Settle an Argument please...

[cslgirl]

Ok, things are not happy in the household and loud voices are being used. Please see pics.

Argument settled in-house

ETA. we have worked out that a shopping trolley would not be high enough to do that damage. It has gone through to the plastic so must have been a hard whack.... Would like to know what could have done it though.

Any idea as to cost to fix it ?

[mattCSLnut]

Maybe a van door ( front side or rear) opened in haste ? U've got to watch these Delivery Vankers, sometimes Alternatively a 4X4 or up & over garage door just catching the duck tail peek on it's travel.

Re: cost to fix ? I'd say cheap fix would be to get a Silver Grey touch up kit from BMW for about £12 squid and a sturdy hand on a sunny day ... expensive fix ? U'll need to probably have the uppers part of the boot lid (the Duck tail part) fully re-sprayed and colour matched and that could be £100's

[mole]

Originally Posted by mattCSLnut

Maybe a van door ( front side or rear) opened in haste ? U've got to watch these Delivery Vankers, sometimes Alternatively a 4X4 or up & over garage door just catching the duck tail peek on it's travel.

Re: cost to fix ? I'd say cheap fix would be to get a Silver Grey touch up kit from BMW for about £12 squid and a sturdy hand on a sunny day ... expensive fix ? U'll need to probably have the uppers part of the boot lid (the Duck tail part) fully re-sprayed and colour matched and that could be £100's

Another option could be (although never used myself) one of those mobile chip repair guys

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by mole

Another option could be (although never used myself) one of those mobile chip repair guys

An old friend of mine used them once... they made a dog's dinner of it and he ended up with a two tone grey Porker in orange peel finish

[phat///M3]

To have it perfect again it will need to be resprayed.

Or alteratively just get some touch up paint and then buff it up so its less obvious.

[cslgirl]

Thanks guys! Yeah some touch up paint is on there now but I think I will go to BMW and get a quote to see how much for a proper job done. Don't trust those mobile guys. I love it being pristine so really want it back to A1 condition soon. Just as well I was owed some holiday pay from work.

[1cosmicboy]

hi,sounds daft but a mate of mine had the same problem and it turned out to be his wife,s ring.when she slammed the boot down it scratched down past the primer,being a plastic panel makes the paint easier to damage .
it was in exactly the same place as urs cslgirl
only way to sort it properly is to local the chip and laquer whole boot lid .
michael

[csl_mba]

Originally Posted by 1cosmicboy

hi,sounds daft but a mate of mine had the same problem and it turned out to be his wife,s ring.when she slammed the boot down it scratched down past the primer,being a plastic panel makes the paint easier to damage .
it was in exactly the same place as urs cslgirl
only way to sort it properly is to local the chip and laquer whole boot lid .
michael

was gonna say same thing, or maybe had keys in hand? or a watch strap?

[DuncanR]

Why do you think shopping trolley cslgirl?, maybe not high enough for the front, but what about the duck tail going under the handle ?

I recommend a respray to sort it out properly ..scroll down




















in Sapphire Black !!!

[Rutkowski]

Well, it's beyond repair i'm afraid but i've got good news for you - i am willing to buy it as it is.









































PLEASE??!