Can anyone reccomend a panel beater?

cormee

Anyway my girlfriend's scooter dropped on the passenger door of my car when she was getting off it, and dinted it. It's not a bad dint at all but the paint is metallic so it catches the light and although it might go unnoticed to 95% of people looking at the car I'm painfully aware of it's existance (had a load of bodywork done a few months ago).

So I'm looking for recommendations for a sympathetic (one who won't look at me like I'm a tit when I show him the small little dint) panel beater in Dublin City. Any help greatly appreciated!

junkyard

If its only a small dent and the paint isn't broken you should try one of the paintless dent removal people, they don't generally deal with the public but if you ring a car dealer around your area they will give you a number for them.

cormee

No, the paintwork is still fully intact. Will ask the mechanic I'm bringing the car to on monday about a panel beater who can do the sort of work you mention. Thanks.

Spit62500

ChipsAway was mentioned in an earlier post as doing an excellent job at a very good price (60 euro I think) post may be a couple of months ago. If you can't find it in the Dublin phone directory/Yellow Pages then it might be worth looking though other posts here (maybe one on alloy wheel refurbishment?). My memory's gone to hell...

cormee

Deadly, sounds about right, thanks Spit

Chips Away Cullen Daniel
Dublin 6 Dublin

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(01)2952219

MercMad

You could try DentsAway - Eddie Knight, did excellent work on the door of my CLk about 4 months ago ! Ph. 087 2868500 he does Citywide and if its only the one small dent it'll be about €60-70 !

Spit62500

That's probably the lad who was recommended in the post that I was thinking of... Got my franchises mixed up

cormee

Spit62500 wrote:

That's probably the lad who was recommended in the post that I was thinking of... Got my franchises mixed up

Heh, well there is a chips away so at least you weren't totally off the mark! Just looked at the dent again and I will be embarassed asking anyone to remove it it's that small but I will call dents-away regardless, thanks mercmad

the doc gav

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junkyard

Your only two years late!! You wouldn't be Frank by any chance? Desperate measures for desperate times and all that?;)

the doc gav

No im a very good customer of his just here to help... Just leaving the post for anyone who stumbles across the thread, like i did:D

junkyard

Now there's a panel beaters dream, a very good customer. Tell us gav, how often do you crash, is it a weekly thing?:)

Kevin_Herron

MercMad wrote: »

You could try DentsAway - Eddie Knight, did excellent work on the door of my CLk about 4 months ago ! Ph. 087 2868500 he does Citywide and if its only the one small dent it'll be about €60-70 !

And if he doesnt fix it he doesnt charge.

the doc gav

junkyard wrote: »

Now there's a panel beaters dream, a very good customer. Tell us gav, how often do you crash, is it a weekly thing?:)

Ha Ha I dont crash my car, I just use this garage for the
fleet in work I work for a well known building company and
we use this garage for all repairs to cars owned by us and
damage done by us. Also the majority of our employees use
this garage. But I will admit that ive had a couple of knocks
over the years

Oh on another note they are great at removing cement from
your paint work:eek:

the doc gav

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

And if he doesnt fix it he doesnt charge.

Im confused What garage cant fix damage on a car????

245

In some cases, metal can get stretched too much and can't just be 'popped' into place (which is basically the paintless technique). It depends a lot on the dent and the metal involved.

the doc gav

245 wrote: »

In some cases, metal can get stretched too much and can't just be 'popped' into place (which is basically the paintless technique). It depends a lot on the dent and the metal involved.

Thats why you go to a professional garage and get the job done right:rolleyes:

kevinhy

Allen's Garage on James Street - can't go wrong - family run business that have been around for quite awhile - www.allensgarage.ie