What would this cost to repair

Mufc2628 · Post by **Mufc2628** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 12:31 am

Hi all, just after a bit of advice after accidentally bumping my neighbours parked car when pulling off this evening and wondering what the rough cost will be to pay to repair it?

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thanks.

Someone-Else · Post by **Someone-Else** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 4:26 am

As with any cost, although you only want a "ball park figure" the actual cost has too many variables, and at the end of the day you still have to ask a specialist (body shop, in this case) how much it will be, also what will you do if one person said £100 and the actual bill came in at £507?
Sorry it's not the answer you wanted, but only a specialist can really answer by looking at the actual job.

Cannyfixit · Post by **Cannyfixit** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:28 am

It might be cheaper to ring these mobile chips away repair company’s as it doesn’t look structural from the picture ,I had a similar damage on my Focus it’s ten years old so I’m not that bothered about it looking perfect and I got quoted £50 but that was a just a quick repair with no colour matching to the rest of the panel

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 8:21 am

I hate to say it but there are two panels damaged. A good bodywork man would be able to fill and blend in localised spray but it is hard to get a match. The problem with metallics is that the paint has to go on in the same direction to get the reflection the same on the metallic particles in the paint, a bit like a grain. Also bumpers have a different paint as it is on plastic. Body work is effing expensive and to give you an idea I caught my bumper (one year old car) on a rock in a narrow lane. It was just the bumper with a deep gouge in it. Chips away did not want to know and I ended up at a proper body shop and it cost £1200 for a whole new bumper which came prepainted from Ford. I had to claim.

The Focus looks old and maybe you can get away with a Chips Away bloke as it depends on your neighbours expectations. If is is a £300 car buy it off him or offer cash in lieu of a repair, it is cheaper.

DWD

jaeger · Post by **jaeger** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 11:41 am

Could try an Xpress repair centre at a local Tesco if they're in your area.
Send them a picture for an estimate.
https://xpresscentres.co.uk/?gclid=Cjw ... QAvD_BwE

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 1:33 pm

As per Someone else - get a few estimates. I had not dissimilar damage to my car a while back (Slightly worse) and the quotes I had ranged from £ 360 to just shy of £ 1000.