Jeez wept - I hope business stays good for them!
That's not unusual for many of the dent guys. They make more money working for the trade, and most will freely admit it's a lot less hassle than dealing with the public driving from place to place for a single dent.
We had a 'dent meet' at my house, where we had several forum members with various dents come to mine on a Saturday and we booked the local dent guy who was far more happy doing several vehicles in the same location.
We had a 'dent meet' at my house, where we had several forum members with various dents come to mine on a Saturday and we booked the local dent guy who was far more happy doing several vehicles in the same location.
That’s understandable but it would be better to advertise as a “trade only” business rather than promote a “we can’t be faffed with retail right now” view!
Yes. I've made an enquiry and hope to hear from them on Monday. I don't know if chips away do dents though. I thought they specialised in minor paint damage.
If you have a friendly local body shop they should be able point you in the right direction. My dent guy sticks mostly to trade work but he will visit my local bodyshop a couple of times a month and do a few jobs in an afternoon, which is better for him than going house to house.
We have a dent in rear panel, courtesy of neighbours son managing to hit a golf ball through the hedge and hit the van…
Neighbour immediately said he‘d pay for repair, so I spoke to local VW bodyshop Ingrams in Ayr, good guys, used them over the years. Their dent company had a look and said the metal was too stretched to pop back out, so annoying every time I walk past the van!
Can’t decide whether to get the panel repaired and respayed, or fit dummy windows to hide it, paint job about £450, glass would be less once fitted, or continue to be annoyed by it for evermore
Neighbour immediately said he‘d pay for repair, so I spoke to local VW bodyshop Ingrams in Ayr, good guys, used them over the years. Their dent company had a look and said the metal was too stretched to pop back out, so annoying every time I walk past the van!
Can’t decide whether to get the panel repaired and respayed, or fit dummy windows to hide it, paint job about £450, glass would be less once fitted, or continue to be annoyed by it for evermore
This would eat me up inside every time I saw it. That’s such a painful dent!! I had false windows put in the rear of mine, personal opinion but I think it finishes the van off nicely.
Pretty certain they do minor dents too
Where abouts in the lakes are you if you don't mind me asking. I work in Barrow and have just removed the brackets for the fiamma awning and after 4 hours of sikoflex removal I'm now left with a shallow dent where the bracket has pushed into the van and also taken the paint with it.
It may be too far but I know the dent guy that does all the main dealers jobs in and around Bolton has a drop in place on a Saturday, where you just turn up and he will fix the dents, unless he is over busy. I dont know if he does bookings.
Thanks @LakesT6 & @Skyliner33
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