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Panel Beater

  • 14-04-2012 12:49pm
    #1
    donalh087
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 615 ✭✭✭


    Last week I reversed into a 1998 Opel Vectra and dented the panel above the rear drivers side wheel. It is about the size of a dinner plate. It was entirely my fault.

    The guy got a couple of quotes - both over E360. Clearly the guys are just buying new panels and spraying them. Anyone know if I could get a panel beater or a second hand part and get it done more reasonably? I'm in kinsale but anywhere in Cork would be ok. Or is E360 a reasonable price?


Comments

  • #2
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    It's not your decision what parts are used. The other guy is entitled to replacment parts. Although, I doubt anyones going to replace a quarter panel, it's more likely that even at that price it's being repaired and resprayed. It's a reasonable price.


  • #3
    david
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,684 ✭✭✭david


    Quarter panel? Price doesn't sound too bad. Whatever option he accepts, you can be almost certain that he won't be spending 360 on a 98 Vectra. Dent probably won't get fixed!

    I had a tip last year except I damaged a rear bumper. The victim wanted 450 for a repair. I priced the job myself and sourced a clean scrap bumper. I told him that either my panel beater would fix/paint it, he could claim on my insurance, or he could have EUR100 cash and sort it himself. Took the cash :D.

    You could pay anything from 150 - thousands for this job. Quality normally correlates to price. I'd say 360 is beating the dent out, skim of filler, prep and paint. Replacing with a new panel is a big enough job, needs cutting/welding.


  • #4
    donalh087
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 615 ✭✭✭donalh087


    Owen wrote: »
    It's not your decision what parts are used.

    I'm not trying to rip anyone off or pay less than I should - likewise the other guy is very happy as long as it is fixed to a pretty good standard - he's not trying to make money either.

    The reality is that the car is not worth much more than E360 so I was hoping someone would know a cheaper route than buying a brand new panel.

    If thats the price then thats the price and I have no choice - just here to see if there are options.


  • #5
    zil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭zil


    http://www.yelp.ie/biz/ever-ready-crash-repairs-dublin

    Had to get some welding done on my car a while back and went to this guy after finding a thread on boards recommending him. I had quotes from 3 other places and he was able to beat the lowest quote by more than half. Even gave me an option to reduce the price more by avoiding a full spray job.


  • #6
    donalh087
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 615 ✭✭✭donalh087


    Unfortuantely I'm in Cork Zil !!


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  • #7
    irelandspurs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    http://www.bartsbodyshop.com/


  • #8
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    irelandspurs wrote: »
    http://www.bartsbodyshop.com/

    I have heard a lot of good comments about that dude..


  • #9
    lifer_sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭lifer_sean


    donalh087 wrote: »
    I'm not trying to rip anyone off or pay less than I should - likewise the other guy is very happy as long as it is fixed to a pretty good standard - he's not trying to make money either.

    The reality is that the car is not worth much more than E360 so I was hoping someone would know a cheaper route than buying a brand new panel.

    If thats the price then thats the price and I have no choice - just here to see if there are options.

    360 euro wouldn't replace a quarter panel on a vectra, either new or secondhand. There is days and days of work in that. To fit a new quarter panel is likely to run to 1000 euro or more. The price quoted to you is consistent with beating out / filling / painting, not replacing.

    If you shop around you might get a better price, but since it's someone else's car and you are in the wrong (you say), unfortunately you are not really in a position to haggle.


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