Some numbskull at my work has scuffed the rear bumper of my Octavia II.

Anyone had similar incident? He is prepared to pay cash for a repair, but Skoda are quoting £400 for a new bumper to be sprayed black which seems a bit excessive.

Anyone with experience of a bodyshop's repair to the plastic bumper? Literally been "scored" by his car, with white scuff marks the end result.

I'm in Dunfermline/Fife area if anyone can recommend someplace that is preferably open over the holidays!

Cheers

Howdy;

I'm assming that the scuff is surfaced (i.e. you can feel it with your fingernail)... a relatively easy fix for a semi-decent repairer...

If i remember correctly, my mate had some work done at Thomas Ritchie (Based in Fife); woork was very good (not on a skoda) and I didn't recognise he had an accident till he told me!

address is:

Ladyburn Place,

Skinners Steps,

Cupar,

Fife

KY15 4DY

Tel: 01334 653277

Best bit of advice i can give is take some pics of damage and call garages, e-mail them the pics and get estimates... i've had a front bumper replaced and repaired and it cost me £400 (inc. colour matching)... should have shopped around!!!

Some numbskull at my work has scuffed the rear bumper of my Octavia II.

Anyone had similar incident? He is prepared to pay cash for a repair, but Skoda are quoting £400 for a new bumper to be sprayed black which seems a bit excessive.

Anyone with experience of a bodyshop's repair to the plastic bumper? Literally been "scored" by his car, with white scuff marks the end result.

I'm in Dunfermline/Fife area if anyone can recommend someplace that is preferably open over the holidays!

Cheers

I would think from a body shop going non insurance a new bumper, paint job, trim insert etc would cost less than than.

I just got a new back bumper and trim, supplied, painted and fitted for £417, this was through Chathams at Halbeath. I scuffed my front bumper a couple of years back and got it painted at Paint Wizard in Stirling, think it cost about £80 plus a new trim.

There is a place in Grangemouth called Auto Cosmique who have a good reputation for repairing damage such as this. My sons mate put a courtesy car through a barbed wire fence, was a right mess, Auto Cosmique repaired it (think it cost about £250), looked as good as new.

I in the Bodywork trade.

Prices range from £75 - £120 for a simple bumper blow in.

Do not get a SMART repair company to do it.

They my be cheap, but they only use 1K lacquer and it will last about 12months before it will need re-doing again..

I was a mobile Smart repairer for nearly 2 years and i would not touch my car in the stuff.

Thankfully im back in a bodyshop now.

Thanks folks.

Got a "chips away" type guy coming round tomorrow, but it is surfaced as described above so would prefer to go down the bodyshop route.

Damned irritating time of year to get a minor repair carried out ;-)