Archive for August, 2011
How To Choose An Excellent Auto Body Shop
Posted by in Car Body Shop on August 22, 2011
There are a lot of things that you can find out about an auto body shop. Almost all shops do painting, body repair, and some engine repair. This means if your car has damage due to an accident or needs to be rebuilt they can fix it. Most will also repaint your car if you want a simple color change or some highlighting.
Almost all shops will be happy to give you an estimate for painting or body repair. If you are looking for a body shop there are a few things that you need to look at before choosing. The first is if the shop itself is clean. The second is whether or not they show their previous work. The third is whether or not your insurance company or other insurance companies use them.
It might not seem important whether or not the shop is clean considering what they do there. It is extremely important because especially if they are painting your car. Things like dust, hair, and metal shavings can get into the paint while it is wet. Some can be fixed but a lot of it cannot. Make sure at least the paint booth is clean before having your car painted there.
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Car Body Repairs
Posted by in Car Body Repair on August 22, 2011
A couple of years ago around New Year time I returned home from a shopping trip, on parking my car in the garage I noticed a small dent and scratch on the passengers side door.
As the car was relatively new it made the damage stand out – after a lot of thought I decided to undertaken the repair myself – for two reasons, firstly at the time of the car damage I had just moved to Byfleet, Surrey and didn’t know anyone who could recommend a car body repair shop in Byfleet, also Byfleet is a small village town, which is virtually surrounded by two rivers – the river wey and the river mole.
During my travels around the village it was rare to see a vehicle repair garage let alone a car body repair shop. Secondly I didn’t feel it was necessary to have the work undertaken by a car body repair shop as the damage was small.
After purchasing the body filler, sandpaper, primer paint and matching finish colour paint – I got cracking on the job, and what a job it was! Boy do you need patience for this sort of work, as its constant rubbing down and then refilling with the body filler until its all very smooth and fine indeed.
It took a lot longer than I though, to long in fact! But I did complete the job and the paint finish came out good – I was pleased with myself!
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