Most of the time, the dealer doesn't have a bodyshop and he sub-contracts a
local bodyshop for everything more than just replacing part i.e. all actual
bodyshop jobs.
This is the case with my dealer and I know which bodyshop they go to. When
it was something paid by the insurance, I went to the dealer to avoid any
warranty problems later. It happened to me in the past to deal with a
bodyshop directly and they tried to play yoyo afterwards: "...this is not
related to the accident, go see your dealer...", "...this is not under Honda
warranty, it is related to your accident, go see your bodyshop/insurance..."
But when somebody bent my fender, I went directly to the bodyshop and they
fixed it for 15$ cash.
"David Pintos" <pintos@coldmail.com> wrote in message
news:Iv%Oa.6084$3k3.920008@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ...
> Someone made a couple nice scratches on the rear bumper of my 2003
Odyssey.
> My dealer wants $575 to repair them, and my local auto body shop wants
$345.
> Is there a reason why I should use the dealer? The technician at the
dealer
> has told me that a 3rd party body shop may not be able to perfectly match
> the color (silver). Should I buy that?
>
10 Jul 2003, 08:05 am
Re: Bumper scratch repair - dealer or body shop?
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