Accident management

Accident management

We are specialists in non fault accidents. It’s quick and easy; simply provide the other party’s details and we will do the rest. This applies only to non fault accidents and subject to terms and conditions of AMA Accident Management Advise. For further information and to make a claim contact our claims handler on 0208 … Read more

Restoration

Experts in restorations … from brand new to classics! We are known for meticulous attention to detail when restoring our client’s cars. Having worked on hundreds of cars over 30 years we know each model intimately and can recommend the most appropriate process and parts for your car. For classic cars, often new parts are … Read more

Repair

We pride ourselves on our body repair service. All new parts are sourced from main dealerships and unlike most larger repairers we are fully experienced in carrying out professional and proper repairs. If you have to pay for your own repair we can repair rather than replace where we feel it is appropriate to reduce … Read more

My story

So here is my first blog to introduce to you (the general public) myself and what I actually do and what I stand for. I am old school so believe in customer service, it’s not all about the money although saying that we all need it to live. I like to go that bit further, … Read more

Protection

There is a misconception that all new panels are covered in a protective coating and therefore are good to prime and paint, this simply isn’t the case, the coatings used by the manufacturers is for storage of the panels while in stock to prevent surface corrosion. It is good to keep this coating on the … Read more

Pinning a repair

Back in the day, on repairs that you can’t access to be beaten out would have had holes drilled and screws attached before pulling the dent, the problem with this is that there would be holes in the metal, fillers are puros and in comes the rot under the repair. Nowadays the use of copper … Read more

Leading a welded join

Although leading joins is an old and traditional method of assuring that a join is properly sealed and doesn’t corrode, it is still the best way to finish after two panels have been welded. After the two panels have been welded and the join ground flat, the surface is tinned, lead will only stick to … Read more

Why should you use genuine parts?

Genuine parts can be quite expensive depending of the type of vehicle you have, BMW, Audi etc, however buying pattern parts to save a few pounds is, in my opinion, false economy and you never know quite what you get. When the manufacturer first produces the panel the presses are brand new and turn out … Read more

New mixing scheme installed

When we first started in 1984, we used to mix our own paint but sadly EU legislation changed, and we had to switch to premixes. The problem with a pre-mix is that someone else mixes the paint and in the case of a factor up to 5o mixes can be produced in a morning and … Read more

GYS Speedline Ali/Steel pulling system

Our latest addition is the new Speedline combined Ali and steel pulling system, great for Aluminium panel repairs on vehicles such as Jaguar, Range Rover Audi and Tesla. As a combined system this unit can cope with both. Ali and steel and is perfect on combined bodies such as Tesla.