#61: Re: Smash Author: rhysgerrard, Location: Wrexham, North WalesPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:40 pm ---- I ended up doing it myself. I'm not a merchanic but I found it easy.
1. New wing off eBay for 14.95
2. Rang my local Peugeot dealer and give them your vin number and request a paint code from them.
3. Wing arrives and I made sure it fitted onto my car, perfect !
4. Got hold of a bodywork specialist and asked him to paint the wing, he then ordered the paint and sprayed it. 3 days later and £60 less off. Wing was done.
5. Fitted the wing which was really easy, few bolts and ding dang do ! Done. I did have to replace the headlight due to brackets being broke and that cost me £10
I didn't want to go through insurance is because i want to have 1 years no claim and also I'm paying £1700.00 for my insurance for a 1.1!! I didn't want my premium to go up for something which wasn't my fault. The man agreed it was his fault and he came round the next day and said would £300 be ok for a repair? I said that would be fine. I was quoted £750 for it to be repaired by a garage! Sod that, done it myself and it cost me no more than £100!! £200 in my back pocket.
If it's easy to do it yourself then do it ! I'm no engineer and I managed to do it.
Will have photos to upload later, on phone at the min. Hoped this helped.
Rhys
#62: Re: Smash Author: mikey101, Location: CoventryPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:06 pm ---- lol! £750 :|| im gettin a quote from a garage 2moro morning for a new wing and bumper realignment, yes I know it isn't that difficult but I'm hoping to get a quote for around £350 max! I kind of know the guy, had work done from him before so shouldn't be as high as you were quoted, and I'm not gettin my hands dirty for another persons mistakes. I will tot up the bill and tell him to pay nonetheless. and good work neway pal, I will let u know how i get on 2moro. want it back on road by end of week!
#63: Re: Smash Author: rhysgerrard, Location: Wrexham, North WalesPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:55 am ---- I was still driving mine for about a month with a dodgy wing and headlight haha ! Getting it done through bodywork specialist is expensive !!
#64: Re: Smash Author: sillyhilly, Location: The Mean Streets of CoventryPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:22 am ---- No wonder you didn't want to go through insurance. Your mods aren't declared. You f*****g idiot.
#65: Re: Smash Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:09 am ----
badj wrote:
I'd say that you are best off finding a garage you trust yourself or hear good things from. I had a non faulter back in a gen5 celica when I was 21 and it went to a ford garage (evans halshaw, big brand) for paint work, and came out b******s'd. I got compensated for their poor work, but it proved to me that 'insurance approved' garages are no better than backstreet barry
I would always try & avoid any insurance approved garage for repairs.
The insurance companies screw then over to be a cheap as possible & it shows.
Local small bodyshop that doesnt do insurance work, they go by word of mouth to get there next customers, had one near me that was only a 2 man operation & there repairs where bloody brilliant
#66: Re: Smash Author: badj, Location: WiltshirePosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:46 am ----
MrBSI wrote:
badj wrote:
I'd say that you are best off finding a garage you trust yourself or hear good things from. I had a non faulter back in a gen5 celica when I was 21 and it went to a ford garage (evans halshaw, big brand) for paint work, and came out b******s'd. I got compensated for their poor work, but it proved to me that 'insurance approved' garages are no better than backstreet barry
I would always try & avoid any insurance approved garage for repairs.
The insurance companies screw then over to be a cheap as possible & it shows.
Local small bodyshop that doesnt do insurance work, they go by word of mouth to get there next customers, had one near me that was only a 2 man operation & there repairs where bloody brilliant
I have heard that insurers dont pay well, just provide volume of customers. So apparently they dont care much. There was a panel behind the pop up light which got pushed back in the accident, after 'repair' i noticed it'd just been reshaped with a lancashire screwdriver.
#67: Re: Smash Author: mikey101, Location: CoventryPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:09 am ---- oh dear, hope this insurance approved company don't make a c**k-up of my repairs. i doubt it because my cousin took his battered corsa up there, and come out brilliant. I got a quote of £225 for wing repair (not a new one needed but will reshape and full respray) and to reclip and realign everything as good as new. Get it back on weds, they started workin on it straight away so let you know the outcome! *expecting good things!* I'm also gettin it paid for so the silly man who did this is giving me the money 2moro!
#68: Re: Smash Author: mikey101, Location: CoventryPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:12 pm ---- car back, good as new BUT the foglights are not working bt got my uncle who'll sort that out next week, but cosmetically back to how it was :)))
I ended up doing it myself. I'm not a merchanic but I found it easy.
1. New wing off eBay for 14.95
2. Rang my local Peugeot dealer and give them your vin number and request a paint code from them.
3. Wing arrives and I made sure it fitted onto my car, perfect !
4. Got hold of a bodywork specialist and asked him to paint the wing, he then ordered the paint and sprayed it. 3 days later and £60 less off. Wing was done.
