One of two aftermarket shops accessorizing my car over a two day period put a deep scratch in the passenger side fender of my brand new P85D and then tried to cover it up by sanding it down so I wouldn't notice until I had left the shop. Mission accomplished for them, I didn't notice until the following day when the car was parked in the sun so I've got no way to prove which one did it.
So now I have a scratch and paint that has been sanded down to nothing by the mystery shop. I could tell by looking at it that the fender would need a full repaint and as a bonus, my car is the MultiCoat Red so the repainting is a minimum three step process.
One body shop with whom I'm friendly quoted me $750 to repaint the fender only but I was concerned that only a Tesla shop could match the MC Red so I took it to the only authorized body shop in my county for an estimate. That estimate was $2850 but included repainting the hood and the door to make sure the color blended correctly. The authorized shop also mentioned that they'd done more than ten repair jobs with the MC red and it's almost impossible to match the color without prior experience.
I'm thinking of just paying up the $2800 to make sure this is done right.
Am I a fool?
So now I have a scratch and paint that has been sanded down to nothing by the mystery shop. I could tell by looking at it that the fender would need a full repaint and as a bonus, my car is the MultiCoat Red so the repainting is a minimum three step process.
One body shop with whom I'm friendly quoted me $750 to repaint the fender only but I was concerned that only a Tesla shop could match the MC Red so I took it to the only authorized body shop in my county for an estimate. That estimate was $2850 but included repainting the hood and the door to make sure the color blended correctly. The authorized shop also mentioned that they'd done more than ten repair jobs with the MC red and it's almost impossible to match the color without prior experience.
I'm thinking of just paying up the $2800 to make sure this is done right.
Am I a fool?