Dent and paint damage

andythelandy · 25 Feb 2014 at 17:24

Walked to my car this morning and found that some charmer has hit it when it's been parked I'm guessing a delivery van or something as the damage is very high up.

I should count myself lucky they missed the light and the rear window didn't smash but I'm still annoyed as there's no note or anything.

I basically have 3 options;

Get it pushed out and just hand paint it too stop corrosion and worry about it when I finish uni in June.

Pay the full wack and have a body shop do it (expensive)

Get a new boot of ebay and transfer everything to the new one when i finish uni and leave it to rust for now.

I'm in my final year so I haven't really got the time or money to spend on sorting it what do you guys recon is the best plan?

Liquid_Entity · 25 Feb 2014 at 17:27

Any CCTV around?

Dogbreath · 25 Feb 2014 at 17:28

A second hand boot lid would definitely be the least costly and easiest way to make it look tidy again, provided you can find one in reasonable condition.

andythelandy · 25 Feb 2014 at 17:31

Liquid_Entity said:
Any CCTV around?

Nothing unfortunately.

Dogbreath said:
A second hand boot lid would definitely be the least costly and easiest way to make it look tidy again, provided you can find one in reasonable condition.

I was thinking this there seems to be quite a few but will the colour be a match even if it's the same paint code with them being from different cars?

mjt · 25 Feb 2014 at 17:32

Ah that's shocking

I'd go down the hatch off eBay route personally.
Try a silver one and if it doesn't match, get it sprayed. Can't imagine that would cost too much.

Unlucky

andythelandy · 25 Feb 2014 at 17:36

mjt said:
Ah that's shocking

I'd go down the hatch off eBay route personally.
Try a silver one and if it doesn't match, get it sprayed. Can't imagine that would cost too much.

Unlucky

Would a full spray on a boot be cheaper than repairing the old one then?

acemastr · 25 Feb 2014 at 18:04

I had the same thing happen, managed to find a wing the same colour and it matches perfectly

Relentless81 · 25 Feb 2014 at 18:29

If there is no CCTV to go the insurance claim route then I would find a replacement boot lid in the same colour

andythelandy · 25 Feb 2014 at 18:37

I'm going to report it to the Police too see if there's any cctv I'm certain there isn't but nothing to lose really.

Then it's probably going to be getting a new boot fun times!

lemonade · 25 Feb 2014 at 19:59

Can't stand stuff like that, idiots who drive away after leaving such a big damage on someone elses property.

If you don't have the time or money I would just push and hammer it out and then paint and lacquer to protect it. Although it seems to have surface rust under paintwork already?

andythelandy · 26 Feb 2014 at 16:56

So I contacted the police today, they tell me that they don't handle stuff like this anymore, If I want to find out if there is any cctv etc I have to go through my insurance company.

I assume as soon as I do this it's marked as a claim on my insurance because it's highly unlikely they are going to find who did it, is this the case?

Sasso · 26 Feb 2014 at 17:00

andythelandy said:
So I contacted the police today, they tell me that they don't handle stuff like this anymore

they don't handle criminal damage/hit n run any more? oh.... ok

gutted about that mate

looks nasty!!! fingers crossed for an el perfecto boot on le bay