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Its hard to quote a respray job without acctually seeing the damage because the key may have left an indent in the metal and needs more work to fix. If its just a light-ish scratch on th hood your looking at $400 for a good colour matched respray... dunno about the rest

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People who do these sort of things shit me.

PM me if you want to know how it can be fixed for nothing.

You might even be able to make abit on the side.

Nothing illegal....ffs....I mean you didn't scratch it or pay some one to do it.(Hoping not).

No-one is injured,you still have your car.

Cheers.

""Bad luck can be(sometimes) a blessing in disguise.""

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of course insurance will cover it. geeeeeeeez thats why u pay them. ur looking at a good respray there. id be pretty happy if i was u. just pay ur excess and ur in.

ctjet, why u always fishing for buttsecks?

and i thought i was greek >_<

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1k excess !!!? thats how those cheaper insurance companies screw you. just cars is the same. thats why i'm not with them. shannons FTW !!!

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ctjet, i showed you the dark. and by dark, i mean rectum

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sorry to hear that man... these f*krs should be whipped in public like those kids in singapore like 10 years ago... i hate f*krs like that.. anyways... there are mobile paint repairers who specialise in chips and scratches and are usually cheaper then a respray and usualy quality work... i think some of them give free quotes so might be worth checking out... check in yellow pages and maybe google it as well... good luck...

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Hearing shit like this drives me nuts. is the current paint faided at all? cos resprays can be a **** if thats the case. id recommend u drop ur insurance policy, its hardly worth it with a 1k excess LOl! unless your doing alot of drifting or somehting.. best bet wud be to just take it to a respray joint and get it quoted.

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The paintless dent repair guys can work wonders - even on keyed paint work. Have a look at their website, and give them a call - they'll come out and give you a free quote, and tell you if its beyond their scope. But using touch up paint, and cutting and polishing, key marks can be repaired without a respray.

One website : http://www.chipsaway.com.au/

Click on the Before and After button on the left.

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