Just had the dreaded call. Car due for Friday and dealership phoned to say it’s been noted with scratches on the wing during delivery and they want to fix this and push back.
If you can afford it, you’ll do it; if you can’t afford it, then you likely won’t. With the GR86 setting me back £35,140 (AT) I don’t mind spending a few £K giving it some nice protection. You can’t mitigate for collisions, vandalism etc but, that’s a risk we all take. Insurance will pay for the repairs and I’ll have to foot the bill for PPF replacement. That’s life in a blue suit
Maybe go up and have a look yourself? If the scratches are huge and you think a repair will likely affect your pleasure of the vehicle you can just reject it. If you are happy for a repair then say that you will not take the vehicle unless 100% content with the result.
Will you be buying an exhaust to put in the bin with this one too?
Yuck what a pain in the arse. Hope you get it sorted .
Ouch! You wound me SirWill you be buying an exhaust to put in the bin with this one too?
#hurtful #saucerofmilk
No offence meant of course my good man - take a free hit at my expense as recompense, no time limit...Ouch! You wound me Sir
I was just quoted £4800 for a full PPF, that was a bit of a shock... They said as it was new it wouldn't realy need much paint prep compared to a ceramic coating. Eeek.If you can afford it, you’ll do it; if you can’t afford it, then you likely won’t. With the GR86 setting me back £35,140 (AT) I don’t mind spending a few £K giving it some nice protection. You can’t mitigate for collisions, vandalism etc but, that’s a risk we all take. Insurance will pay for the repairs and I’ll have to foot the bill for PPF replacement. That’s life in a blue suit
Sounds about right. I was quoted £1,266 for the front quarter and mirrors alone.
Front quarter was £1500 plus vat. I assume by that they're supplying me with a vat of the finest wine known to humanity.
I'd rather get a respray when you need it! You could upgrade to some top of the range brakes and suspension for that, rather than a bit of plastic !
My £1.2k quote includes vat and is a certified Xpel installer. It seems yours is a little steep by comparison
It wasn't the most expensive, some have crept over £2k exc vat for front only, no ceramic, ceramic on the rest tops it up. I'm not based in London either, I'm in the North of England. They were all very nice and friendly though.My £1.2k quote includes vat and is a certified Xpel installer. It seems yours is a little steep by comparison
The issue with a respray is the quality/colour match of the finish and it will be sods law that after having it done and get it looking all fresh again you will end up with a gritter lorry coming in the opposite direction or you have to go down a road that has had fresh tar and gravel resurfacing
The other advantage of PPF is that going on a new car there shouldn't be any imperfections and if there are it will cover it up anyway. When I had mine done the guy showed me that paint correction before film is unnecessary, he had a small piece of painted metal that he scoured with a wire brush making it look like 20 year old paint, applied some film straight over the top and it was like fresh paint, the marring/scratches vanished.
Just looked it up on my VIN (car has just arrived at dealer), both BSM (blind spot monitoring) and RCTA (rear cross traffic alert) are listed.
