Dodgy Body Shop Repair

Discussion in 'Car Chat' started by six_impressive_hours, Jul 1, 2009.

  1. DaddyC RMS Moderator

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  2. Crimson RMS Regular

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    That's rediculous!

    They're fecking chancers! Go to the insurance comapny and advise them exactly of what the bodyshop have told you about reasons for their shoddy work.

    Take pics of the shoddy work and tell the insurance company to "get the finger out" and get the car repaired by a creditable bodyshop or you will take legal action
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    Good luck, hope it works out. So many chancers when it comes to insurance jobs...

    Can give you the name of a really good painter/body shop if you need somebody else to do it properly.
  4. six_impressive_hours RMS Regular

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    She is doing step two this afternoon. Like you said, she's already been back to them about it and fobbed off ref the colour match :(

    j
  5. DaddyC RMS Moderator

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    Has she spoken to the insurance company about it???
  6. CJFR RMS Regular

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    Just contact your insurance company and tell them your unhappy with the work. As said before they send out an accessor and he marks down what needs done. Easy peasy
  7. TheLarneMan RMS Regular

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    Surely your insurance company should be sorting all of this out for you?
  8. RonnieG RMS Regular

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    sounds like porters in Portadown a guy who was in my class was hit on the wing the fixed it and the car came back 2 colours so the repainted the door and rear quarter to match the wing!!! the went back 4 times until they eventually resprayed the WHOLE car to get it matching!!!!
  9. six_impressive_hours RMS Regular

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    Bodyshop wouldn't/couldn't help. Too much trouble to custom match paint - claimed only to be able to mix paint to manufacturers paint codes (which wouldn't be much help when spraying a 18 year old car imo...).

    In the hands of the insurance company now.

    Spoke to Direct Line myself today and they were very helpful.

    Will keep you posted...

    j
  10. JERKYBOY18 RMS Regular

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    some cowboys about , how do they even have the cheek to hand it back ,a run in the paint is a disgrace for a body shop

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