Hey there,

 

I've had dents before on my Skoda Fabia and I've had them fixed with chips away for 100 quid but never with ADAS? which they don't cover.

 

The storm yesterday knocked over a bin and its dented the car. Wanted to get some advice on how best to approach it.

 

Tried chips away and the quote was 375 without ADAS recalibration. 

 

I've called Skoda and they gave me the panel company they use, getting a quote 11th Jan, but it sounds like it's going to be nuclear expensive, the operator said be prepared to go down the insurance route. 

 

Am I missing something here or is this sort of work usually this expensive? Maybe a better company or service to handle it all?

 

And if anyone has any advice on if the insurance route if it's worth it.

 

Thanks for the help, appreciate it's abit of a boring / hard to answer post. 

 

That looks like a door, what does that have to do with ADAS and why are you asking for it to be "covered" by which I am assuming you mean recalibrated.

 

£375 for a small ding like that sounds like more than a bodyshop would charge but maybe I am out of date, it looks to me like a PDR and polish job, the world has gone crazy.

As jr says ,just take it to a local body shop a small door dent is easy to fix .

Cheers guys, yeah it's the driver side door, the ADAS thing was flagged up in the chips away quote maybe it's not an issue I just wasn't sure with this car wondered if anyone had any similar work done.

 

I'll get more quotes does seem like everything is just so expensive these days. 

 

 

I didn't know what ADAS was so I googled it. Seems Chips Away have form for this 🤣

 

 

On 30/12/2023 at 12:44, HappySam said:

I didn't know what ADAS was so I googled it. Seems Chips Away have form for this 🤣

 

 

Cheers for sharing that! And that repair was 200 quid! 

What a load of rubbish, below are the terms requiring ADAS calibration whether thats radar, camera, areaview, blind spot detection.

None of which cover a small dent to a panel.

 

13 minutes ago, ApertureS said:

What a load of rubbish, below are the terms requiring ADAS calibration whether thats radar, camera, areaview, blind spot detection.

None of which cover a small dent to a panel.

 

that's fantastic cheers! I wish the dealer would of said that when I called and asked them about it! 

Edited 31 December, 20232 yr by Mattyboy91

2 hours ago, ApertureS said:

What a load of rubbish, below are the terms requiring ADAS calibration whether thats radar, camera, areaview, blind spot detection.

None of which cover a small dent to a panel.

 

@ApertureS

Am I reading this correctly? I have ACC but have a fixed rear axle (1.5 SEL) and during the first couple of services the dealer said the tracking was "out" and only they could do the tracking as it had to be "calibrated" at much £££s. There's no mention of the front axle - or is that the misalignment angle?

Hey guys, Thanks for the help on this, I've had it fixed now with Dent Devils, the quote was 120 for the one dent and rear quarter, but we noticed there were a lot more dents on that panel from the bin about 4 in total, he also got rid of one on my rear quarter for free, in total it came to 180 which I think was excellent value hes also buffed the panel and knocked out some surface scratches. defo Try dent devils if you have them in your area.
No issues with the ADAS. 

Edited 9 January, 20242 yr by Mattyboy91