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Old May 5, 2010 | 04:31 AM
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Any suggestions of how to get this sorted after incident this a.m. with someone parked way too close?Whole panels?Comes at atime when money already stretched,but want to get it done asap.Peterborough area.(Could you do it Tango?)
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Old May 5, 2010 | 04:38 AM
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Wing I reckon you could get away with touchup paint and wet sanding if you were careful.

if you wanted to have it invisible, someone like chips awayw could probably sort it.

The bumper, probably the same.

Do you want it to look almost invisible or like nothing happened?
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Old May 5, 2010 | 04:39 AM
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That is more than superficial
Look how the headlamp has dropped and the bumper & wing no longer align with the bonnet and each other.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 04:40 AM
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That looks like a front bumper respray, I had mine done recently, having clipped a wall (driving too close ). Cost about £200 and had to be done twice to get the colour match - nightmare!
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Old May 5, 2010 | 04:43 AM
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I'd really like it invisible or as near as.Can't do these things myself.Didn't notice the bumper alignment.I'll have another look.Might be a trick of the light.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 04:46 AM
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DO NOT get Chips Away to do it! A mate of mine used them and the final result was appauling, aswell as being down £420. It was a bit more complex admittedly because filler was used but I could of done a better DIY job.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 04:47 AM
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Last 3 S2000s i've been up close to haven't exactly had amazing panel fit - none of them lined up with bumper and bonnet / inner light edge.

I agree the wing is noticeably out of alignment with the bumper but is that wing pushed in and down or bumper moved.

If you're talking about fixing just paint, i still think chips away could sort it, just depends how much they'd charge for it.

Partial respray on a bumper is never going to be ideal because it's hard to blow paint over and blend when you have stonechips etc to see.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Owen_1987,May 5 2010, 01:46 PM
DO NOT get Chips Away to do it! A mate of mine used them and the final result was appauling, aswell as being down £420. It was a bit more complex admittedly because filler was used but I could of done a better DIY job.
They're all franchised, some are lousy, some are good, always get a reccomendation in your local area for who the local 'Smartrepair' companies / agents are.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 04:52 AM
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Just been to have another look.Yes, the bumper alignment is slightly out, but may have been like that before, as with the headlamp,which is sitting slightly lower than the nearside one.Don't know if a scrape would do that damage?
Cheers for suggestions.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 05:19 AM
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Scrapes usually don't - you'd need more of a nudge to do that although you do have a fair bit of paint missing ... i'd be surprised if the bumper was strong enough to nudge the light brackets out of alignment.
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