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Topic ID 1977
13/09/2006 by 2929paul
Car body shop
Some kind person in a 4x4 parked next to me and opened their big heavy door with reckless abandon into into my rear passenger door with a resultant dent which the Mazda boys say means replacing the whole door at a cost of £800. (Apparantly there is a chance that the knock has damaged the integrity of the side impact bar located inside the door at exactly the height of the impact.)
Rather than splash out, I'd prefer to have someone suck out the dent and take a chance that the side impact bar inside the door isn't too bad. Mazda won't do that bit alone so if anyone has any recommendations....
(Of course, I have no proof that the 4x4 next to me did this - it's all circumstantial - and of course there is no integrity in these matters any more and so no note was left admitting to the incident.)
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Reply ID 25758
14/09/2006 by Leo Densian
Blimey - if another car door can do in a side impact bar, what chance a passenger if another car impacts at speed? It's not saying much about Mazda I'm afraid.
I would get a 2nd opinion - try Marshall Panelcraft on Marshgate Drive - 01992 551069
Reply ID 25850
15/09/2006 by 2929paul
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Originally posted by Leo Densian
Blimey - if another car door can do in a side impact bar, what chance a passenger if another car impacts at speed? It's not saying much about Mazda I'm afraid.
I would get a 2nd opinion - try Marshall Panelcraft on Marshgate Drive - 01992 551069
It's not saying much about the people who think they can get away with selling me a whole new door for a dent that "might" have damage a side impact bar.
Thanks, I'll give Marshall Panelcraft a go.
Reply ID 25871
15/09/2006 by jez_p
T&T Fords on Dicker Mill are very helpful (if they are still there)
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