Someone's scraped my Edition 30.......

[galaxie500]

Just come back from a job and found my Edition 30's driver's side rear bumper scraped - down to plastic on the top part and similarly underneath with a big smear of red paint right across the corner.  The witless oaf has misjudged his/her parking manoeuvre and surprise, surprise, left no note.

Anyone have a recommendation for a good body shop in or around SW London they've used and trust, will remove the bumper correctly, paint it beautifully and reassemble the whole shebang for a good price?  I'm tempted to have the middle of the lower bumper painted black as its in the body shop.....

Guys??

[maxload]

My god there are some w@nkers around!!

I feel your pain and I hope you can get it sorted 

[Frenzy]

sorry to hear that bud. Parking standards in London are terrible. I'm on the lookout myself for a good bodyshop, anywhere in London or nearby areas will do for me as i'm willing to travel for a good standard of work.

ATB 

[galaxie500]

Thanks for your commiserations Maxload & Frenzy!

I've a recommendation of a painter in Isleworth, West London and also a company in West Hampstead that's been established for many years.  One would hope the long established firm is still in business because their work is good; I know they do higher end marques and the car's I've seen in their yard are always properly stripped and prepped rather than crudely masked with newspaper as I'm sure we've all seen in backstreet garage's up and down the land!

I'll report back.

[galaxie500]

Here are a few shots of the damage shot with my iPhone. Apologies for the quality.

What would a rough estimate be for bumper removal, prep and painting and reassembly?

Thanks Gents.
galaxie500

[Dannyboy88]

This happened to me with my jetta but on my front bumper, but haven't had it sorted yet, I'd get some polish out and get rid of the red paint and see what marks your left with, as in the pic it looks much worse with the red paint still on, nice bit of super resin polish will get the red off.

[rich83]

Paul, that's a sh*tter. I paid 144 for a total rear bumper respray but that was up north.

[galaxie500]

Thanks Dannyboy.
Removing the red paint will certainly divert the eye but ultimately it'll have to be repaired.  There wasn't a mark on it previously of course!

If I ever get my hands on the moron with the scraped red bumper I'll f@%king throttle him/her!!

[galaxie500]

Hey Rich
Thanks for your condolences. I'll hopefully find a good paintshop somewhere locally. I've tried a search through the forum but so far not come up with a SW London recommendation.
Cheers
PR

[galaxie500]

I think I've found the car that scraped mine;  a Mini Cooper is parked further down the street with a bumper now devoid of red paint in exactly the spot my Golf's bumper is wearing the very same red paint.  What do I do?  No one saw the incident and the driver of the Mini will surely deny doing it.  I'm pretty the Mini driver is the culprit but how to prove it?!

Cars eh?

[rich83]

Get as many photos as you can. Take some height measurements to show that it matches yours. Take the reg number.

Leave note on windscreen.

If you don't hear anything, ring your insurance.

[galaxie500]

Took Richwig's advice and left a very visible note - lets call it more a document - on the offending Mini windscreen.  I sealed it in a Parking Ticket see-through envelope I just happened to have. Whether anyone actually responds to this is anyone's guess.
If the situation becomes prolonged I may have to resort to other tactics.
Anyone know a forensic lab where I could have the paint left on my bumper matched to that on the Mini's?  (I'm serious!) 

Here's the note:
Hello owner of Red Mini LE04 @£$

Please see attached photos of the damage you inflicted to the rear of my Golf.

I'd appreciate a phone call to settle the matter; I've had one quote today from a reputable bodyshop and am getting another quote for the repair tomorrow.

My phone number is:

07973 @£$%^&

Many thanks

Paul

[maxload]

That's a pretty good letter and any decent person would surely respond.
I'd love to know if you recieve a reply , keep us posted 

[galaxie500]

I'll certainly update this thread with any mutterings from down the road......
Here are the shots of the alleged culprit:



....and my bumper...



In a court of law probably not conclusive but the colour is bang on, the tell tale trail is much the same and the paint is freshly broken on the Mini and freshly smeared on my car. And it was parked directly behind mine when I returned from Paris on Monday.  Voila!!

[Dannyboy88]

Isn't that your silver paint on the mini aswell? Everything seem to match to me, hope you get somewhere with the owner of the mini.