Brake Fluid Dripped All Over Paint
08-02-2013, 01:43 AM
#46
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As someone who just went through a similar situation, a full repsray is not in the option deck here. They will pay to fix like your insurance company will pay to fix, damaged areas only. Also getting diminished value won't be worth the fight either (unless you have some ultra low mile car). I would fight for a respray of the cowl assuming that's it. I would also look for rust. Lastly, a full respray will cost you $15k - $20k by a quality shop but good luck getting someone who wants to do the work.
08-02-2013, 02:02 AM
#47
Nordschleife Master
first, just breathe. Its just a car, it can be fixed.
Doing a partial repaint on black should not be hard to match. Add to that a little diminished value and your back where you started, likely with paint that looks better.
sometimes **** happens, but just keep in mind that its only a car and it will be fine.
Doing a partial repaint on black should not be hard to match. Add to that a little diminished value and your back where you started, likely with paint that looks better.
sometimes **** happens, but just keep in mind that its only a car and it will be fine.
just last week my son left his bike too close to my car, and of course it fell over and left a few chips and scratches on my rear fender. Sure I got mad at him, mostly because there is plenty of room in the garage and he was just too lazy to organize stuff neatly so it would be away from my car.
A little Dr. Color Chip, and well, it isn't perfect by any means, and there are chips in the hood anyways, but it looks much better now. My car is far from perfect, yes I like to keep it nice, but at the end of the day, it is a material item, that I get pleasure from by driving it. It will continue to get more scratches and chips. It would hurt me far more to NOT drive it.
Have it fixed and keep on driving it.
Yesterday I went for a drive with LuckyJ, and despite the new scratches, I still came home with a smile on my face.
08-02-2013, 04:51 AM
#48
Race Director
They are in the business of keeping as much money as possible, while only doing the bare minimum they are legally required to do. A respray of only the affected area would satiate that legal hurdle; why would they do any more?
(I won't mention their name, but they got a huge bail-out by the US Gov't, even as the top execs were handing themselves bonuses, and selling off shares that they knew would soon plummet in value.)
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see the OP get a full respray, diminished value, great flapjacks and a blow job from Miss Georgia 2013.
08-02-2013, 03:52 PM
#49
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Thread Starter
Well..... If you think that anyone is going to agree to a full respray of your entire car for paint damage to a minor area, I'd say you're gonna be in for a very rude awakening to how these things actually play out. I can tell you EXACTLY how this will play out with the mechanic and both yours and his insurance companies. Mark my words.
Here are the facts:
> The worst damage in on the cowl where the paint is actually bubbling up.
> The second worst areas are the hood and both front quarters. Where there are tiny dots everywhere from the splattering.
> The shop actually brought a full resrpay up in conversation when they initially called to tell me about the damage.
> The car is being brought back right now. It's been buffed and the paint is still screwed up.
> I just want the car back to some close condition as to what it was when it left for the shop. I brought up the full respray as I was thinking I could chip in some extra funds to make this happen. Personally, I don't really want to do that as I don't want a perfect car. I like something I can take to the store and not worry about it being parked outside in a parking lot.
08-02-2013, 04:24 PM
#52
Rennlist Member
Chad,
Like I said I was in the same position that you were over a year ago except my damage was to the rear of the car. I ended up spending the money to the remainder of the car out of the recommendation of the body shop. I too struggled with whether to do it or not as I like to drive my car and being paranoid every time I went to a parking lot was not something I looked forward to. Fast forward to today. My car is completely resprayed. I haven't had full detail yet but it looks awesome. The paint looks factory and the car is fantastic. There is just something about having a 17 year old car that looks brand new. They way I looked at it was that these cars are OLD and the paint (at least mine) was definitely past it's prime. Painting 50% of the car would have ended up looking wrong and most likely would have detracted from its value in any future sale (always have to be dreaming of a Turbo). If it is reasonable, I would recommend doing the respray. Mine was around $5K extra, don't know what they are quoting for you in comparison.
Lastly, I would say make sure the shop is reputable but also made a judgment on the way their business is structured. A full respray takes a lot of effort, patience and those doing the job have to want to do it the right way. My recommendation is to find a restoration shop vs. a shop recommended to you by the dealer, etc. as while they do good work, they'll still treat it like just another job.
Best of luck and let me know if you would like to chat about my experience
Like I said I was in the same position that you were over a year ago except my damage was to the rear of the car. I ended up spending the money to the remainder of the car out of the recommendation of the body shop. I too struggled with whether to do it or not as I like to drive my car and being paranoid every time I went to a parking lot was not something I looked forward to. Fast forward to today. My car is completely resprayed. I haven't had full detail yet but it looks awesome. The paint looks factory and the car is fantastic. There is just something about having a 17 year old car that looks brand new. They way I looked at it was that these cars are OLD and the paint (at least mine) was definitely past it's prime. Painting 50% of the car would have ended up looking wrong and most likely would have detracted from its value in any future sale (always have to be dreaming of a Turbo). If it is reasonable, I would recommend doing the respray. Mine was around $5K extra, don't know what they are quoting for you in comparison.
Lastly, I would say make sure the shop is reputable but also made a judgment on the way their business is structured. A full respray takes a lot of effort, patience and those doing the job have to want to do it the right way. My recommendation is to find a restoration shop vs. a shop recommended to you by the dealer, etc. as while they do good work, they'll still treat it like just another job.
Best of luck and let me know if you would like to chat about my experience
08-02-2013, 05:18 PM
#56
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08-02-2013, 05:21 PM
#57
Nordschleife Master
08-02-2013, 05:29 PM
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08-02-2013, 05:54 PM
#59
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Got me curious so... did a little research
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08-03-2013, 08:54 PM
#60
Drifting
It sounds like you'll need a partial front end respray (minus bumper).
If your paint is in decent shape I would not put up extra $ to respray the entire car, just do the front end. Chances are it prob has a decent amount of imperfections, rock chips etc that now can be addressed. If you can get them to do the bumper (and maybe a bumperette delete) at no cost then even better!
A quality shop can can do a great job on the front end, along with a polish of the entire back half of the car afterwards, it will come out better looking than before for sure.
A bunch of us locally here did front end resprays this past winter, unless you car is a low mile concurs car, consider this a nice free front end paint job IMO.
If your paint is in decent shape I would not put up extra $ to respray the entire car, just do the front end. Chances are it prob has a decent amount of imperfections, rock chips etc that now can be addressed. If you can get them to do the bumper (and maybe a bumperette delete) at no cost then even better!
A quality shop can can do a great job on the front end, along with a polish of the entire back half of the car afterwards, it will come out better looking than before for sure.
A bunch of us locally here did front end resprays this past winter, unless you car is a low mile concurs car, consider this a nice free front end paint job IMO.