Car's been damaged :(

[stevemilton]

I wandered outside this morning to find someone has decided to leave their mark on my car.







Can anyone recommend any places in the Brighton area that could repair this.

Cheers,
Steve.
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[MR2_Turbo]

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[jasongtr]

you'd be better off trying to find a replacement door and wing in your colour, that would sort it out for around £50

[Razor04]

+1 yeah it'd be cheaper than a bodyshop which would want a few hundred

[stevemilton]

Fair enough. Time to hit the breakers yards methinks, or at least get on the phone to them.
What was the rev4 blue called? I can never remember.

[cosmos]

Does Zircon blue ring any bells??
Try TCB parts in Cornwall Trevor might stock your colour bits.
Might just be that a paintless dent removal company could put this right for smallish bucks get some quotes.

[james13009]

Rev 4 blue is called azure blue, its got a purpley shimmer to it in bright light, but looks blue when overcast

[swaggansway]

man i feel 4 u.........

guess some jelous fool has some bad 'carmore' coming his way!

hope u fix it soon

[Pidge]

Thats a bit poo! Hope you find the bits you need to get it sorted.

[craig]

All the best with the repair mate. Rev4 blue is azure if memory serves

[stevemilton]

Little update. I came back to the car today and noticed an envelope on the window. Basically the person that hit the car had come back and left their insurance details, so I shouldn't need to payout anything to get this sorted it seems.

[Torero]

Little update. I came back to the car today and noticed an envelope on the window. Basically the person that hit the car had come back and left their insurance details, so I shouldn't need to payout anything to get this sorted it seems.

Nice one Steve and good on the other person for being so honest.

You'll find it doesn't happen too often.

[RST]

I was going to say I hope you phoned the police first and got an incident number anyway -in any case, calling cards aren't given out that often so well done. Hold out for a perfect job -don't put up with anything less than it was before mate.

[Kinsy]

Good luck finding any Azure Blue panels, it's a very rare colour I'd try and get a cash settlement out of the insurers rather than a repair (they'll write off an MR2 in seconds - trust me) & wait for an Azure Blue to be broken by the more popular breakers (mr2ben, mr2bitz etc). Car will be fine to drive around until one comes up.

[ToyotaTosh]

there is a few videos knocking around youtube. Heat the panel up with a hairdryer for a few mins, then spray it with cO2 and it pops out

[stevemilton]

Well got the car back the other day. The garage delivered it back while I was at work. I've not really had a chance to really look it over yet, as the snow came down the same night.
With a brief inspection it looks like a not too bad job. Colour seems to match, and can't see any sign of the impact. Hopefully the weather will warm up, or at the very least defrost, at somepoint, so I can look at it in daylight while it's not wet or covered in snow.

[Torero]

there is a few videos knocking around youtube. Heat the panel up with a hairdryer for a few mins, then spray it with cO2 and it pops out

I have a soft dent in the back passenger quarter just in front of the vent, I'll give this a try but is there anyway I can get hold of CO2 in small quantities such as an aerosol?

Sorry to hijack the thread Steve but made up for you that the job has been done without any cost to you.