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Becca3003 · Nov 18th, 2007, 05:22 PM

I took my car to my local dealer yesterday to book it in to get some things sorted on it, and also wanted them to have a look at some scratches on the boot and the bonnet to see how much it would cost to get them fixed. The guy who came out to have a look at the scratches told me he would send me the quote in the post and then said what they should be able to do. He said that they would need to remove my viper stripes to fix both the scratches on the boot and also the one on the bonnet. All 3 scratches are no where near the vipers so can't really understand the need to remove them. He also said that I would have to pay to have new ones fitted again!! That can't be right can it??? He then also said that they would need to remove the Cooper badge as one of the scratches is near it, and again I would have to pay for a new one!

Has any one with either viper or bonnet stripes and scratches on either the bonnet or the boot had this before? I thought it was just a case of touching up the paint work, maybe I'm wrong, but to me, what I was told doesn't seem quite right!

Nov 18th, 2007, 05:22 PM	#1
Becca3003 Give me more Fridays!! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Nr Oxford Local Time: 09:59 PM Posts: 48,528 Offline	Scratches on my car, have I been told the right thing? I took my car to my local dealer yesterday to book it in to get some things sorted on it, and also wanted them to have a look at some scratches on the boot and the bonnet to see how much it would cost to get them fixed. The guy who came out to have a look at the scratches told me he would send me the quote in the post and then said what they should be able to do. He said that they would need to remove my viper stripes to fix both the scratches on the boot and also the one on the bonnet. All 3 scratches are no where near the vipers so can't really understand the need to remove them. He also said that I would have to pay to have new ones fitted again!! That can't be right can it??? He then also said that they would need to remove the Cooper badge as one of the scratches is near it, and again I would have to pay for a new one! Has any one with either viper or bonnet stripes and scratches on either the bonnet or the boot had this before? I thought it was just a case of touching up the paint work, maybe I'm wrong, but to me, what I was told doesn't seem quite right!