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  1. Thanks for your replies guys. As I said earlier the car goes in on Thursday - I will be very interested to hear what they say, although I can hear it now....."you must have kerbed it sir or hit some speed humps hard..." I really want to get this sorted. I cannot afford to throw good money after bad. I might even consider a trip to Watford to see the Doctor! How far in advance do I have to book an appointment? Send him a pm :winky: Hi I had exactly the same issue with an X plate Is200 sport which I purchased from Lexus Leicester. I was getting through tyres every 10 months and was on the verge of selling the car and was being told that I had kerbed it etc. It had been checked and adjusted by both Lexus Leicester and Birmingham on 5 seperate occassions over a 3 year period, with NO improvement at all and at their rediculous prices. I did get the first one for free. As a last resort I took it to a vehicle repair centre and they adjusted the whole geometry using old fashion methods ie not computerised and I have now done 17,000 miles with completely even wear on all four tyres and still more miles to come. They commented that there were no obvious signs of it ever having been adjusted before, so it does make you wonder what Lexus actually do for the money. Anyway I hope you get it sorted!! Thanks for your replies guys. As I said earlier the car goes in on Thursday - I will be very interested to hear what they say, although I can hear it now....."you must have kerbed it sir or hit some speed humps hard..." I really want to get this sorted. I cannot afford to throw good money after bad. I might even consider a trip to Watford to see the Doctor! How far in advance do I have to book an appointment? Send him a pm :winky:
  2. Hi Used Clarke and Evans for bodywork repair to the front wing and bumper of my Astral Black IS200 Sport. Can't fault the quality of the repair but was very unhappy over the colour match. They were recommended by the B'ham dealership and after 8 months of messing about I got nowhere and have been forced to live it. Everyone seems to think that Black is easy to match, if that's the case I wouldn't trust them with Blue.
  3. Yes it has had the Supaguard treatment, but the repair(s) have also been done.......so they tell me anyway.....Thanks for the suggestion!! I have taken it to a local MBRA/VBRA approved repairer and they laughed at the colour but they also said it was down to the polishing. They wisked it away for 5 minutes and did a small patch themselves and came back and confirmed it was the colour and nothing to do with the polishing. Even they didn't know what I should do. Very tempted to dump it on the forecourt of the local dealership and leave it with them until it gets sorted.
  4. Hi Guys Thanks for all your comments!!!! I can't believe that 4 attempts, two on the whole front end and two now on the accident repair, which has been 3 different body repairers all recommended by 2 different Lexus dealerships, have all given the same :tsktsk: result. Dependant on what my local dealership say next, I may well involve Lexus GB as this isn't what I expected when I purchased a Lexus and as you guys are saying, black is black. I may suggest my dealership shipping the car up to Manchester to get the repair done if MCR have a proven track record.
  5. The dealership got another bodyshop involved and they said it needed polishing properly as the problem was hologramming in the lacquer. They had it for a day and it came back worse with mop marks all over the wing and drivers door where they had tried to blend it in to the door. Evidently Lexus specify ICI paint for the refinish and there is only 2/3 shades to choose from, mine is now the darkest and is still not right. I have now contacted PPG (who have taken over ICI Autocolor) to see if they can help, but even if I new of a 'good' bodyshop I have no guarantees of a better job. I didn't use my Insurance recommended repairer because I thought I was better off using a Lexus approved repairer and now, of course, my insurance dont want to get involved.
  6. Hi Guys Has anyone had paintwork carried out on Astral Black cars and been satisfied with the result? My IS200 had the front end painted at the dealership prior to me buying the car nearly 2 years ago. When the sunshines, which isn't very often, it is a totally different colour.......looks very milky and grey. Eventually got the dealership to agree and they repainted it, but unfortunately it was no different. Having decided to live with it, as I was just getting grief off the dealership, I have now had an accident repair done to front wing and bumber, through a different dealership and guess what, the colour match is very poor. The body shop have stated that they can'y get it any better and the dealership have verbally agreed it is not acceptable, but don't know what to do about it. Don't quite know where this will end up but has anyone else had similar problems?
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