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Where to go for an estimate for merc bodywork

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  • 09-05-2007 10:10pm
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    PoleStar
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    Hi someone dented the side of my 2001 EClass, both rear and driver door have scratch and dint.

    Any recommendations where to go for an estimate or just any merc dealer?

    The perpetrator is liable and will pay, he hasnt decided whether he will pay it or get his insurance to. I assume with a merc even minor body work is expensive and he will get a fright and get his insurance to pay. In that case will his company dictate where I get it done or can I just go to any garage now and get a quote.


    Cheers!


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    bo-bo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭bo-bo


    chances are a main dealer will just sub contract the job out to a local bodyshop. id go to a reputable bodyshop rather than a main dealer myself. i would imagine the main dealer will be quite expensive, but that isnt a guarantee of quality.


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    maidhc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,659 ✭✭✭maidhc


    bo-bo wrote:
    i would imagine the main dealer will be quite expensive, but that isnt a guarantee of quality.

    Very true. A few years ago main dealer in Limerick sprayed my fathers then 3 mth old car without putting on a primer. The problem did not emerge until the car was a few years old and started to bubble up with rust.


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,991 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    bo-bo wrote:
    chances are a main dealer will just sub contract the job out to a local bodyshop
    ....and add a handsome margin to the bodyshop's price!


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    bo-bo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭bo-bo


    Wishbone Ash wrote:
    ....and add a handsome margin to the bodyshop's price!

    i suppose it depends on how much the op wants to punish the "perpetrator" :D


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    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    Where are you based ?


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    nialler
    Registered Users Posts: 896 ✭✭✭nialler


    Hi Pole

    The very same thing happened to me in my 00 S320, guy reversed into my Driver's door (new door required). I got quotes from Ashmore Ryder in Ringsend (approx €2,200 including car hire for 3 days). Gerry Maguire (porche's, cl55s, SL55s, E type jags) in Percy Lane gave me a quote for €1,700 so a fair bit less and I'd trust him more.

    N


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    tc20
    Registered Users Posts: 2,427 ✭✭✭tc20


    I can vouch for The Motorbody Workshop in Kilcoole, north Wicklow. Not cheap, but very good 01-2877321, or www.mbw.ie


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    PoleStar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 774 ✭✭✭PoleStar


    Thanks for the advice guys.

    And no, I dont wanna punish the perpetrator, once I can get the job done!

    And MercMad Im in Dublin, got the car recently in Annesley.


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    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    And MercMad Im in Dublin, got the car recently in Annesley.

    .......the call Gregg martin Motors, ask for Brendan, he does all their work and deals direct with insurance, 8394958, in Kilbarrack.


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