Morning all,

Not a happy bunny.

I had a slight lapse of concentration and clipped the side of my In-Laws pebble dashed garage at the weekend. I also managed to ding the alloy too but I will do that later...

The dent / scratch is about 3 inches long

Are there any owners that are from the Medway / Maidstone area who have good experiences of a local body shop who could turn this around for me quickly? I don't want to hire a car if possible.

Also, any idea of cost?

Any help, as always, appreciated.

Richard.


 2013 (13.5MY) RRS HSE Black | Causeway Grey | Privacy | Ivory & Ebony | Grand Black Lacquer | Style 7 Alloys | AWESOME

I'd get in touch with KDS, (http://www.kdskeltec.co.uk/ ) you can see their work over on detailing world and they are very well regarded.
Won't be cheap though  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
MERCEDES GL350 - Metallic Navy Blue w/Grey interior

GOING: BMW F31 335D MSport+ xDrive Touring
GONE: Land Rover Discovery 4 HSE - Stornaway Grey w/Black Interior (wish we'd kept it )
GONE: BMW F10 520D MSport - Carbon Black
GONE:MY12 RRS SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ivory/Grand Black Privacy glass

KDS does look impressive. FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

I'd go as far as saying Kelly of KDS is one of the best in the country to be honest Bradders.

They've done some full repaints on some exotic cars and the finish is sublime. Problem is, i recon once RWA5H goes there, he'll end up getting his car fully detailed too and come out £750 lighter  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
MERCEDES GL350 - Metallic Navy Blue w/Grey interior

GOING: BMW F31 335D MSport+ xDrive Touring
GONE: Land Rover Discovery 4 HSE - Stornaway Grey w/Black Interior (wish we'd kept it )
GONE: BMW F10 520D MSport - Carbon Black
GONE:MY12 RRS SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ivory/Grand Black Privacy glass

Certainly looks a superb set up - with prices to match !!! FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

Beancounter_74 wrote:

..........Problem is, i recon once RWA5H goes there, he'll end up getting his car fully detailed too and come out £750 lighter

I wasn't planning having to "detail" so soon after purchasing a brand spanker however, he does do a great job and I have noticed slight orange peeling.

TBH, I was thinking of a more traditional body repair shop for my minor dent.

Still can't believe I did it.....  2013 (13.5MY) RRS HSE Black | Causeway Grey | Privacy | Ivory & Ebony | Grand Black Lacquer | Style 7 Alloys | AWESOME

S t happens.....
Within the 1st week of ownership of my brand new RRS, Mrs bean managed to kerb the life out of an alloy.........and my son/or one of his friends (only 8 years old, so not malicious) managed to accidentally scratch their bike handlebar on the wing......  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
MERCEDES GL350 - Metallic Navy Blue w/Grey interior

GOING: BMW F31 335D MSport+ xDrive Touring
GONE: Land Rover Discovery 4 HSE - Stornaway Grey w/Black Interior (wish we'd kept it )
GONE: BMW F10 520D MSport - Carbon Black
GONE:MY12 RRS SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ivory/Grand Black Privacy glass

Yeah I know........

They say the 1st is the most painful. I realise that my doors will take a bashing in the car parks at some point so it wont stay perfect.

I wasn't as hard on myself as I would have been if the Mrs had done it  2013 (13.5MY) RRS HSE Black | Causeway Grey | Privacy | Ivory & Ebony | Grand Black Lacquer | Style 7 Alloys | AWESOME

I've used Hucks coachworks of Gibralter lane, Maidstone. for my M6 great job, nice people

http://www.huckscoachworks.co.uk/

Last edited by TrevG on Wed May 29 2013 8:15pm. Edited 1 time in total

Beancounter_74 wrote:

S t happens.....
Within the 1st week of ownership of my brand new RRS, Mrs bean managed to kerb the life out of an alloy.........and my son/or one of his friends (only 8 years old, so not malicious) managed to accidentally scratch their bike handlebar on the wing......

And the time you got in your motor with a pencil in your back pocket
Hope you get it sorted asap Richard before you fall out of love with your motor.

Yeah thanks for reminding me Ady .......still need to get that sorted, but staring down the barrel of £400  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
MERCEDES GL350 - Metallic Navy Blue w/Grey interior

GOING: BMW F31 335D MSport+ xDrive Touring
GONE: Land Rover Discovery 4 HSE - Stornaway Grey w/Black Interior (wish we'd kept it )
GONE: BMW F10 520D MSport - Carbon Black
GONE:MY12 RRS SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ivory/Grand Black Privacy glass

TrevG wrote:

I've used Hucks coachworks of Gibralter lane, Maidstone. for my M6 great job, nice people

http://www.huckscoachworks.co.uk/

Contacted these guys and they gave me a quick quote of £265 based on the photo. I'm booked in for Saturday to get that quote firmed up.

Thanks TrevG impressed so far.

I do want this doing quick as you're dead right Ady, it's easy to lose interest once little things start to happen to it. I like to keep a clean car much to the amusement of my Mrs. 2013 (13.5MY) RRS HSE Black | Causeway Grey | Privacy | Ivory & Ebony | Grand Black Lacquer | Style 7 Alloys | AWESOME

Glad to be of assistance...

Took her in this morning to meet Martyn who confirmed the quote and explained what he will do. Just need to sort out a day to do it now.

Thanks again

Richard. 2013 (13.5MY) RRS HSE Black | Causeway Grey | Privacy | Ivory & Ebony | Grand Black Lacquer | Style 7 Alloys | AWESOME

Have you had this done yet ?

Difficult to tell exactly from the photo but personally I think most of that scratch will flat out with something like 2000 grit and compounded back properly you should hardly see anything if any at all

The dent certainly can be removed using Paintless Dent Removal and will be a much better repair than filler and paint which will have the issues of shrinkage, colour match, etc etc

Will be the quickest and best method for the car and will retain its original paintwork etc