Scratched my car. How will this cost to fix?

littlesparkles

I scratched the front of my car when I struggled to park next to a wall. Most of the scruff/scratch looks white but one scratch looks quite deep.

Is this going to cost me lots of money to fix?

Jack_Regan

littlesparkles wrote: »

I scratched the front of my car when I struggled to park next to a wall. Most of the scruff/scratch looks white but one scratch looks quite deep.

Is this going to cost me lots of money to fix?

How long is your piece of string?

littlesparkles

I'm just looking for a ballpark figure so that I don't get ripped off. Is there a way of posting photos on here? Would that help?

alleycat`

post them on a free image site and post a link to them.
The answer at the moment is "it depends".

forgotmyname

Depends on the car, The actual panel damage and the paint.

Some metallic paints and some reds can be a bit obvious.

littlesparkles

SailorSam

Unless it's a new car and a big scratch you're best going to a local motor shop and get some touch-up paint. A professional paint job on an older car could cost more than it's worth.

littlesparkles

http://tinypic.com/r/vxc1nc/5

That's the link to the pic.

deanos

A smart repair should be possible on that

http://www.chipsaway.co.uk/

Strider590

I'm guessing from the description, this was done trying to park nose first into a tight space?

So what are we looking at?

Rough guess..... I reckon the corner of front bumper, probably on the plastic, little/no damage to metal work, but possible damage to bumper mounts/clips.

Similar damage to mine in 2009, caused by an elderly gent trying to park nose first next to me at Tescos (i'd reversed in), the total came to £600, to fill, paint and blend.
This was via insurance, so I reckon private it would have been £200-£250.


Edit - Just saw the image

/smugmode

littlesparkles

I was parking on my new drive and got in a bit of a muddle largely because someone was parked over part of my dropped kerb. I thought I could get in okay but clearly not! I scraped along my own garden wall so it's just my car that is damaged.

Most of the scratch looks white but there is a bit that looks deeper and silver.