Hello, some very kind soul (read b*****d) has glanced the rear offside of my '06 vRS hatch & smashed the lower reflector and caused deeper than polishable scraping in an approx 12cm square patch above it. :-(

Just wondering whether anyone would be able to give a very rough estimate on remedying this?

ie, is it likely to be around the £200 excess threshold..?

Many thanks in advance..

Hello, some very kind soul (read b*****d) has glanced the rear offside of my '06 vRS hatch & smashed the lower reflector and caused deeper than polishable scraping in an approx 12cm square patch above it. :-(

Just wondering whether anyone would be able to give a very rough estimate on remedying this?

ie, is it likely to be around the £200 excess threshold..?

Many thanks in advance..

I had a muppet hit the rear end passenger quarter of the bumper,all bumper damage and reflector, cost was over £400 ! Good job I didn't have to cough up that one. That was done through the insurance, but you could get it done cheaper off your own back. Hope that give you a very rough idea.

Wouldn't bother going through insurance. It will not just be the excess but increased premiums for about the next 5years.

Lovely.. Thanks for the thoughts - my thought was to avoid the insurance for the obvious reasons but I can't really afford to shell out £400 at the moment.

Might just buy the reflector & polish out as much as possible for now & save my pennies for Xmas..

Hmm.. :-/

Lovely.. Thanks for the thoughts - my thought was to avoid the insurance for the obvious reasons but I can't really afford to shell out £400 at the moment.

Might just buy the reflector & polish out as much as possible for now & save my pennies for Xmas..

Hmm.. :-/

What about "Chips away"? Never used them but maybe some one has on here?

What about "Chips away"? Never used them but maybe some one has on here?

You'll be suprised at what they can remove. I helped a family member buy a used car recently and it had clearly kissed a bollard during it's life and the scrape on the bumper was through the paint and had scraped the plastic to a point it was sharp in places. We agreed to a repair as part of the purchase price and the dealer got the local 'Chips Away' guy out who did a fantastic job, you'd never know the damage was there.

The reflector simply clips in and is about £25 from a Skoda dealer.

I reckon you'll get it done for less than £200.

Cor, I'd not even thought of Chips Away - good idea, I'll give 'em a bell tomorrow.

Thanks again for the help, I know it's no big deal but I do like to think that if I'd tw*tted someone else's pride & joy, I would have had the decency to leave my details.

Oh well..