Side panel needs replaced.... How Much??

[luemas]

Hey guys, One of my mates accidentally reversed into the back of me on the weekend and im not happy Went to the body shop and the guy said its too big to fill and would need a new panel, although i couldnt do it himself he sugguested most dealers it would cost £1500 at the dealer$, so now my friend aint too happy surely it doesnt coz this much... does it?? it is the big side panel and its a 3dr... but still... anybody else had this panel replaced?... how much did it cost you?? Many thanks peeps

 

[TINCAN]

got a leon and had the front wing replaced and that come in at £900+ as they have to spray in other panels to match it all in so reckon that amount of money sounds not far off mate....

 

[Triple D]

any pictures of the damage?

 

[luemas]

Nope not atm, too dark to get pics but i rekon it does need a new panel too....did u get urs done at the big dealer$ or the body shops? i might try and get a quote from a larger bodywork shop... hopefully theyll be more reasonable

 

[TINCAN]

my leon was done at an independant bodyshop but is one reccomended by local dealer...

If your near Milton Keynes its called perfect paint and is very good and perfect finish as you would expect...

luckily mine involved a thrid party who stopped and gave insurance info.....

 

[luemas]

damn, looks as though theres gonna be a big hole in someones wallet

 

[luemas]

Does Anybody have a rought idea how much it would be to get the panel replaced by a bodyshop??

 

[Guinness]

you might get it slightly cheaper as they would paint for less than seat probably but wont be loads off the quote, as said other pannels need matching in

 

[luemas]

guinness to my rescue again! thanx mate, £1500 for a panel just seems way too much when u think i spent £4500 on the entire car, there must be more labour in it then i think! keep posting peeps

 

[Guinness]

yer painting costs are going to be a fair bit of the price and the time obviously taken to paint it. Only other thing I could think of is try to find the pannel from a breakers or something and get someone to paint/match it in for you, this might not be worth it and Iv never tried anything like it but might be an idea

 

[luemas]

Yer sound very time consuming too thanx for the ideas tho... gonna go round some larger bodyshops tomoro for some final quotes for him... ill keep uz posted!

 

[tommmineh]

i know croakey had a panel fitted, but it was an insurance job...

i'll point him in this direction

 

[luemas]

nice 1 tom

 

[croakey]

croakey is here...he seems to get all the ****ing luck

mine was replaced back in november/december time...and although it was insurance money it went to the bodyshop of my choice...

started off like this...

then it looked like this...

and now she looks like this...

cost all in all £1308 including VAT and that was at a place that does ferrari resto's etc...

however tune in next week to see how croakey deals with...
passenger door + wall = nice dent

...and sisters micra+ not looking + not breaking = big dent

tune in next week for a boot and bonnet i would predict!

 

[Guinness]

yer dent remover not going to sort that mate lol

 

[croakey]

tell me about it

 

[G3rrit]

tell me about it

that sucks mate!!

when you are going to get it repaired, also remove the bumpstrips that is what i did when they drove into the side of my car in december 2006

 

[croakey]

i like my bumpstrips though...not going fully smooth bumpers anymore so they follow the rest of the lines of the car

 

[luemas]

Got a quote today for approx £900 + VAT so not as much as i anticipated but still alot, Also spoke to another bodyshop who rekons he can bash it out so im waiting opn a quote from him . Since its looking as tho the bumper strip will need replaced i might get the new ones sprayed to match the body work.... altho it isnt as noticable on black , but might add a bit of extra class to the car

 

[rashcupra]

pay the proper money if you want a good job as if the price is cheap the repairers will cut corners and the job will be rushed bout £1400 approx is what my work would charge