I take it there's more damage we can't see?
Just super frustrated!
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I am not sure, I was told that by the service manager at Lotus. I'll have more information in the next few days.
That's a paint scrape, if there's no other damage that would cost £100/$130 to respray here in the UK.
Sounds like the quote is for when you are going bill the transporter for damage. Try asking how much an out of pocket repair/respray would cost. One of these days, you're going to scrape it yourself anyway....
That is because of the repair facility you selected. Some of the "fancy" shops ask for a lot of unnecessary b.s. If you have the estimate i would be happy to tell you what is unnecessary, I have 20 years of experience.
I bet they wrote to replace the bumper instead of repair. Then they probably wanted to blend the hood and fenders, then added a bunch of operations that are impossible to determine if they are necessary before the vehicle is painted (color, and, and buff ...etc).
Personally I'd do 2 hours of repair and blend the paint within the panel.
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Lotustoronto
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That is an outrageous repair costs. I would ask them how much a factory painted new bumper from Lotus would cost? Do not let them blend in any other part of the car for this repair and document the damage well. If someone paint meters your car when you go to sell it your going to want to outline what the damage actually was. Showing it was a small scrape vs a front end accident repair is crucial, even if it doesn't show up on a car report. I wouldn't want to have a 7K repair bill to show someone on that damage, just not believable. There has to be another way.
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