dickgriff wrote:

at around £300 a dent (if you use LR)

Should pay c.£50 for an "easy" dent, from one of the mobile firms.
P.S I have door strips and now prefer the way the D3 looks with them, although I did used to prefer without.
The protection they afford is really down to luck I think, but has to be better than not having them.

dickgriff wrote:

It's not a 'cure all ill's' solution but the doors are vunerable and at around £300 a dent (if you use LR) the strips are well worth it !

£300 a dent - you're joking Got a quote from the local LR approved bodyshop of £1500 for two scratches on a door apparently it's so bad that theres £350 worth of materials (plus replacement of the two rubbing strips at £60 apeice -yer, right ) and £850 worth of labour as they have to remove' all body trim on that side, together with the front and rear bumpers'..... plus all the incidentals of course

Needless to say, I won't be returning there - I now understand how & why the reception area at the bodyshop is reminicent of a Monaco hotel - robbing 's

10forcash wrote:

£300 a dent - you're joking

I'm only saying what I paid for a shopping trolley dent about 15 months ago...done by GS thames Ditton

I know that I could used 'Mr.dent' or whoever.... but I was having 'other' works done at the time so it made sense to have it done 'properly'

Pelyma wrote:

Scratches? At £1500 they must be some scratches! What have you been up to?

that's the point, theyre not too bad, two scratches about 100mm long, down to the basecoat but not to the metal
carpark damage by an unknown assailant, too high to be from another vehicle and the door handle is unmarked

discoflo wrote:

Yes, but should it have side strips?

It does - together with witness marks where they've done their job unfortunately, I don't think this was accidental mechanical damage