Anyone know a good repair bodyshop in south east london?

Peter206 · Post by **Peter206** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:11 am

I've just brough a Salvage 206cc for Â£7000. and I want it fixed cheap by a quality bodyshop that won't mess up the paint job or f@#k me over.
Its an silver 02 reg 2.0se, leather with only 4k on the clock.

it appears to have been stolen and recovered with light frontal damage.
probably need bonnet and wings and bumper. I want the GT bumper but does anyone know where I can get one at how much? damn I might go the whole bodykit route. anyone got one for sale?

I just dont tust any of my backstreet garages and Im detered by the main dealers, however I should enquire into that.

any recomendations would be appreicated

CB · Post by CB » Mon Jul 28, 2003 11:43 am

Well, they're not in London they're in Scotland, but this sounds like a job for Ecosse...I'll leave Derek to give the plug...

Peter206 · Post by **Peter206** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 1:45 pm

Called up the main dealer as it probably be worth spending that extra bit of cash.
I asked about the GT kit which includes front & rear bumper, arches and exhaust extension, can't recall how much the kit was but with it sprayed and fitted it comes up to Â£1350.

They also agreed to colour code the car so i suppose that seems reasonable.
However I still need to get wings and bonnet bringing it to around Â£1550.

The air bags on the steering wheel and dash needs replacing, They said that would be over Â£500!!!! would it be possible to buy them from a breakers and fit it myself?

What are your opinions on the GT kit? what side skirts and boot spoiler would compliment it? I dont want it to look too boy racer if you know what I mean..

thanks

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MattB · Post by **MattB** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 2:14 pm

The air bags on the steering wheel and dash needs replacing, They said that would be over Â£500!!!! would it be possible to buy them from a breakers and fit it myself?

What are your opinions on the GT kit? what side skirts and boot spoiler would compliment it? I dont want it to look too boy racer if you know what I mean..[/img]

I think that the air bag system must be replaced by a dealer to be safe. The issue is also not just with the bags themselves - you'll probably also need to replace the seatbelt pre-tensioners and I think the sensing unit may need resetting as well.

When I bent my Mum's 306 the garage had to send the car back to a Pug main dealer to get the pretensioners sorted - the airbags hadn't even gone off but it still took days to get it done.

Also, you need to consider why the insurance company didn't fix up the car themselves - usually they do whatever's cheaper. If they think that buying a new car is cheaper than fixing the old one, you can expect to spend quite a lot of money on it...

Oh and personally I don't like the GT kit, but that's just a personal taste thing!