5. Fitted the wing which was really easy, few bolts and ding dang do ! Done. I did have to replace the headlight due to brackets being broke and that cost me £10
I didn't want to go through insurance is because i want to have 1 years no claim and also I'm paying £1700.00 for my insurance for a 1.1!! I didn't want my premium to go up for something which wasn't my fault. The man agreed it was his fault and he came round the next day and said would £300 be ok for a repair? I said that would be fine. I was quoted £750 for it to be repaired by a garage! Sod that, done it myself and it cost me no more than £100!! £200 in my back pocket.
If it's easy to do it yourself then do it ! I'm no engineer and I managed to do it.
Will have photos to upload later, on phone at the min. Hoped this helped.
Rhys
So the guy felt bad, admitted it was his fault, and it suited YOU not to go to the insurance and you still effictively scam him out of £200. It wouldn't have done much to his insurance to be honest! You should be pretty ashamed of that tbh. You haven't lost anything and as you said, everything was pretty simple.
#70: Re: Smash Author: rhysgerrard, Location: Wrexham, North WalesPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:23 pm ---- Considering everyone told me to do it myself who i spoke too. I had cctv evidence and he admitted too me that it was ALL his fault. There was no damage to his car and he took all the blame. His premium was going to go up aswell as mine. He was the one who suggested to give me £300 so i couldnt really refuse.
Ashamed? No im not really because he was the one who suggested everything. He was an ex insurance broker so he knew it was easy enough not to go through insurance. Whatever, this was 4 months ago. Dont want to dwell on it now, whats done is done and everything is sorted.
I ended up doing it myself. I'm not a merchanic but I found it easy.
1. New wing off eBay for 14.95
2. Rang my local Peugeot dealer and give them your vin number and request a paint code from them.
3. Wing arrives and I made sure it fitted onto my car, perfect !
4. Got hold of a bodywork specialist and asked him to paint the wing, he then ordered the paint and sprayed it. 3 days later and £60 less off. Wing was done.
5. Fitted the wing which was really easy, few bolts and ding dang do ! Done. I did have to replace the headlight due to brackets being broke and that cost me £10
I didn't want to go through insurance is because i want to have 1 years no claim and also I'm paying £1700.00 for my insurance for a 1.1!! I didn't want my premium to go up for something which wasn't my fault. The man agreed it was his fault and he came round the next day and said would £300 be ok for a repair? I said that would be fine. I was quoted £750 for it to be repaired by a garage! Sod that, done it myself and it cost me no more than £100!! £200 in my back pocket.
If it's easy to do it yourself then do it ! I'm no engineer and I managed to do it.
Will have photos to upload later, on phone at the min. Hoped this helped.
Rhys
So the guy felt bad, admitted it was his fault, and it suited YOU not to go to the insurance and you still effictively scam him out of £200. It wouldn't have done much to his insurance to be honest! You should be pretty ashamed of that tbh. You haven't lost anything and as you said, everything was pretty simple.
Call it £200 fee for not being able to drive, everythings sorted and your both happy, and you've got a bit of a bonus, glad it's all sorted
I ended up doing it myself. I'm not a merchanic but I found it easy.
1. New wing off eBay for 14.95
2. Rang my local Peugeot dealer and give them your vin number and request a paint code from them.
3. Wing arrives and I made sure it fitted onto my car, perfect !
4. Got hold of a bodywork specialist and asked him to paint the wing, he then ordered the paint and sprayed it. 3 days later and £60 less off. Wing was done.
5. Fitted the wing which was really easy, few bolts and ding dang do ! Done. I did have to replace the headlight due to brackets being broke and that cost me £10
I didn't want to go through insurance is because i want to have 1 years no claim and also I'm paying £1700.00 for my insurance for a 1.1!! I didn't want my premium to go up for something which wasn't my fault. The man agreed it was his fault and he came round the next day and said would £300 be ok for a repair? I said that would be fine. I was quoted £750 for it to be repaired by a garage! Sod that, done it myself and it cost me no more than £100!! £200 in my back pocket.
If it's easy to do it yourself then do it ! I'm no engineer and I managed to do it.
Will have photos to upload later, on phone at the min. Hoped this helped.
Rhys
So the guy felt bad, admitted it was his fault, and it suited YOU not to go to the insurance and you still effictively scam him out of £200. It wouldn't have done much to his insurance to be honest! You should be pretty ashamed of that tbh. You haven't lost anything and as you said, everything was pretty simple.
I paid £600 out of my own cash to someone I hit, new bumper + spraying and would of hurt my insurance a lot more. He shouldn't be ashamed of anything what do you expect him to do phone the guy back up and give him £200? The guy was happy to give the £300 so no problems there. I see where you are coming from but in reality, it's far off.
And about it being a scam, the guy should have got quotes to know then price THEN paid him. Turning up with a rough figuire is obvious going to lead to it costing more / less. If Rhys decided he actually didn't want to do the repair and just left it damaged would he then have scammed the guy £300? No it doesn't just work like that.
#73: Re: Smash Author: rhysgerrard, Location: Wrexham, North WalesPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:25 pm ---- Thanks atleast some people know where I'm coming from. He was the one who suggested everything. Why would I scam someone ? It's not really scamming anyway. Done and dusted now.
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I'm also gettin it paid for so the silly man who did this is giving me the money 2moro! 
