Bodyshop ballpark

[Curtis]

So some plebian decided they were going to drive into the side of my car in the works car park and not leave details. No point in going through insurance as the ncb is more valuable to me. Doors are scratched to the metal, front wing is buckled and mirror is knackered. My question to you guys is how much would you expect to pay for those sorts of repairs with a professional?

TL;DR, how much to fix this:

[rodney]

if it were me doing it it would be around 450 , that's using a second hand wing/mirror , and repairing the doors , and painting and blending the side in, you may find it a tad less , most places will be upwards of that , depends where you go,.

[baggabones]

Jeez that's some car park ding

[Curtis]

Cheers for that, getting a quote from a local business later today, just one guy in a yard, does it nice and cheap, I'll let you know how much he asks and what for

[Iain]

I'd try and find panels in the same colour second hand if parts are readily available and affordable

[joe90]

You may need a rear wheel as well, it looks like they have hit the wheel first then gone down the car.

Bryan

[Curtis]

I needed new wheels anyway to be fair, so that doesn't bother me as much. iain there are a few parts available and there is a breakers relatively close to me that deals exclusively with IS's which is handy

[hfstuart]

The car that hit yours - it wasn't by any chance shaped a bit like a muddy ditch was it ?

[Curtis]

See you're not the first person to have said that hfstuart! But as far as I'm aware muddy ditches aren't able to slide into stationary vehicles!

[rod6e]

Judging by the height of the damage on the front wing, I would say that your car was hit by something bigger than a normal car/hatchback/saloon. On the last picture, you can see a tyre track right down the side of your car.

I know it is a long shot but can you not take a tread pattern from this and see whether it matches and other 4x4/vans/anything higher than a car that are around.

Dave,

[Curtis]

Bearing in mind the offending car would've fallen down from higher ground, I'm not holding out hope, but a lot of people have said 4x4/mpv. The recent storms have washed away any remnants of the tread now, so even if there was something useful, its gone now :/ I'm going to have another stroll around the car park this afternoon as its been a week now, they may have started to re-appear

[adam73bgt]

Aug 13, 2014 12:52:58 GMT Curtis said:

I'm going to have another stroll around the car park this afternoon

You're just skiving off work really

I am disappointed that no ones come forward though, I'll be thinking twice before bringing the Jag to work now!

[Curtis]

Excuse me, I was going to go after I finish for the day thankyouverymuch!

[vaughant]

£450 sounds bang on to me, surprising amount of work there.

[Curtis]

So £600 sounds fair to fix all the other little things on top then?

[rodney]

yeah id say so mate,.