Not the Christmas present I wanted...
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In the form of an idiot in an Explorer who didn't watch where he was going and backed out of a parking spot into the side of my car while waiting for the car in front of me to park.
What a mess... At least it's contained to the fender. Anyone have any idea how successful they can blend a color like sapphire grey? |
Sucks!
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Honestly from the looks of it, looks like those can be removed from a paintless dent removal guy and can be buffed out...
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Ouch a brand new car...I feel your pain but today's paint shop can do amazing job.
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ouch....if the paint is in-tack try the dentless option but the sharp marks might peel the paint off when the metal gets pushed back in.
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Originally Posted by MDMercedesGuy
(Post 5476085)
In the form of an idiot in an Explorer who didn't watch where he was going and backed out of a parking spot into the side of my car while waiting for the car in front of me to park.
What a mess... At least it's contained to the fender. Anyone have any idea how successful they can blend a color like sapphire grey? But then, the other guy is paying so just insist on an undetectable repair. |
My gosh I would be so pissed if that happened to me.. Today I found a nail-like thing in my tire and I was so angry.. It ruined my whole day. Went to a tire shop and the guy started laughing and pulled it out and said it didn't even pierce the tire =P But in your case I think its not that bad considering its only the fender.
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Originally Posted by xXHotelCrazyXx
(Post 5476147)
Honestly from the looks of it, looks like those can be removed from a paintless dent removal guy and can be buffed out...
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It's actually going to the local MB/Bentley/Rolls/Maybach dealer's body shop that I can see from my living room so I'm not worried about them working the aluminum as much... Based on what I learned working in a body shop through college, there's no chance that they can fix the existing fender and have it look right.
It just makes me sick... 9 months and 1 week to the day after delivery. |
Just got an estimate... $1,750 if they can repair my wheel which has a small nick on the edge of the rim... if not, it could reach close to $2,500.
We both have the same insurance company - hopefully that doesn't turn out to screw me. |
I bought my car 3 weeks ago and the wheels (AMG) were damaged by sidewalk. I took them to a very good shop near Montreal to get them refurbished and they came out simply perfect. They charge me $100.00 per wheel + $20.00 for tire removal,installation, balance.... There has to be a good shop in your area for damaged wheel....Good luck!
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Originally Posted by MDMercedesGuy
(Post 5476550)
Just got an estimate... $1,750 if they can repair my wheel which has a small nick on the edge of the rim... if not, it could reach close to $2,500.
We both have the same insurance company - hopefully that doesn't turn out to screw me. |
Originally Posted by MDMercedesGuy
(Post 5476550)
Just got an estimate... $1,750 if they can repair my wheel which has a small nick on the edge of the rim... if not, it could reach close to $2,500.
We both have the same insurance company - hopefully that doesn't turn out to screw me. |
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Bringing my own thread back from the dead here... this is the saga that will never end.
So in the end, my car was delivered back to me with a repaired wheel. After sitting down and looking at it closely, you could see a change in shape where the wheel was repaired, and it had a dull appearance. It took a few days to come on after picking the car up - I took it back and they ended up replacing the wheel no questions asked. Fast forward to about 1.5 months ago, I came out of work and noticed what looked like wax that had been missed on my back edge of my passenger door. I went to wipe it off, and a strip of clearcoat a few inches flaked off. The bottom of the door was starting to flake, as was the back edge of the hood. I took pics, but it was wet so it is somewhat hard to see: Attachment 448065 Attachment 448066 So back to the body shop it went. They claim that they got bad material... at any rate, they put me in a Corolla for a week and stripped/re-clearcoated the passenger side of my car and the hood. I got the car back a week ago today. It's been raining, I have been busy and haven't paid much attention. Tonight, I was at a gas station and had the hood up - and the lights caught the paint on my hood and I about fell over. It looks like some fool took a dirty or dry chamois across it - it is scratched all to hell and is dull in several spots. I took video and emailed the body shop - I can't wait to see what they are going to do about this. There isn't a scratch or swirl on the rest of the car (I'm anal about swirls - 2 bucket wash every time, several chamois to dry, etc). It looks worse than the 10 year old Saturn I sold when I bought my C. The swirls are hard to catch on camera but can be seen starting at about 9 seconds. I'm trying not to be an ass, in fact I have been beyond nice about all of this up to this point. I'm particular about my car, and all I am asking is that they put it back into the condition it was before I got backed into. They fix everything from smarts and Sprinters to Maybachs and Rolls-Royce there - I can't see how they could screw up this badly. |
Looks like the hood just needs a better polishing job. They should be able to knock that out in 30 minutes.
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Originally Posted by xXHotelCrazyXx
(Post 5722623)
Looks like the hood just needs a better polishing job. They should be able to knock that out in 30 minutes.
I've got a nice random orbital and polish, but I'm not gonna touch it with my own equipment in case it decides to get a case of automotive psoriasis again. |
I understand your feelings, I am the same exact way!
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