accident repaired

**scottymartinXPSRI** · 9th January 2009, 00:41

get my car back this saturday after someone crashing into me, it's had bonnet, bumper, both front wings, drivers door, drivers sill, both front wheels, both front struts, steering rack and a lot of painting done. hoping all the works been done correct cause a just want my car back. been gone 5 weeks now, not had it long either. will put some pics up and let you know how the work went. anybody had any problems after getting a car repaired after a lot of damage.

**big rich** · 9th January 2009, 00:43

do a serch on it m8 as there has been quite a few horror stories on here latly

**Dwabo** · 9th January 2009, 01:19

erm yep..mine was keyed down one side..and ended up being done the wrong shade..so the car was 2 tone ! in the end it took me 4 months of fighting with my insurance and getting engineer reports etc before they agreed to respray the whole car!!..
hope it all goes well for you though!

**Tango** · 9th January 2009, 02:43

check it well before u sign for anything, mine was fixed last month and it took them 3 times before it was done properly and i refused to take it until sorted, COWBOYS. £5500 damage done to mine and i wasnt a happy puppy.

**steve1975l** · 9th January 2009, 09:02

Check everything before you sign. They probably blended it onto a few other panels so check those as well for colour match. Look at the panels gaps, orange peel and around edges for mask lines.

**Vaux-Man-G** · 9th January 2009, 10:20

That sounds like there was a fair bit of damage....quite surprised they didnt right it off! Any images of the damage....sure some people here can pinpoint what to look for!

**tyreman** · 9th January 2009, 12:04

Have a look on detailing world as well,the damage done by mopping the car can be shocking.

**RichM** · 9th January 2009, 12:26

If it's any consolation, mine had £3000 worth of damage done to the rear end but was repaired perfectly, you'd never know anything had happened.

Rich

**Thomas1** · 9th January 2009, 12:33

The simplest check you can do is to run your finger over all the panel shuts of the repaired/replaced panels...the gap should feel the same size all along the panel. If the gap narrows or widens then that panel hasn't been aligned properly.

**Vaux-Man-G** · 9th January 2009, 13:01

I really dont understand insurance companies sometimes.....my dad had a Vec B 1.7 TD LS on an N-reg about 7 years ago and someone basically smashed into the back of it whist it was standing overnight.

Anyway, insurance company took it away and chose to repair it.....when we got the car back we found out that insurance company paid out £1450.00 or there about to cover the cost of the repair, etc. At the the time, the market value of the car was around £2000.00 - £2200.00, thats what they were selling for.............?

I sold it 3 months later for £2100....still puzzles me up til today!

I just couldnt figure this out!