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Offline VWKev

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My car's been dented & scratched
« on: 13 December 2009, 15:53 »
Dont know what's happened, but its on the front passenger's side wing, too low for another car door, looks like a shopping trolly and level with the dent there is about 10 scratches on the door right next to it but they are very faint and will polish/t-cut out i think.

I'm not too happy and hope someone can tell me the best way of getting this fixed.

Will post up pics shortly.


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Re: My car's been dented & scratched
« Reply #1 on: 13 December 2009, 15:56 »
how rude  :angry:

can you feel the scratches with your fingernails? If you can't then there's a good chance you may be able to get them polished out.  Otherwise if the scratches are deep then a respray will be needed  :sad:

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Re: My car's been dented & scratched
« Reply #2 on: 13 December 2009, 16:04 »
how rude  :angry:

can you feel the scratches with your fingernails? If you can't then there's a good chance you may be able to get them polished out.  Otherwise if the scratches are deep then a respray will be needed  :sad:

Yeah I can feel them, but they are not down to the metal and not too deep i dont think although I'm not an expert.


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Re: My car's been dented & scratched
« Reply #3 on: 13 December 2009, 16:10 »
This first pic was just after giving the car a spray before washing, it was only then i noticed it, the car was very dirty before hand so it must have happened a few days ago or the scratches and dent would be visible



The rest of the pics are after a quick wash.











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Re: My car's been dented & scratched
« Reply #4 on: 13 December 2009, 16:26 »
Dentmaster should be able to get that dent out.
The guy the Verve in Rutherglen used for me was great. He sorted it in less time than I could phone the Mrs. I kid you not.

The salesmen told me he had a TT in that had loads of dents along the crease of the car and the bodyshop had told him it needed a respray. Dentmaster guy came along and sorted it back to brand new.

I'll PM you his number. He is down in Rutherglen a lot ding the Verves stuff.

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Re: My car's been dented & scratched
« Reply #5 on: 13 December 2009, 16:26 »
Dentmaster should be able to get that dent out.
The guy the Verve in Rutherglen used for me was great. He sorted it in less time than I could phone the Mrs. I kid you not.

The salesmen told me he had a TT in that had loads of dents along the crease of the car and the bodyshop had told him it needed a respray. Dentmaster guy came along and sorted it back to brand new.

I'll PM you his number. He is down in Rutherglen a lot ding the Verves stuff.



Brilliant mate thanks.


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Re: My car's been dented & scratched
« Reply #6 on: 13 December 2009, 16:45 »
Dont know what's happened, but its on the front passenger's side wing, too low for another car door, looks like a shopping trolly and level with the dent there is about 10 scratches on the door right next to it but they are very faint and will polish/t-cut out i think.

I'm not too happy and hope someone can tell me the best way of getting this fixed.

Will post up pics shortly.

Agree mate looks like a shopping trolley, probably some t1t that reversed into a parking space when they went shopping, come back and try to get the trolley to the boot! Muppets! sorry to see it mate but agree with p3asa, dentmaster will sort that no probs as well as yer scratches.
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Re: My car's been dented & scratched
« Reply #7 on: 13 December 2009, 17:09 »
Folk who leave shopping trolleys lying in the car park without putting them back in the 'trolley sheds' should be shot - end of!

Hopefully the wee dent will pop out ok - and the scratches will polish out. 
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Re: My car's been dented & scratched
« Reply #8 on: 13 December 2009, 17:30 »
That dent near the door flange is going to be a bu**er to get out!

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Re: My car's been dented & scratched
« Reply #9 on: 13 December 2009, 17:39 »
As above, dentmaster should be able to sort you out, but the dent looks very close to the crease. Some of the dent guys wont even touch it if it's too close.

Hopefully you get it sorted mate.
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