Bodyshop prices

[garrardrj]

I have just picked up my sons car from the bodyshop , it had had a nearside damage caused on a roundabout damaged the f/n/s wheel , wing , wing mirror , passenger door , slight rear door and sill . Now i have seen high repair bills before that have amazed me but this bill was for £4600 !
Have the costs gone up that much , man from the Repairer said the paint had gone up dramatically !
If you saw the damage it was not bad , i'll see if my lad has got a photo .

[Scottymon]

WOW, is it an insurance job?  Bodyshop taking the p!ss there me thinks.

[dan930]

More like there labour went up

[garrardrj]

WOW, is it an insurance job?  Bodyshop taking the p!ss there me thinks.

Well its a very reputable VW approved Bodyshop and i have only ever heard praise for the place . If they had told me it had been £3000 i would have been shocked but the price they charged seems huge , especially when you see the damage , if my sons got a photo . Yes Insurance and other party at fault , fortunately as his insurance is expensive at 21 .

[Rumple]

Ah no surprise then, when body shops take on insurance work they know they can charge an absolute mint and get away with it. Believe you me if it was a walk in private job you'd probably have paid less than half of that amount  

[garrardrj]

Breakdown of the Bill
LABOUR £1400
PARTS £1500 - wheel ,tyre , wing , door panel front , door panel rear and other bits
PAINT AND MATERIALS £500
ADDITIONAL ITEMS £450
VAT £750

When you break it down it doesn't seem so bad , oh and the car he got for the duration of the repair was a 2013 A5 Convertible TDI !

No wonder Insurance is expensive !

[doylebros]

Just to set the adaptive cruise up on MKVII - with the front radar bumper is £500.00 for 30 minutes work!

So if they can charge it they will!

[cuprajake]

Love how mis informed people are when it comes to insurance claims.

All bookshops and insurance firms work off audatex this is a system that sets the prices. No rubbing of hands or bulling up prices.

The prices are set in stone. Labour rates of 28_35 are the norm. Discount of up to 20% added. They won't pay for seat covers. Polishing. Washing or environment protection costs.

[garrardrj]

How are we misinformed ?

If you had seen the damage you would have said the same as me .

[cuprajake]

People immediately think bookshops stick shed loads on the price. We don't. We actually get paid the correct hours to do thejob .


Ypur cars had the full side done I'd geo as we so can understand the cost. You'll have 500 in a wheel n tyre from vw

[garrardrj]

Books Shops 

I know how they charge - If we had taken it to another similar bodyshop we would have been charged nearly the same

The issue i have is that the cost was very high , we haven't got a photo but if you were the one actually footing the bill you would have been shocked at the cost to repair it. I had a similar incident involving my car when a van reversed out of a parking spot in a car park and damaged my BMW and it hit the same bodywork and wing mirrir as this , it cost £1700 to repair . The only difference being it was a few years ago and no wheel/tyre (£400 in the case of this recent GTI repair)

Anyway they did a fantastic job 

[cuprajake]

Predictive text. Changed it twice lol

Parts prices are going through the roof
We have a brand new ml Merc in wing, bumper and grill come to £1400. It's shocking really.