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05/27/2015 at 12:16 • Filed to: None
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"Svend" (svend)
05/27/2015 at 12:16 • Filed to: None | 2
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Colleague at work had a little damage inflicted to his Ford Fiesta ST3 while in the car park.
No signs of how, why or who did it but he took his car to a local body repair shop for a quote.
(pictures taken last night at midnight)
Measuring
Here on the driver’s side front wheel arch.
(this taken when I cleaned his and his father’s (blue Focus ST)
The body repair shop wanted £224 ($343) for dent removal and a respray of the whole front wing.
I gave it a five minute ‘tickle’ with a water based non diminishing polish and a trifoam pad, and:
The slight dent is still there but how could any bodyshop think it needed a respray when the paint was intact, neither chipped or cracked. I reckon they were just going to compound the wing and charge for the respray.
(FYI, a friend has quoted him for £60 ($91) for the dent removal).
banjo cat ghost of oppo past
> Svend
05/27/2015 at 12:21 |
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I’ll bet if you take the wheel off and give it some massaging
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banjo cat ghost of oppo past
> banjo cat ghost of oppo past
05/27/2015 at 12:38 |
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EDIT: it would mostly come out...ha didn’t even know I published that comment.
Anyway $343 to paint the whole wing is...not as bad as it would be in the US I bet, but still pretty silly.
TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
> Svend
05/27/2015 at 12:41 |
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Maybe a rubber mallet and a small wooden block could help push the final bit out. Cheap as chips!
Maybe even cheaper actually...
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Svend
> banjo cat ghost of oppo past
05/27/2015 at 12:42 |
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Ye’, if we took the wheel off and the wheel arch liner it would tap/push right out but his friend has the stuff to do it properly.
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Svend
> banjo cat ghost of oppo past
05/27/2015 at 12:43 |
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I suspect though that the $343 was for work they weren’t going to do.
Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
> Svend
05/27/2015 at 13:48 |
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Mmmm three door Fiesta
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Svend
> Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
05/27/2015 at 13:58 |
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He’s thinking of replacing it with a Land Rover Evoque SD4.
This one actually.
