Paint work

[Sippo]

Thanks guys. I emailed them yesterday but we'll see. With my experience of dealers I won't hold my breath but they got excellent reviews on here. I am going to get the bumper resprayed, and send them a copy of the receipt and photo of the damage.

It's a shame because I have one guy who will do it £30 cheaper cash in hand, but I need a receipt.

[Stuart_J]

Thanks guys. I emailed them yesterday but we'll see. With my experience of dealers I won't hold my breath but they got excellent reviews on here. I am going to get the bumper resprayed, and send them a copy of the receipt and photo of the damage.

It's a shame because I have one guy who will do it £30 cheaper cash in hand, but I need a receipt.

Odds are its had a small scrape & been tidied up, Origional paint shouldnt come off with a jet wash & would have failed by now anyway, often in quick spray jobs the main area gets prepared reosnably well but in the hurry the edges arent done as they sjould be & will fail. Make sure whoec=ver does it prepares & sprays the whole bumper. If they only do part of it & arent told to prep the whole thing properly & other areas of the bumper fail they have a get out clause & the original garage wont come near you once A N Other has dabled with it.

Dont be so keen tio dis the dealer either until you know where he stands. Ther are quite a few good dealers around & they may be one of those & be straight & honest.

[m0bov]

+1 Get whole bumper done and then consider VentureShield application to prevent stone chips in future.

[Sippo]

Don't think I can get the whole bumper done, just because of cost. They are going to check the whole bumper anyway.

Heard nothing back from dealer yet...

[B.DIFFERENT]

Venturedshield is no good on fresh paint as the paint is releasing solvents and curing for at lest a month.if you were going to pay that much for clingfilm you might as well get it done in ceramic clear coat. Tough as glass as we have a right job trying to prep it on porsches and mercs.

[Sippo]

Just spoke to the dealer and he is willing to pay half the costs. Which is better than a kick in the face I suppose.

Oh and he wasn't aware if the bumper was replaced but doubt it. The flaking is just an unlucky occurrence apparently.

Edited 16 February, 2012 by Sippo

[m0bov]

Not a bad result, strongly suggest the whole bump is sprayed as it will only flake again where it meets the old paint. Happened to my old mondeo when the used a screwdrive to prise out a bit of trim and left a notch in the bumper.

[Sippo]

Unfortunately I can't afford the whole bumper replacement at the moment so will have to take the risk. I'll be washing by hand from now on anyway.