Electrical short in 330i. Update - Page 5

JST · 09-01-2005, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by rumatt

The service manager at Westchester BMW took a look at my car today and said "We gotta make it right".

He agreed to send the whole bumper away to get sanded and repainted if I wanted it. He also offered to paint the fog light cover with it. I said I was concerned that a repaint is never as good as the original. He claimed the guy does nothing but BMW painting, and it would resist chippnig as good as the existing one, but of course it's my decision.

Now the question is what to have them do. I could just ask him to touch up the scrapes (but they're deep enough that they'd still be there, although they're mostly not visible) and paint the fog cover and call it a day.

I'd do the touch ups; a respray of any significant body panel is going to lead a potential purchaser to wonder what happened, and may cause them to suspect something worse than actually occurred.

dan · 09-01-2005, 03:25 PM

so was the car in an accident, or what?

rumatt · 09-01-2005, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bonoboy

so was the car in an accident, or what?

Playing the role of a simulated buyer?

Beween the camber pins being popped and the repainted bumper, I may as well have a salvage title.

dan · 09-01-2005, 04:17 PM

i was just curious as to what happened to your car while they had it

rumatt · 09-01-2005, 05:25 PM

Other than this I don't know.

09-01-2005, 03:25 PM	#42
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09-01-2005, 04:17 PM	#44
dan redefined Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 14,906	i was just curious as to what happened to your car while they had it __________________ "There's a freedom you begin to feel the closer you get to Austin, Texas." -Willie

09-01-2005, 05:25 PM	#45
rumatt Mugwump Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: E46 330i, Chevy Colorado, Tesla Model 3 Location: NY Posts: 17,475	Other than this I don't know.