How much to repair this??

[Gaz_]

Looked a at Fiesta Zetec S yesterday for the gf. Nice car bar the dent below Knocked the guy down £500, but i need to know how much this would cost to repair before i possibly buy the car!

Cheers

 

[Bucko]

Have you tried getting a quote at a body repair specialist? I find they all vary quite a bit in prices

I doubt it will cost the £500 that you knocked him down though

 

[MikeB]

That should not come to more than £500

 

[Gaz_]

Have you tried getting a quote at a body repair specialist? I find they all vary quite a bit in prices

I doubt it will cost the £500 that you knocked him down though

No, only looked at the car last night. I know they can vary, thought i'd try the CS experts first lol. What do we think, reshape, fill to suit then paint full quarter?

 

[Needster]

They'll correct body work then might touch up that area and feather it in. Unless you specify otherwise.

It's hard to see the extent of the damage with the little pics.

 

[Gaz_]

Even better! Someone wake up gally, he loves these threads!

 

[Joshua.J]

I had a same kind of dent on my old clio, got quotted at one garage £250 at another £150 that was to have it popped out and respray the whole pannel

 

[.GAZ.]

Gally's a cowboy!

 

[Gaz_]

Give him a poke! I need answers

 

[barker22]

how much would a wing cost?, then just spraying

 

[Bucko]

how much would a wing cost?, then just spraying

Isn't the damage to the rear quarter?

 

[Bluebeard]

If thats the rear wing, I just had a fiesta 1.25 with exactly the same dent! Strange!

Cost me £230 incl vat to sort.

 

[JCC]

What do we think, reshape, fill to suit then paint full quarter?

Yep that's pretty much what a proper bodyshop will do.

 

[Final Maxim]

need better pics.

pretty sure the fiestas have the wide arches and theres a lip that goes around the arch so painting the entire quarter aint needed.

 

[Bluebeard]

^^ Yeah, when they did mine, they just painted the flared arch bit.

 

[Gaz_]

If thats the rear wing, I just had a fiesta 1.25 with exactly the same dent! Strange!

Cost me £230 incl vat to sort.

Yeah rear wing! he failed to tell me before i viewed the car :nono:. So i made him an offer £500 less than advertised, he said no, then rang me this morning to accept lol. Pick it up next sat

 

[Gally]

Great buy mae, don't let the garage paint just the arch unless your happy with it, i'd be looking for a full paint on the quarter and bumper possibly even a blend into the front door if the colour isn't great.

If you get a quote let me know.

Thanks for the pm at half 10 this morning!

 

[Final Maxim]

^ crazy

id want as little painted as possible. theres VERY little damage to the car, meaning you are gonna be using very little basecoat.

if you insist that the rear quarter is painted, even just with laquer it can send the colour out slightly. plus you will have a full rear quarter painted which can lead to alot more problems than just having the arch painted.

full bumper painted is fine if theres nowhere to paint to, i aint a fan of blowing in halfway across panels as sooner or later, it will flake and look s**t

 

[Gaz_]

Great buy mae, don't let the garage paint just the arch unless your happy with it, i'd be looking for a full paint on the quarter and bumper possibly even a blend into the front door if the colour isn't great.

If you get a quote let me know.

Thanks for the pm at half 10 this morning!

Paint wars!!!

Will do mate, cheers for your help! I'll take it to my good local place thats currently got my Cup and see what they say! Whole car needs a good PC too, so thats something else to get my teeth stuck into

 

[JCC]

I personally wouldn't blow it in along the arch either, by the time that's repaired/primed/sanded down/based up you're going to be right up next to line you're trying to fade it out on, which to me says having a hard edge along the arch.

 

[James1470]

a wings about £70 plus vat .. paining shouldn't cost too much and there only on with a few bolts and rivets i think .. i'll check the ford number and price when i get to work .. but wont cost anywhere near £500 ...

**edit .. didn't notice it was the rear .. .you might be able to get a repair bit .. ford normally do that ... if not it could be a bit pricey! **

 

[Gally]

^ crazy

id want as little painted as possible. theres VERY little damage to the car, meaning you are gonna be using very little basecoat.

if you insist that the rear quarter is painted, even just with laquer it can send the colour out slightly. plus you will have a full rear quarter painted which can lead to alot more problems than just having the arch painted.

full bumper painted is fine if theres nowhere to paint to, i aint a fan of blowing in halfway across panels as sooner or later, it will flake and look s**t

It'll flake if you don't know what you're doing.

Nobody in their right mind would want to paint just to that arch, no decent paint shop would attempt it either!

Nobody wants new paint on their car of course not but I would rather it was done right and the panel with half basecoat and full lacquer you won't tell the difference.
Especially with sea grey. What a lovely colour aswell.

Again i'm only talking from getting it done at a decent garage. Profit margain is very small in the repair industry just now and garages are cutting corners, i'm seeing it weekly with rectification at my work from other garages.

 

[Gaz_]

These guys are good tbh. Have the local BMW contract, plenty of nice binned machines in there + my scratty 172

 

[mickstoke]

not trying to scare you off the car but it might be best to have the car optoflex to make sure the wheel isnt out of alinement with the damage been around the wheel area