NJBenzC300

Hey everyone so I backed into something and damaged te bumper and trunk bottom. I was able to go to a very respected shop and had the bumper replaced and the trunk fixed. So, my question is since it's a lease does anyone think I will have a problem when returning it front the lease?

amdeutsch

Depends on the inspection they perform. Way too early to tell.

NJBenzC300

The work done is really good and expensive so, i hope it's ok

I am Jeff

If your lease is just beginning and the shop didn't do a pristine job, you can bet your *** that they'll see the paint work. Just one sweep with the paint meter and out comes your checkbook.

NJBenzC300

Paint meter??

I am Jeff

It's a gauge they use to determine if there were any paint work done to the car.

NJBenzC300

Oh so, if it was done crappy then I'm paying through the nose huh? It's really not noticeable. The shop only does high end cars.would anyone know what would alert them to it?

I am Jeff

Nah...You should be fine if it's professionally done and it wasn't a large area. Your new bumper and the paint shouldn't be an issue though, as all new cars have the body painted separately from the bumpers.

NJBenzC300

Thanks guy for all of the info. This forum makes having a MB a hundred times better. I'm super happy with the work they did and I think I should be good based on the info from my fellow MB owners.

NJBenzC300

Oh and by the way. The parts are extremely expensive so, be careful out there gentlemen.

jimmythegreek

If u buy another benz from the dealer they wont even look at the car. When I turned in my 08 they did a walk around the car and didnt check the miles or interior. I parked it in their lease turn in back lot and put the keys and books in the manilla folder for them while they wrote up the new deal as they were off loading my new car from the carrier. I had a chip fixed in the windshield month prior to this and 2 dents popped w my buddies dent wizard guy, I didnt even have my sensors into the stock wheels after swapping my 19s and they said dont worry about it, u get 500 credit on damage on a new purchase for the turn in, its been 3 months and never heard anything, free sensors haha. I was gonna go pull them out of the stocks the next day and pay dealer to mount them, didnt even have to do that.......

icanectc

Agree if you buy another car they will barely look at it. But as for overage on miles with a lease. They turn that information over to MB Finance then you will get a "final" bill - that is unless you ask the dealer to roll those costs into your next car. I had a bit of a nightmare with MB finance it took the dealer about a solid 4 weeks if not longer to pay off the old loan. Even though my paperwork showed the dealer was to pay off the old loan - MB Finance didn't care they were coming after me for money. I had to hound the dealer to get them a check ASAP.

So my advice for anyone rolling a balance over or doing a simple trade in early (ie; the dealer absorbs the last 3 payments) MAKE SURE its DOCUMENTED in your loan paperwork. If you sign the docs and they didn't include it you are up a creek without a paddle with the finance company!


But as for your damage you should be fine - typically if the car has over 30k miles they won't even put the car on their used car lot it will go to auction (though all car dealers are different) so they could care less about damage. U should be okay.