at a roundabout some years back his BMW bonnet was replaced at the cost of well over £1000.

Cheap old car, so probably made sense to do a cheap spray job.

Emma867

Had someone look at it over the weekend - you were right, I'm looking at £250.00.

He said cheaper to get a replacement boot from a breakers. (£50 ish)

Thanks for all your help peeps :beer:

datostar

Emma867 wrote: »

Had someone look at it over the weekend - you were right, I'm looking at £250.00.

He said cheaper to get a replacement boot from a breakers. (£50 ish)

Thanks for all your help peeps :beer:

Have a look on eBay. Usually a few Megane tailgates on there. I got one for £25 for mine. Collected it myself - it fitted in the back OK with the seats out. 2 person job to handle it.