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hi guys, need your help.

as my previous post,my car was damaged on the doors,quarter panel and some front parts.

Do you know where is the good and cheap panel beater here in melbourne.

because this is my first time of repairing the car.

pls give me a your recommendations. hahaha..

thanks

cheers!!

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your saving money on doing cheap because they usually cut some corners to make it cheap. if your not to fussd about detail and you can live with it then that combination is all good.

theres been a couple posts on repairers in the VIC section, have a search/look

Panel beaters are some of the worst people in the business world; most are lazy, do dodgy work and charge waaaay to much for it.

Sometimes they will also take your car for a thrash everyday until you get it back.

In-fact one of the factories owned by my family is a panel beater in heidelberg west. The previous owner named Simon took a holden monaro out to whittlesea way for a joy ride with a mate and crashed it. The ride was written off and the friend died; Simon who was already 2months rent behind fled the state and we havent heard from him since.

Most only take insurance jobs as they can milk the most money.

Define 'cheap'

Thing is a cheap job is all well and good.

However, in 5-10years thats when a decent job with good prep, paint and so on will really shine.

Anyone can get a car looking good for peanuts, its the test of time that always shows up the cheap marterial/quality jobs.

thanks for the replies guys,ill try to find out about those places.

and one more thing,does those places do a paint job as well and i have to provide my own replacement parts rite

sorry cos its my first time of having these case

thanks

Definitely bring your car to a proper panel beater. No point saving money on your panel repairs and in the end you'll regret what you did.

Police Road Panel Service

4 Police Rd Springvale

Ph: 9558 5110

DT Panels

12 Lightwood Drive Springvale

Gals Smash Repairs

Tullamarine

9335 2599

Micolour - Custom Refinishing

7 Dissik St Cheltenham, 3192.

(03) 9555 8011.

These are the ones recommended by SAU VIC, wouldn't bother with others imo.

I wouldn't trust any ' i work as a panel beater and i can help you in my garage ' kind of job.

Definitely bring your car to a proper panel beater. No point saving money on your panel repairs and in the end you'll regret what you did.

Police Road Panel Service

4 Police Rd Springvale

Ph: 9558 5110

DT Panels

12 Lightwood Drive Springvale

Gals Smash Repairs

Tullamarine

9335 2599

Micolour - Custom Refinishing

7 Dissik St Cheltenham, 3192.

(03) 9555 8011.

These are the ones recommended by SAU VIC, wouldn't bother with others imo.

I wouldn't trust any ' i work as a panel beater and i can help you in my garage ' kind of job.

thanks a lot... really? where about?

but you will charge friendly price rite?

hahaha...

Gota friend who works at Blackburn Motor Body.

88-90 Railway Road

Blackburn, VIC 3130

Hours of operation:

Mon-Fri 7.30am to 5:30pm

Contact us on:

Tel: (03) 9875-9875

Fax: (03) 9875-9898

Fax: (03) 9878-9899

http://blackburnmotorbody.com.au/

just go and get quotes from the pannel beaters then do your budget. ask them exactly how they are gonna tackle the job, have a yarn with them that way you can also judge by their character if you want to go with them or not. I did the round 2 weeks ago for my rear quart and you learn heap when you actually chat to the beaters aswell as get an idea of prices.

just go and get quotes from the pannel beaters then do your budget. ask them exactly how they are gonna tackle the job, have a yarn with them that way you can also judge by their character if you want to go with them or not. I did the round 2 weeks ago for my rear quart and you learn heap when you actually chat to the beaters aswell as get an idea of prices.

thanks man,what happened to your car and how much did you spend in the end

cos im living far away from most of the adresses as my car is crashed now,so i dont have any transport i could say.

can we judge by phone

thanks

thanks man,what happened to your car and how much did you spend in the end

cos im living far away from most of the adresses as my car is crashed now,so i dont have any transport i could say.

can we judge by phone

thanks

No! No!

(B1) MR_fanny is correctly getting you to

i) source information face to face so that

ii) you can watch their body language (ie non-verbal cues),

iii) you can double-check that the info you get is consistent with that body language and

iv) you establish better rapport at the face to face level

A phone conversation won't give you these plusses!

Tez

No! No!

(B1) MR_fanny is correctly getting you to

i) source information face to face so that

ii) you can watch their body language (ie non-verbal cues),

iii) you can double-check that the info you get is consistent with that body language and

iv) you establish better rapport at the face to face level

A phone conversation won't give you these plusses!

Tez

thanks for the advice.. ill try and find a way to go there.

but which one is the very best one,you said. cos you know its troublesome to go to all these places,maybe ill go to few of them only

thanks anyway!!

cheers!

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