I had a irresponsible teenager with a vw golf backed into my driver door. I rang up my Admiral and they said there is only one approved Aluminum workshop in the UK and they are in Milton Keynes. Otherwise it is back to any Audi dealers.
In my case, a very minor scratch + little dent, see here
http://humps.servebeer.com/generated/myA2/damage/index.html.
The guys in Milton Keynes (now I've forgotten their name) said its likely to be a new door panel. So I asked my Audi dealer (Finchley Road Audi). They sent me to the useless workshop named Exan Coachworks. This workshop repairs for HR Owen dealers, in this case Finchley Rd Audi was bought by the HR Owen group. The guy there also said its a new door + repaint of the whole side. Would cost more than 2k, but cheaper if paid by insurance???
The main problem is that the damage was near the side impact protection bar (around the door's outside plastic strip). They can't hammer it out from inside, that's what I've been told. I got the 3rd party to admit liability so I didn't care how much. Although the required work sounded far too extensive for a minor damage.
Exan is useless if you want them to chase up insurance companies or other administrative work. But the repair work is nothing short of excellent. The new door shuts/opens perfect, the shut line is as tight as before, the new paint is excellent, no visible different from any viewing angel.
depending on how many panels you need replacing, it is not going to be cheap because you need a repaint on that side as well. The good thing is, you probably don't need a special workshop for new panels, they only need to know how to put them on and paint them properly.
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