Are body shops scared of EVs ?

[Rolfe]

I don't think so, because that car was a hybrid, and it wasn't in the garage at the time, it was parked outside on the drive.

 

[Soaraway]

I took our MG4 to a local body shop to repair a serious dent & scratch in a rear door.

The owner explained that he

• Couldn't use the standard electrical method to remove the dent, due to complications with the battery; instead he used a pressure device
• Couldn't use the standard bake method @70C, also due to complications with the battery; instead he cooked it @ 50C.

He accepted the car and did an excellent job; I think he needed to buy some new kit to make the repair.

 

[Gomev]

Unless you remove the battery pack. The EVs cannot go into a booth to bake the paint.
This is why it's costly. Unless a local back street paint shop does paintwork the old fashioned way, (no spray booth) you will get a reasonable job at a reasonable price.

Why ? Where does this come from, I have never heard of this before and am fairly sceptical until proven otherwise.

 

[CrustEE]

This is a 3 month old Polestar written off by the insurers. I can't imagine that the insurers will not sell it on to fred in a shed to put back on the road.

 

[Gadget Geek]

This was mine last year and they fixed it.

 

[Ian Key]

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This was mine last year and they fixed it.

They probably replaced the bumper and took the tailgate off to repair it so no need to use any electrical devices attached to the car.

 

[Gadget Geek]

They probably replaced the bumper and took the tailgate off to repair it so no need to use any electrical devices attached to the car.

New tailgate, camera, parking sensors . . .