What have you done to your car today?
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Beautiful. Who did the re-trim?
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Optimus Automotive in Glasgow . Finished pictures today
Beautiful. Who did the re-trim?
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Optimus Automotive in Glasgow . Finished pictures today
Haggisman said:
That’s nice, do you have a link?
Drove it to work this morning, knowing there's supposed to be snow this afternoon... But I have an appointment at the BMW bodyshop to hopefully claim a resprayed rear arch panel which is starting to bubble up in the lower front corner...
Aaaaand it's not covered under warranty.... It's apparently had the rear arch panels sprayed before and the service history is too patchy. 
tee.gilding said:Aaaaand it's not covered under warranty.... It's apparently had the rear arch panels sprayed before and the service history is too patchy.
Unlucky. My rear arches both have rust. Have done a bit of spraying in the past, so I'm debating getting them professionally done now or removing them and doing a simple sand, fill and paint job myself just to stop the rot getting any worse then getting them done properly as part of a full colour change respray in a few years time.
How much are you being quoted for the work?
Well the BMW body shop guy said it could be up to about £3k!! They buy in new panels and start from scratch. But. Not sure how it's £3k worth ...JamieZ4C said:How much are you being quoted for the work?tee.gilding said:Aaaaand it's not covered under warranty.... It's apparently had the rear arch panels sprayed before and the service history is too patchy.
I think I'll have an ask around my local body shops and see what they quote me.
tee.gilding said:
Ouch! That's full respray money! How bad are the panels? Do they definitely need replacing?New, I think the panels are £400-500 each from BMW. I suppose there's a fair few man hours in there too, but then the panels do just unbolt, it's not like there's any welding to be done. Perhaps you could do some of that unbolting work (inc removing rear bumper, etc) to save some money?
Will be interested to see how you get on with the local body shops.
The passenger side one is feeling quite rough if you run your fingers over it. Doesn't look like much until you notice it, so I guess in time it'll get pretty bad. The problem with rubbing back and respraying is the risk of not getting all the rust and it returning. New panels and they will last much, much longer. That's the cost implications really!JamieZ4C said:
Haggisman said:
Many thanks
