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woody1

great start to the year
« on: January 01, 2011, 05:21:16 pm »
today i reversed my van in to my father inlaws car i have put a dent the size off a tennis ball in it and cracked the paint and broke a little plastic bit that runs around the headlight so now need to pay to get it fixed, any one have any idea what its likely to cost, just what i needed as my winter funds are very low from all the bloody snow and christmas  ;D
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SB Cleaning

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Re: great start to the year
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2011, 05:36:22 pm »
Im guessing it's the wing you have dented if it is prob between 80-100
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Blue Frog Systems

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Re: great start to the year
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2011, 05:39:40 pm »
If it makes you feel any better i reversed my van into my mother in laws car in september 2009

She was watching and lifted the front end of her car off the ground

Her front end was really smashed up where my van had a dent the size of a 50p coin in the rear metal bumper.

Think the cost was £2700 to get hers fixed... was a merc slk though
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woody1

Re: great start to the year
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2011, 05:46:58 pm »
the dent is on the bonnet its a peugeuot 206 i would be happy with a bill of 100 but not a bill of 2000 ;D
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NJWindowCleaning

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Re: great start to the year
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2011, 08:00:03 pm »
You might be lucky to push out from under side of bonnet and if you cant then you might be able to use a suction to pull out so might not be as bad as you think. And probably only cost your time and effort with maybe some matching paint for touch up the area and not forgetting maybe some filler etc. Be Lucky and have a good and prosperous new year :D
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mark blundell

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Re: great start to the year
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2011, 08:42:51 pm »
forget the filler paint ect it will never look right. find out the paint code and try and get a second hand bonnet from breakers or try ebay search 206 bonnet or try 206 breaking 206 parts
i buy and sell a few cars so often do repairs ebay is usually a really good place to start 

if you can buy a bonnet in the same colour it will be so much cheaper and easier than repairing/spraying  it
ant the plastic under the light is part of the grill so if you do find a bonnet in that colour they might have the grill too there are loads on ebay
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woody1

Re: great start to the year
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2011, 12:30:02 am »
cheers for the advice, my father inlaw wont let me fix it with new bonnet he is a bit of a jobs worth he wanted me to claim on my insurance so i told him gets some quotes and i will pay as not using insurance he reluctently agreed in the end he has only had the car three days, to be honest when my partner went in to get him i could not stop laughing  ;D what goes around comes around he knocked my motor bike over once and as he was family i paid for the repairs  ;D
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Blue Frog Systems

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Re: great start to the year
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2011, 10:40:14 am »
Quote from: woody1 on January 02, 2011, 12:30:02 am
what goes around comes around he knocked my motor bike over once and as he was family i paid for the repairs ;D

I'd remind him of this if i was you
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woody1

Re: great start to the year
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2011, 10:47:46 am »
if he keeps crying about it yes will do and i will also tell him not to park behind my van in the drive so close as can not see his car in my mirrors  ;D
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darren clarke

Re: great start to the year
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2011, 10:49:18 am »
if it goes throught your insurance  it will devalue his car as it will be recorded as having an accident,  tell him to get quotes then go to a you know and get them to swap the bonnets
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DaveG

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Re: great start to the year
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2011, 10:51:22 am »
Just give him £100 and tell him you will take his p.o.s 106 0f his hands :)
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Blue City Cleaning

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Re: great start to the year
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2011, 02:24:18 pm »
And I'm just trying to fit my parking sensor kit to my van - £20 of ebay  ;D
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woody1

Re: great start to the year
« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2011, 04:07:59 pm »
Quote from: Blue City Cleaning on January 02, 2011, 02:24:18 pm
And I'm just trying to fit my parking sensor kit to my van - £20 of ebay ;D

ha ha so funny not

only joking mate cheers for the advice guys
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mark blundell

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Re: great start to the year
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2011, 11:11:13 pm »
i had to fit those to my missus car. she had an old saab 95 bit tatty but was like it when we got it nice car to drive so we replaced it with a newer one all the extras leather ect
she asked me to fit parking  sensors  ???
when i said to her you have been driving the other one for over a year and they are exactly the same why do you need them now she replied
But I really like this one and with the old one i just went back till it went bump then i new i couldn't go any more   :o 
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JoeMax

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Re: great start to the year
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2011, 11:18:21 pm »
ha ha ha typical woman :)
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Richard Neal

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Re: great start to the year
« Reply #15 on: January 02, 2011, 11:23:17 pm »
I "touched" a Vauxhall car rear light with my door in the co op car park last week and cracked the lense, did the decent thing and left my details behind the wiper and got the bill today for £106 !

Happy New Year!!
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jsb

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Re: great start to the year
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2011, 08:23:13 am »
sorry to hear that ,were i live people park to close as well ,

your looking around £200 per panel at any decent body shop "i live in north east , co durham area"

i had my car vandalisied last year and when i took it to body shop i asked them how there priceing works ,he said  its not just the size of the dent or scratch its the labour time involved in masking up , sanding etc.

hope this helps
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