car bumped - will I get a full body respray?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

mildred1978 wrote: »

The car was completely taken apart and resprayed, yes.

nice! done one type of job like that took 18 months to complete. was a sierra RS cosworth 4x4 engine bay fire damage.

treac

Thanks once again for all the replies.

I'll post what happens with the respray next week.

mildred1978

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

nice! done one type of job like that took 18 months to complete. was a sierra RS cosworth 4x4 engine bay fire damage.

Yeah, it took several months for them to complete it, but the paint job when it came back was amazing.

Al_Ross

Quality of respray is down to the guy who actually does your work, big companies will have some resprayers who are really good and some who are terrible.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Al_Ross wrote: »

Quality of respray is down to the guy who actually does your work, big companies will have some resprayers who are really good and some who are terrible.

quality of preparation is best, if you get someone is just doing a job, then that reflects in the quality of the job.

if you get someone who would rather make a quality job invest in time in his preparation, do things right, then you job will look a million times better and last a lot longer.

i take that sierra for instance. it was a mates car, electrical fire caused the bonnet wings inner wells and bulk head to warp.

they were the original panels, and pattern ones are a horrible job to fit correctly, and untill the fire everything was rust free.

so bonnet wings, front panels wings were sent for sand blasting, then when whe got them back hammered and dolly the panels back into shape, once that was done, they were filled, air file sanded, then once that was done they were all etch primered, then block sanded then high build primed with 2k filler primer, guide coated, then block sanded with 120 grit. then shot again with high build then wet sanded with 320 grit, the wings took about 20 hours each to that stage but could have easily been more hours with a aftermarket panel drilling holes and prepping for trim.

the bonnet took 2 weeks to complete in the same way, front valance took a week to prep, (holes were welded and then everything was redone all locations for radiator mounting, intercooler mounting, twin fan mounts, pipe work cut outs, folding lips, and then seamwelding the whole thing up grinding down filling up and sanding in awkward places, whilst the front valance was off the engine was taken out, wiring that could be salvaged reworked, and those that couldnt a wiring harness was bought to replace them.

the bonnet vents, ohhh the bonnet vents, they were gone!, we sourced a few from places but were aftermarket reworked scrap, we ended up in scotland, for a pair of original ford ones from a dealer who had old stock laying about while we were there we had 2 brand new inner wing well guards brand new water reseviour and lots of clips and studs and bolts and screws and scuttle panel.

the supporting legs were not too bad, but seen there were previous damage from another owner all that was reworked, etch primed, high build primered.

the bulk head was slightly distored forom the heat behind the scuttle panel, towards the window frame, the window was removed, (new seals sourced for all windows),the car was then transported to sand blasting, we stripped everything out of it, when it came back from sand blast, there lost of rear end damage, that had been worked and filled up we chopped alot of that out and replaced with new steel, new boot floor was put in (aftermarket crud couldnt find new one) second hand bumpers were bought, the interior was retrimmed to factory original full leather and new carpet with more sound deadning (dynomat) everything inside as sealed up with a paint (i cant remeber the name of it aghhh what was it the americans call it por15 if that gives you an idea) £35 500ml per pot took 4 pots to do the inner bulk head, entire interior floor pan and underneath and under the roof skin , as the came back from sand blasting it was evident this car was supposed to have a sunroof someone had welded the hole up with sheet metal so that was re cut shaped and a new sunroof and mechanism motor and wiring was bought for that (£390 IIRC).

the rear quarters took the most, as buckling was evident in the inner door jam joints that needed the most attention ant time.

back onto the bulk head, we welded everything up, all the holes except factory ones and gromet locations comepletely filled flattened the bulk head so it looked all true and flush,
then as all the body work was done, we moved it into the spray booth. the whole thing was painted (except rear quarters and outer sills) with a single stage metallic burgendy paint from the cars paint code (what we did here to save time was to mix the paint up with some reducer, eurethane laquer and hardner didnt really measure that out just threw it in there so we had just under a litre of paint to work quickly with so there were to spray guns on the go).

then we started to rebuild the car, subframe got a grinding down, and resealed, the car was installed with billsteins coil over and adjustables.

cossy big brake set up, all fully polybushed up, all new engine mounts, all new, anti sway bar (it was a racing one came in a metalic purple colour looked nice).

once the underside was built back up and rolling on itself agasin panels were put back on and then back over to the spray booth for full colour.

18 months later the car was looking like it was off the production line.

Enfieldian

Zzzzzzz.

So they repaired the car, and it was a nice colour?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Enfieldian wrote: »

Zzzzzzz.

So they repaired the car, and it was a nice colour?

oh im sorry i bored you! i forgot this was a motoring forum, where poeple descuss,relate and share knowlage and advice and sometimes past stories.

leedsmodus

I work in Insurance no Insurance company will respray a full car for a panel or bumper damage, The area that is damaged gets repaired to the manufacturers standard colour. They may blend the colour in with the old paint work or polish and wax it to match but an insurance company will not authorise a full respray. If you have had a respray then you have used your own back street garage. I know for fact the main repairers used as authorised repairers such as Nationwide, Uk assistance, Jcc will not do this.

treac

The garage did call me and advised that I wouldn't get a full respray. So I asked them to call me back with a quote for the rest of the car to be done at the same time.

Unfortunately they didn't get back to me about it! However they did a good job on the area's of the car that they worked on.

Crabman

Tobster86 wrote: »

I really hope they don't. Doing any more work than required to return the car to it's pre-accident condition costs all of us in increased premiums.

I wish sheeple would stop with this nonsense. It doesn't lead to an increase in our premiums if the OP presents a higher quote. The nature of a free and competitive market means that if the OP's insurer increases premiums for all their customers because of the OP's claim, consumers will buy policies elsewhere.

The insurance companies are busy screwing each other with inflated repair bills, use of credit hire firms, referral fees for personal injury panel lawyers, etc. so I wouldn't be too concerned about the OP seeking legitimate advice on their insurance claim to ensure the job is completed to their satisfaction.