GT190
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went to the garage today to get my lowering springs fitted.
pick up the car, looked good.
drove to a mates house then looked at my boot and..


massive dent in my boot.
went back to the garage and kicked up a fuss, they just said the usal
"it could have been like that when it came here"
"someone else hit it when it was parked outside"
after a while of argueing things were getting pretty heated, so they gave me half the money back that i payed to get it lowered (£40)
knowing theres nothing more i could do i just took it.
anyone know any good dent places?
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GT190
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in the top pic you can see t-cut, that was me.
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Minty_Fresh
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i wouldnt have left untill i had the whole money for the damage, and would have got the manager out etc...
fucking cunts!
[Edited on 25-09-2008 by mk4_boy]
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Haimsey
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quote: Originally posted by GT190
in the top pic you can see t-cut, that was me.
You tried top tcut the dent out 
Sucks about the dent 
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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Brett
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quote: Originally posted by Haimsey
You tried top tcut the dent out 
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Doldy
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£20 back? Fucking hell, i would have wanted it fixed and £40 back!
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Tom
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quote: Originally posted by loafofbrett
quote: Originally posted by Haimsey
You tried top tcut the dent out 
Suppose he may have taken the 'that'll t-cut out' posts seriously
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Brett
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNykNl-0NM
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GT190
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quote: Originally posted by Tom
quote: Originally posted by loafofbrett
quote: Originally posted by Haimsey
You tried top tcut the dent out 
Suppose he may have taken the 'that'll t-cut out' posts seriously
it just had a bit of paint on it, so i used t cut so it looked a bit better
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GT190
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quote: Originally posted by loafofbrett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNykNl-0NM
theres no way that works.
my dad just said to call dentfix or something, they charged like £30 when his company used them
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GT190
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quote: Originally posted by Doldy
£20 back? Fucking hell, i would have wanted it fixed and £40 back!
i got £40 back (it cost £80 to change springs)
but yeh without going to court there really isnt any way to get the money back.
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Ste L
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quote: Originally posted by GT190
quote: Originally posted by loafofbrett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNykNl-0NM
theres no way that works.
you what? vid shows proof..
it works due to metal contracting and expanding during heating and cooler quickly
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Ell_Pulsar
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told u u should have let me do it lol
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l15ter
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get them to fix it, you have the right to if you didnt do it
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GT190
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quote: Originally posted by Ell_Pulsar
told u u should have let me do it lol
haha, im changing the shocks soon so you'll still get your chance
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horner_boi
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you miht struggle to get that dent just popped out, looking at it, it looks like its creased, had that problem on my clio, 2 tiny dents but because it had a crease all the garages wanted alot lot more, was cheaper for me to source a boot from a scrappy
or on the other hand, just another good reason to get a smooth boot skin and smooth ya boot 
oh and the garage, im sure you could put a nice little dent in some of there cars hehe, i love payback
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Pete_vxl
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jeewilliakers batman! i had the same problem but the garage took a chunk out of one of my speedlines.
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GT190
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quote: Originally posted by Pete_macari
jeewilliakers batman! i had the same problem but the garage took a chunk out of one of my speedlines.
yeh i hate cheap garages.
any reputable garage would have just said "sorry mate, we dented your car"
how much would smoothing the boot cost? tbh ive not reealy got much money because i start uni next week.
so the dent will proberly remain there until christmas
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Pete_vxl
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i think its about £200, i maybe wrong though :S
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Pete_vxl
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maybe better looking for a boot in a scrappy to be honest
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GT190
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but then id have to get it sprayed/tinted.
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AndyCorsaSport
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Take the bumper off aswell mate, thats got a crease in it, probly damage behind that too.
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