::Barloworld ::The vehicle panelbeater in the circle of life
Every living thing has a job in the circle of life. In the “life cycle” of a car, the one inevitable member will always be the vehicle panelbeater. Only in extremely rare cases will a car retire to the crusher at the end of its life without ever having been touched by a panelbeater.
Some cars start their relationship with the panelbeater very early. In fact, you would be surprised to learn how many cars get damaged in the factory, in the stockyard and on the truck in transit. These always get fixed at the panelbeater before the car goes to the dealer…
Once in your hands, it is very difficult to keep your pride and joy spotless. Eventually someone is going to open a door against your car, or bump it with a trolley at the supermarket. Small stone chips appear and the front end is sandblasted on the open road.
Some panelbeaters specialise in repairing minor damage. They remove stone chips, small dents and scratches. They repaint bumpers and mirrors. This is usually fairly cheap, but one needs to consider whether it is worth doing. Chips can be touched up, and although it might not be the very neatest way to fix chips, at least it avoids the risk of having a panelbeater blend the entire panel and quite possibly mismatch the paint colour. The last thing you want is a multi-coloured car that no future buyer will touch, just because it seems that there had been extensive panelbeating done, while all you were trying to do was to fix a few chips. This has happened way too often by employing an unreliable vehicle panelbeater.
In a few unfortunate cases, the accident will be much bigger and the insurance company will ponder whether to write it off or not. If not, back to the panelbeater! Sometimes it is better to lose a car and replace it than to get back an extensively panelbeaten one that just never feels the same again. However, where there is a mishap, there is a vehicle panelbeater waiting in the wings. For affordable car repairs contact us and let us help you find a reliable panelbeater in your area. Simply fill out the form below with all the neccesary details listed in the 'comments' section.
