Paint chip Help

Exotica · 03-07-2011, 02:54 PM

Purchased a approved used 3 series from Coopers BMW which arranged to have this repaired before I picked it up but as you can see it looks crap.

Any thing I can do to it or best get pro help.

Rear door edge.

Kerr · 03-07-2011, 02:58 PM

One thing I've learned, painting is a lot harder than it looks.

I'd not touch it.

It does look too deep to even think about touch up paint.

AlwynMike · 03-07-2011, 03:17 PM

Take it back and tell them to do it properly.

A Smart repair that's not Smart!!

Mike

AlwynMike · 03-07-2011, 03:20 PM

I went to see an E61 335d today at Knights @ Stoke. It was pre-preparation, and the body was covered in yellow chalk where they were going to touch it up. There was a lot of marks around the car, maybe as many as two dozen (and some were pretty deep). If they were repaired to the same standard as Exotica's, they'd never sell the car.

Did I buy it?

Nope, it didn't have Xenon's!

Mike

Exotica · 03-07-2011, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by AlwynMike

Take it back and tell them to do it properly.

A Smart repair that's not Smart!!

Mike

I would but its a five hour round trip. I could suggest a repair and invoice them but I bet they will refuse.

Baby Dave · 03-07-2011, 03:54 PM

Get them to come and pick it up

Falmouthboy · 03-14-2011, 10:56 AM

E mail them the picture and ask them what they are going to do without inconveniencing you. However, unless you pointed the repair out to them at the time of accepting the car, I suspect that they may say 'tough' unless you can show that whilst the repair looked ok on collection, it has since come out.

Sukey · 03-16-2011, 09:36 AM

Did you get a warranty of any kind?

If they accept liability, see if there's a nearer BMW dealership and ask if they can do the work, to be invoiced back to the selling dealership...

Although I'd agree on the issue of checking before accepting, if they said they'd do a repair and it's been done poorly, then you are surely entitled to ask them to make a decent job of it.

Exotica · 03-16-2011, 05:10 PM

Just waiting for a response from the dealer and yes AUC one year.

Exotica · 03-24-2011, 02:43 PM

Still waiting for a reply after two calls to chase them up.

03-07-2011, 02:54 PM	#1
Exotica Lieutenant 80 Rep 533 Posts Drives: People Mad Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The British Empire. Where The Sun Never Sets On Us. iTrader: (0)	Paint chip Help Purchased a approved used 3 series from Coopers BMW which arranged to have this repaired before I picked it up but as you can see it looks crap. Any thing I can do to it or best get pro help. Rear door edge. __________________ "Second Place Is The First Of The Losers"
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Kerr Brigadier General 112 Rep 4,021 Posts Drives: BMW M235I Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Aberdeen iTrader: (0)	One thing I've learned, painting is a lot harder than it looks. I'd not touch it. It does look too deep to even think about touch up paint.
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AlwynMike Lieutenant Colonel 337 Rep 1,660 Posts Drives: F36 440i GC. Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lincolnshire Flatlands iTrader: (1)	Take it back and tell them to do it properly. A Smart repair that's not Smart!! Mike
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AlwynMike Lieutenant Colonel 337 Rep 1,660 Posts Drives: F36 440i GC. Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lincolnshire Flatlands iTrader: (1)	I went to see an E61 335d today at Knights @ Stoke. It was pre-preparation, and the body was covered in yellow chalk where they were going to touch it up. There was a lot of marks around the car, maybe as many as two dozen (and some were pretty deep). If they were repaired to the same standard as Exotica's, they'd never sell the car. Did I buy it? Nope, it didn't have Xenon's! Mike
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Baby Dave Lieutenant Colonel 24 Rep 1,872 Posts Drives: E90 320d m sport Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sunny Lancs iTrader: (0)	Get them to come and pick it up __________________ E90 Msport, black leather, front seat heating,6Fl, bluetooth,sun protection glass,Alpine upgrade,non rft's
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Falmouthboy Squadron Leader (Ret'd) 25 Rep 627 Posts Drives: E91 330d SE & Mini Coupe JCW Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cornwall iTrader: (0)	E mail them the picture and ask them what they are going to do without inconveniencing you. However, unless you pointed the repair out to them at the time of accepting the car, I suspect that they may say 'tough' unless you can show that whilst the repair looked ok on collection, it has since come out.
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Sukey New Member 0 Rep 26 Posts Drives: E93 325i Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Lincolnshire iTrader: (1)	Did you get a warranty of any kind? If they accept liability, see if there's a nearer BMW dealership and ask if they can do the work, to be invoiced back to the selling dealership... Although I'd agree on the issue of checking before accepting, if they said they'd do a repair and it's been done poorly, then you are surely entitled to ask them to make a decent job of it.
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Exotica Lieutenant 80 Rep 533 Posts Drives: People Mad Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The British Empire. Where The Sun Never Sets On Us. iTrader: (0)	Just waiting for a response from the dealer and yes AUC one year. __________________ "Second Place Is The First Of The Losers"
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Exotica Lieutenant 80 Rep 533 Posts Drives: People Mad Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The British Empire. Where The Sun Never Sets On Us. iTrader: (0)	Still waiting for a reply after two calls to chase them up. __________________ "Second Place Is The First Of The Losers"
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