I had a wagon drive into my drivers side quarter a week or so back and my car was taken to the insurance approved body shop, bear in mind the car is only 20 months old, I have added the before and after pics of the repair,

What are people's views on the work???

 

Is that marks in the paint or is it water marks.

 

That looks horrific repair mate

 

Still dented below filler cap and by bumper...

Looks full of plop too. Arch lines are too rounded.

Take it back or complain to insurance.

 

The marks are just water but it's the filling that I think is shit, the line of the arch is smooth, it should be sharp! you can also see the scratches under the paint, it's really looks unprofessional, I have sent it back and the body shop lads that came to pick it up just looked at me like I had two heads!

 

Also where it meets the door and rear bumper the line is to rounded,

 

Would you say it's to much damage for a repair, I expected a replacement panel really, I will add it's a company car but I have it another two years and it will just annoy me

 

I own a bodyshop and I've been panel beating for many years. That is one poor repair, deep with filler. Insurance bodyshop with a bonus scheme (lash for cash) springs to mind. Take it back and complain.

 

I think It's hard to tell the quality from the picture but like any repair if you can see it, it's not good enough.

 

Doesn't warrant a panel but it does want a decent repair

 

Looks like pure cataloy
Prob just seen its a company car and thought nobody would care
Get low down and look up at the repaired area, i bet it looks even worse from there
Basicaly if you can see any repair at all then its a bad repair

 

They've painted to the swage line and not even flat and polished the edge in...
Plus repair looks p!ss poor even from the picture

 

My thoughts were company car, just get it done, the thing is I have it for two more years ordered it brand new and pay a lot in just tax for it so why shouldn't I have it done correctly

 

The wheel has also been painted and the finish between the spokes is like sandpaper! The fit to doors and bumper is really rough, I'm no expert but can feel the lines are wrong and the repair is bumpy, to me it also looks like the petrol flap doesn't flow with the body it's more like its sunken in a bit,
I will have to see what they say tomorrow they didn't seem interested when they picked it up

 

they say pictures hide a thousand sins if that is true then it must look really bad in the flesh!

 

Still no phone call from the body shop! I will have to wait and see, it really did look bad, as if the back arch was made of fibreglass or something

 

This is why I've now bought my own painting gear and practising on various panels and old cars as I'm going to teach myself, don't trust any body shop with my Cossie and £4000 after seeing so many bodges. Obviously I'm not suggesting this to the op before anyone mentions it lol just stating what I'm doing

 

Shit it up and scuff and puff springs to mind.

Hope you get it sorted.but i bet they won't even touch it. Maybe a flat and polish.

 

Lol like that one

 

id have thought it would have been a new panel with it being a 2 year old car! especially as an insurance job. I took my old merc in recently for a quote to fix my bubbled rear arches and all they were interested in doing was replacing both rear quarters with new main dealer quarters and that was only rust bubbling around the arch edges!

 

most insurance approved repair places at least ones i know people at, would claim or charge for new quarters then just repair them instead

 

It wasnt done at the same place where my saff was at first for its bodywork lol.

 

I know a good lad in the north east who will do a good job but it would mean coming up north.

 

horrific, if one of my shops produced a repair like that I'd kick them off my network

 

What bothered me more was the attitude of the lads who picked the car up, like it was a good repair and I was moaning about nothing!

 

Looks like an apprentice has been left to do that!

 

Could fit it in with a holiday lol! I found a guy down south who specialises in Cossies but he quoted me £4000 and the cars prob worth £5000 in the yellow with the dents etc so prob not worth paying that plus it'd have to be a loan and the missus would do her nut lol. I been getting advise off a local painter I know and my painting is comin on quite nicely now