JackE46 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 will give them a call tomorrow and see what they say, how is yours looking after having the work done cal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calw123 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Yeah i would mate yeah it looks brand new im extremely happy with it and im so anal about my cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott-o Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Sounds like there may be hope for me yet then, hopefully find out more tomorrow! Fingers crossed for you Jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holdawayt Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Sorry for the late reply, I'm not very active on this forum. The car is back from BMW today, they gave me a convertible mini one as a courtesy car haha. Either way the standard of workmanship is as you'd expect it looks fantastic. Pretty much looks like a new car too. They've also machine polished the car and surprisingly got it right, no holograms in the paint or anything. Just need the wheels refurbing now and it'll be mint. Very, very happy with their service. Tom. TriggerFish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott-o Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Dropped mine off for airbag recall this morning and she said they dont have a paint shop on their premises so could get a smart repair guy to give me a quote if i wanted :| i said no, its under warranty and needs looking at by their corrosion warranty guy so was told id have to sort that out separately. That's what i thought i had sorted out for today haha the women that dealt with me was nice and all but didnt have a clue what it was that i was even asking for. Will see what they've come up with when i go and pick it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackE46 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 spoke to the fella at the body shop said he would call me back and let me know what's going on, didn't receive a call back. will be ringing again tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennno2005 Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 (edited) Does anyone know when the cut off point is? The wings on my new one have got slight bubbling so they are having a look at it Thursday. Its 12 years old on the 6th March, so if I haven't heard back from the dealer by then am I out of luck? Cheers Ben Edited February 8, 2016 by bennno2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holdawayt Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Get the claim in before that date and you'll be fine. It doesn't matter how long they take to sort it out, if you come to them within the warranty period you'll be fine. Make sure the paint is original and you've got a fully stamped book and you'll be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calw123 Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 You dont need a fully stamped book or the bodywork inspection stamps either you just have a better chance at getting it all payed for if you have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennno2005 Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 12 minutes ago, calw123 said: You dont need a fully stamped book or the bodywork inspection stamps either you just have a better chance at getting it all payed for if you have I've got a fully stamped book but not all BMW. Don't think I've got the inspection stamps. Its booked in Thursday so I'll let you know how I get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calw123 Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 I have a fully stamped book with only 1 non bmw stamp but no bodywork inspections and they approved mine mate so fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holdawayt Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Sorry I should've been more clear. Mine didn't have a full BMW service history, but it was fully stamped with independent garages. The only thing they were concerned about was testing the paint depth. If the car has been painted at any point and the paint reading is thicker than it should be, they're unlikely to approve it. Good luck either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennno2005 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Holdawayt said: Sorry I should've been more clear. Mine didn't have a full BMW service history, but it was fully stamped with independent garages. The only thing they were concerned about was testing the paint depth. If the car has been painted at any point and the paint reading is thicker than it should be, they're unlikely to approve it. Good luck either way. Yes I know that. Its stamped to 2007 with BMW then to 2015 from the same indepent specialist. I'm pretty confident it hasn't had paint before. Hopefully it hasn't anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calw123 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 At stratstone chesterfield they used a paint detective device and they told me anything over 200 microns and thats the cut off in bmw opinion if its been painted before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackE46 Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 4 hours ago, calw123 said: At stratstone chesterfield they used a paint detective device and they told me anything over 200 microns and thats the cut off in bmw opinion if its been painted before I was told the same, took my car into work shop and measured paint depth to determine whether it had been sprayed before. my front wings are really bad with small rust bubbles however didn't want to risk asking them to do them as they may of declined to do the rear quarters. meant to be getting a definitive answer by the end of week for mine, really sweating now as it'll be a big job if they can't do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calw123 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Once you hear back from the either way i would mention your front wings mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackE46 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 13 hours ago, calw123 said: Once you hear back from the either way i would mention your front wings mate they have been done else ware before I bought the car, where ever it was done it they've done a shocking job as it only lasted about 4 weeks before it was back. was completed day before I bought it so they looked great upon buying, slowly getting worse now. need to buy a new or good condition used set however finding it so hard to pick some up. may ask BMW however expect they'll be ridiculous. considering none oem just concerned about the fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennno2005 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) 32 minutes ago, JackE46 said: they have been done else ware before I bought the car, where ever it was done it they've done a shocking job as it only lasted about 4 weeks before it was back. was completed day before I bought it so they looked great upon buying, slowly getting worse now. need to buy a new or good condition used set however finding it so hard to pick some up. may ask BMW however expect they'll be ridiculous. considering none oem just concerned about the fit Dont' f**k around with used ones, they rot from inside out so even ones which look OK will go at some point. New ones are £109 a side. I had insurance approved fitted to my prefacelift and fitment is fine. These were only £35 a side so I'm really not sure why the facelift ones are so much more expensive. That's why I'm really hoping BMW will honour my claim! Edited February 10, 2016 by bennno2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocka Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Just replaced both my front wings on my Sept 2004 saloon as my car had been repaired by non authorised repair shop a few years ago and so invalidated the warranty, only cost me £175 for both ready painted & undersealed, fitted them myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott-o Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 20 hours ago, calw123 said: At stratstone chesterfield they used a paint detective device and they told me anything over 200 microns and thats the cut off in bmw opinion if its been painted before I had mine in and most was around 80-100 but some places up to 150 and he told me its had work before because of this. Personally i dont think it has so its nice to read this, i might get back in touch and ask again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackE46 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, chocka said: Edited February 10, 2016 by JackE46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackE46 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 6 hours ago, chocka said: Just replaced both my front wings on my Sept 2004 saloon as my car had been repaired by non authorised repair shop a few years ago and so invalidated the warranty, only cost me £175 for both ready painted & undersealed, fitted them myself. is this from BMW themselves? if not can you please tell me where, dying to get these hideous ones off of mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackE46 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 6 hours ago, chocka said: Just replaced both my front wings on my Sept 2004 saloon as my car had been repaired by non authorised repair shop a few years ago and so invalidated the warranty, only cost me £175 for both ready painted & undersealed, fitted them myself. is this from BMW themselves? if not can you please tell me where, dying to get these hideous ones off of mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackE46 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 6 hours ago, chocka said: Just replaced both my front wings on my Sept 2004 saloon as my car had been repaired by non authorised repair shop a few years ago and so invalidated the warranty, only cost me £175 for both ready painted & undersealed, fitted them myself. is this from BMW themselves? if not can you please tell me where, dying to get these hideous ones off of mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocka Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 From a guy on ebay in Dewsbury, only 15 miles from me so picked them up and had a good conversation with the guy - crabblaneparts £109 each but as I collected got them both for £175, perfect fit and a good colour match (mine is Silbergrau) do both facelift & pre-facelift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
