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29th July 2010, 22:35 | #11 |
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Take it back and tell them you are not happy and tell them to sort it out in 7 days or you will take it further. Give it to them in writing too.
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29th July 2010, 23:42 | #12 |
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This sounds like a case of an insurance approved bodyshop & if it is avoid any of them like the plague as they are told by the insurance companies to do it as quick as possible & the bodyshops generally get a lower rate
When my renewal came through for the ZR-Express I was please it was the same price as last year but then I read some ammendments & one was the excess was an extra £200 if I used a non approved bodyshop So I rang them up & told them that I wasn't using places that give backhanders to insurance companies to do a **** job & that if the car was repaired in such a place I would send it back as many times as it took for them to do it properly costing them all a fortune & thus it would be cheaper for me to send it to the place I use = I cancelled the policy! |
30th July 2010, 09:32 | #13 |
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If the standard of work looks that poor on collection, what on earth is it going to be like after a year or so?
I had a then new Cavalier repaired by a Vauxhall dealer after a van drove in to the driver's door and front wing. Within 6 months there was rust breaking out all round the periphery of the door. I took it back and they "repaired" it. Same thing 6 months later, so I took it back again. The car was moved on shortly after and next time I saw it the drivers door was as rusty as an old horseshoe. That's when I learned my lesson about bodyshops. Find a good one and stick with them, no matter what your insurer says.
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30th July 2010, 10:13 | #14 |
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What "Aurora ZT-T" said - I've had three very unpleasant experiences with 'approved' body shops - not refilling A/C gas after emptying, over a pint of coolant below minimum, car left in the rain with no door, badly fitted seals and panels... And from three different bodyshops on three different occasions.
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I'd seriously consider the suggestion of telling them you're going to get a detailer to do a proper job and they're paying for it. Should get them moving one way or another.
On a DIY level you're going to need a machine polisher to properly sort it out - I'd be staggered if such an inept outfit had mopped it with anything more than an aggressive compound which will have left swirl marks all over it. Even if you can't see them initially, try taking a look at the paint under petrol station lights. I'd be willing to bet it'll look more like a sand dune than a millpond. Which, unless you've got a polisher-owning friend who's open to bribes, is more expense.
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