Other half lost a fight with a bolllard, whats the damage?

Snookums · 8 Mar 2018 at 20:43

So other half managed to have a bump with a bollard pics below;

Luckily the bulk of the damage is on the arch, there is may 1cm of scrape on the bumper but its barely visible and will be extremely easy to get out. The paint work around the two deep scratches (the are actually cracks) is all cracked around it.

Now this is the first scuff I've ever had to deal with in a car so no idea if this is even repairable. If so how much roughly should I be looking at paying? The cars a Fiesta ST mk6.

Also not entirely sure how she managed to do so much damage but didn't prod cause she came back distraught and has only been insured on my car for a couple of months.

Another one, if it is repairable any good shops in Nottingham area anyone can recommend?

EDIT: Excuse potato pics

Foghorn Leghorn · 8 Mar 2018 at 22:18

Does she have form for this sort of thing with her own car?

Mrs horn does so I don't bother repairing them as I know another wall/bollard/gate post will leap out in front of her at some point (she managed to drag one car down the same gate post at her sisters house on five separate occasions, how I laughed)

Snookums · 8 Mar 2018 at 22:47

Foghorn Leghorn said:
Does she have form for this sort of thing with her own car?

Mrs horn does so I don't bother repairing them as I know another wall/bollard/gate post will leap out in front of her at some point (she managed to drag one car down the same gate post at her sisters house on five separate occasions, how I laughed)

No she doesn’t drive all that often. It’s too big of an issue for me to just leave it as is so if it can be fixed without extortionate bills I’ll get it fixed.

Dis86 · 8 Mar 2018 at 23:31

Good few hundred. Someone should be able to get the dents out but panel will need a respray.

Armageus · 8 Mar 2018 at 23:34

£500-£600 at a guess. Painting a "simple" panel like a bumper is £150-£200 with a large proportion of that being paint cost. That panel obviously needs the dent removing, filling and the paint will need to be blended into surrounding panels to avoid odd finish.

Snookums · 9 Mar 2018 at 00:43

Yeah figured it would be a full dent remove, fill and spray just wasnt sure what price id be looking at

geekman · 9 Mar 2018 at 01:11

Foghorn Leghorn said:
Does she have form for this sort of thing with her own car?

Mrs horn does so I don't bother repairing them as I know another wall/bollard/gate post will leap out in front of her at some point (she managed to drag one car down the same gate post at her sisters house on five separate occasions, how I laughed)

Likewise - mine has managed to scrape both bumpers, one front wing and both rear doors in about 4 months. When I bought the car for her I was considering getting some of the existing peeling paint fixed, very glad I didn’t bother now.

Amos91 · 9 Mar 2018 at 08:18

Need to weigh up if its worth the outlay. Touch up the worst bits and see if the other half still cares in a few weeks time. If its still an issue, take it to a bodyshop, won't be cheap though.

Brockoli · 9 Mar 2018 at 08:40

Depends on how attached to the car you are, you might be able to get a replacement arch from the scrappies.

Amos91 · 9 Mar 2018 at 08:41

Brockoli said:
Depends on how attached to the car you are, you might be able to get a replacement arch from the scrappies.

Its a welded quarter panel, not a small task.

MooMoo444 · 9 Mar 2018 at 12:54

Can't tell from potato pic but are the alloys kerbed all the way around?

Hagar · 9 Mar 2018 at 16:13

Looks a bit too bad to leave (from the pics) it looks like a sharp edge protruding awaiting pedestrians.

blueboy2001 · 10 Mar 2018 at 20:54

That doesn’t look too bad to repair. It’s the sort of job for a small independent body shop rather than a big place as a lot of the bigger places don’t seem to like doing metalwork and just want to cut and replace.

A decent painter will be able to blend the paint at the edge of the arch profile, it shouldn’t need any adjacent panels painting.

The guy I use would want £300-£350 for that, and you’d never know it had been fixed. He’s massively better at bodywork than he is at getting rich which is good for his customers!

Sanchez · 12 Mar 2018 at 12:51

I had similar work done on my car a few weeks ago, although the rear bumper and sill were also scuffed. The cost was £720.