Am I being ripped off by mechanic

Cardummy

Ford Focus Zetec 07 front bumper, front panel and o/s headlight with labour to cost £500 plus vat to repair. Is that a reasonable price to pay.....so confused right now

scotsbob

Depends on the price of the parts.


Do you have a breakdown of parts and labour?

AdrianC

Front "panel" - which panel? Used parts the right colour, or new parts that need spraying? Any damage behind the surface that needs putting right before they can be fitted? Is it just the headlight unit, or is the wiring damaged, too?

Lincoln_Imp

Is that repair (as you say) or replace with new ?

Does that include spraying parts to suit ?

As scotsbob says "Do you have a breakdown of parts and labour"

Cardummy

Labour ££250 front panel £87 headlight £53 and front bumper £58

Cardummy

Parts would be new. The front panel relates to when the bonnet is opened everything supporting the bits inside is all cracked. Sorry don't mean to play the "I'm a woman card" I just have no clue

Cardummy

Excluding spraying

Cardummy

AdrianC the wiring is fine light is working as normal

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Difficult to judge without photo's usually allot of front/side damage is hidden behind panels and bumpers. when these are taken off the damage become more apparent such as front bumper cross member radiator and light core support, strut tower supports engine bay mount supports bent and crumple zones affected.


If you just replacing panels damaged and the supports and cores are fine, then £500 sounds about right for supply and fit parts, it can fiddly to line up and match body lines and gaps in panels and time consuming and if you askling them to match the same color with salvage parts to limit having to spray it, it can be time consuming hunting them down in local salvage yards or ordering online from other sellers.