Rear Quarter Panel Respray Cost?

Rensin

Rensin

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Hi,

Basically my old man had an accident (about 4 months ago) at work where the wind has blown something onto a parked car scratching the Rear Quarter Panel on a 2012 Corsa.

The owner has had the car fixed and sent the invoice to my old man's boss who has passed it on to pay ... he shown me the invoice and to me the price is quite steep.

Rear Quarter Panel blended into the rear door total cost is just under £700.

Does the price sound right?

cheers.
 
In short no, not unless there was a significant amount of pulling/filling (tbh a rear quarter section welded in wouldn't even cost that on a corsa)

However, if he has a greed to pay and not set any sort of cap I'm not sure there is much you can do
 
Looking at the pics there was no dent, just scratched down to metal by looks of it. There is no mention on the invoice of any dents, just says resprayed said parts + blend into door, reset system? ... paint care pack.

The only agreement made was from his boss, who tbf wasn't bothered. He refuses to make a claim on the company insurance.

He followed the paper work from the local council placing road signs in the places marked and someone parks next to 1 of the signs ... imo car owners fault for parking next to the sign on a windy day.
 
700?!?

For that I had the following done on my car.

Entire door
Front bumper
Bonnet

Total repaint.... That was just shy of 700.
 
Rensin said:
Not sure, boss is a stingy git or at a guess insurance increase on renewal.
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if he won't claim on insurance he'll have to pay it out of his own pocket, not your dad
your dad was at work, his boss by law has to insure him for doing his work, the paint claim is on the company your dad works for, not on him as a person

if he was negligent then he could get fired, but if he followed all the instructions given to him then that isn't the case, even if he was then it would still be the company that has to pay, not your dad
 
Diagro said:
700?!?
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My thoughts too.

andybird123 said:
if he won't claim on insurance he'll have to pay it out of his own pocket, not your dad
your dad was at work, his boss by law has to insure him for doing his work, the paint claim is on the company your dad works for, not on him as a person

if he was negligent then he could get fired, but if he followed all the instructions given to him then that isn't the case, even if he was then it would still be the company that has to pay, not your dad
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small company mate so like I say probably just being stingy.

No negligence, he has been doing similar work to this for 15+ years and followed the paper work as per the council. He took photos of the layout before said car appeared. Not 100% but usually a Council inspector will check everything is laid out correctly before work starts (not sure if this is just random checks)
 
Rensin said:
My thoughts too.



small company mate so like I say probably just being stingy.

No negligence, he has been doing similar work to this for 15+ years and followed the paper work as per the council. He took photos of the layout before said car appeared. Not 100% but usually a Council inspector will check everything is laid out correctly before work starts (not sure if this is just random checks)
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Not saying he was, just even if, there is no way your dad could or should be expected to pay for a work place accident.
 
I had the whole side of my XKR done along with a bit of bumper trim and the piece above windscreen, oh and a few dents fixed for 350, stunning job too
 
Angrybird, understood what you meant mate, I doubt his boss will change his mind and I'm guessing there is no law that forces him to?

As I said to my old man, either the car owner knows the repairer and pocketing a few quid or the bodyshop are taking the ****

Cheers guys, I'll tell him to question the invoice.

Anyone know what the system reset would be?

Paint and materials was £280 alone.
 
Rensin said:
Angrybird, understood what you meant mate, I doubt his boss will change his mind and I'm guessing there is no law that forces him to?
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No you didnt understand what I said. There exactly are laws that force the company to pay, not your dad. Your dad is not at fault, his company BY LAW has to provide insurance to cover him at work, if his boss is telling him to pay from his own pocket then his boss IS BREAKING THE LAW.

Talk to citizens advice.

Think about it, the manager at mcdonalds tells an employee to clean the floor and put the yellow sign out, customer comes in and slips on wet floor, ambulance chaser lawyers ask for £10k... on what planet would mcdonalds expect the employee who cleaned the floor at his boss' instruction be expected to cover the £10k. Same principle, your dad did exactly what he was instructed to do so there is no liability on your dad. If his boss has agreed it was the company's liability and given the car owner a blank cheque then he is a) an idiot and b) still not your dad's problem.
 
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DannyW said:
Can you post a pic. Does seem steep, I've had half a car resprayed for around that
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Can't get pics as there on his work phone which has to stay in the van at the local yard.

andybird123 said:
No you didnt understand what I said. There exactly are laws that force the company to pay, not your dad. Your dad is not at fault, his company BY LAW has to provide insurance to cover him at work, if his boss is telling him to pay from his own pocket then his boss IS BREAKING THE LAW.

Talk to citizens advice.

Think about it, the manager at mcdonalds tells an employee to clean the floor and put the yellow sign out, customer comes in and slips on wet floor, ambulance chaser lawyers ask for £10k... on what planet would mcdonalds expect the employee who cleaned the floor at his boss' instruction be expected to cover the £10k. Same principle, your dad did exactly what he was instructed to do so there is no liability on your dad. If his boss has agreed it was the company's liability and given the car owner a blank cheque then he is a) an idiot and b) still not your dad's problem.
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andybird, thanks for explaining, I get exactly what you mean now.

Have passed the info onto my old man and explained what you said. Hopefully he will stand his ground as £700 is a lot for a small scratch.
 
£700 sounds steep for a single panel, non-filler repair with a blend into the adjacent panel!

Either someone has added a lot of 'tax' to that, or the owner has had some other work done at the same time and they've silently stuck it on the same bill.
 
paintguy said:
£700 sounds steep for a single panel, non-filler repair with a blend into the adjacent panel!

Either someone has added a lot of 'tax' to that, or the owner has had some other work done at the same time and they've silently stuck it on the same bill.
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Would be the most likely situation. I bet the owner expected the company to let insurance handle it.
 
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