Good Body Shops

[barnyg]

So someone scraped my zed a few days ago...fortunately all very easily sorted, but now i'm left to get quotes from local bodyshops for the repair. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of good bodyshops in the Woking/Guildford area?

Essentially the drivers side corner of the front bumper is scraped to varying depths. However, fortunately it appears that theres no denting, so its looking like either a full respray or just a local spray of the affected area. For a baseline price i got a quick quote from the local BMW dealer (Vines Guildford) and they're after £220 + VAT for a local repair of just the scraped area or £550 + VAT for a full bumper respray.

Would appreciate anything you have to add, i haven't had to deal with something like this before.

Cheers,

Barny

 

[Monkeydonkeyratmagic]

My dad used to work at moto marque in Chertsey. The guys there all do top jobs. Not too far away.

 

[Thierry]

I've just had my front bumper repaired following a car park scrape and also had some lacquer coming away.

£250+VAT for a full bumper off repair and respray. Chipsaway wanted £180+VAT for a patch repair.

Went for the full bumper and am very pleased, looks like new. This is the garage, not quite on your doorstep but easy to get a train to/from Guildford.

http://www.redhillvehicles.com

 

[Iggy]

I would highly recommend Wheels Approved (http://wheelsapproved.co.uk/) who I've used a couple of weeks ago - they are based in Byfleet. I've had someone touch and crack the front bumper whilst the car was parked. It needed a plastic weld and full respray which was done for a very reasonable price (half the price of Vines in Guildford) and the quality of the work was brilliant - looks like a brand new, factory-sprayed panel. Vines outsource some of their body work and wheel repairs to these guys which says it all really. Infuriatingly, a week later someone scraped the front bumper and the rear bumper which means it's going back to the Wheels Approved guys again next week. I was quoted a very reasonable price for the job - maybe because they took pity on me as it was scratched so soon!

Here's the end result:


Had the wheels repaired and sprayed in light shadow chrome too and am very pleased with them


And here's a photo of the current front bumper scratch

 

[barnyg]

Cheers for the replies, will be chasing up some quotes today. Iggy, will definitely consider them, convenient in byfleet too. What price were they charging for wheel refurb? I've got a slightly curved front drivers side rim and all of the rims in general could do with a refurb due to brake dust build up.

 

[Iggy]

Cheers for the replies, will be chasing up some quotes today. Iggy, will definitely consider them, convenient in byfleet too. What price were they charging for wheel refurb? I've got a slightly curved front drivers side rim and all of the rims in general could do with a refurb due to brake dust build up.

Hey! Sorry for not replying. I've been away for a while. Just in case you haven't already made your choice - I believe the quote was for £90 per wheel for a refurb and standard finish, and £120 for the shadow chrome as it's a lot more work.

 

[barnyg]

Hey! Sorry for not replying. I've been away for a while. Just in case you haven't already made your choice - I believe the quote was for £90 per wheel for a refurb and standard finish, and £120 for the shadow chrome as it's a lot more work.

No problem, i booked in with them and the cars going in next week for a full front bumper respray. Had a good chat over the phone and mentioned your car, sounds like they know their stuff.

 

[Iggy]

Hey! Sorry for not replying. I've been away for a while. Just in case you haven't already made your choice - I believe the quote was for £90 per wheel for a refurb and standard finish, and £120 for the shadow chrome as it's a lot more work.

No problem, i booked in with them and the cars going in next week for a full front bumper respray. Had a good chat over the phone and mentioned your car, sounds like they know their stuff.

Oh cool! I'm sure they'll do a great job.

Mine's just been there a second time to fix the scuff above. Hopefully won't be back for a while!

 

[BradleyB]

Hi Barny.
Did you get the repair done in the end? I watched someone reverse into my M today so would be interested to know what you thought of the byfleet garage?

 

[barnyg]

Hi Barny.
Did you get the repair done in the end? I watched someone reverse into my M today so would be interested to know what you thought of the byfleet garage?

Hi Bradley, sorry to hear that mate it's so infuriating! The guys at wheels approved did a great job, found more that they'd bargained for elsewhere on the bumper and made sure to fix those issues too at no additional cost. Also got a great colour match. I would say that they're probably not the cheapest place but i was going through insurance so it didn't really matter as much to me. Hope you get it sorted.