Who do Murray Motors use for Paint and Body work?

graeme · Post by **graeme** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:20 pm

NOOPS 160 wrote: I have have 1st hand experience of Wallyford in regarding the 160 and as Shug hints they are dreadful

Likewise with my old S1.... frickin' nightmare. On my list of "people to destroy with fire when I rule the world".

jason · Post by **jason** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:17 pm

NOOPS 160 wrote:
Shug wrote:
Great reputation
...and Wallyford certainly don't.
I have have 1st hand experience of Wallyford in regarding the 160 and as Shug hints they are dreadful

I had first hand experience of them with my tin-top, and also dreadful. Tried to give me the car back with a still-dented bumper... in the end, I had to reject the work 3 times

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:01 pm

I have no experience of Wallyford but JM Perth are certainly no better as an alternative in my experience. I suspect they employ circus animals in the body shop.

Caveat Lector · Post by **Caveat Lector** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:23 pm

This thread does not fill me with much joy as my car has been in to get some paintwork repaired for the last two and a half weeks. It had some micro blisters on the front clam under the headlight, and the rear at the wheel arch. They tried to fix the front before I picked up the car last year, and it now needs re-done so I already had less than good thoughts about the quality of the work. It was supposed to be in and out in less than a week but they ran into some kind of problem and it's taking longer than they thought.

I guess I'm going to have to look at it very carefully, when I eventually get it back.

Post by **campbell** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:02 pm

It is a sad state of affairs that after so many, many years of repeated cases of poor workmanship, that this hasn't been improved.

JM Group do (did?) listen to problems and take (took?) action to resolve, but a lot has changed in that organisation in the last 3 or 4 years - not least the tragic passing of John Martin Jnr himself who was always prepared to listen and then act.

Anyone with a Lotus would be forgiven for assuming Murray Lotus's own facility would be the safe bet. Once booked in and work's commenced, however, you do have to take your chances. In defence of Wallyford, they have eventually put right a number of poor jobs IIRC...but the hassle factor on the customer is huge.

Do also bear in mind that even the best bodyshops - including Steve Walker - make mistakes sometimes. Painting and finishing is a skilled job and can be affected by a lot of factors beyond what your average mechanic deals with under the bonnet. A bolt's either on or not eh. Anyway, the trick is in how a problem is handled and the speed with which a satisfactory outcome reached. Steve Walker, and perhaps some other specialist bodyshops with TRUE experience of fibreglass repairs, have too much at stake to botch a job and leave it that way.

That's why you can rely upon them to fix your pride and joy, under the tight scrutiny that we enthuiasts will give the end result.

Gary, Steve may well have appeared scared by your colour...some colours are truly hard to match, some patch up jobs may represent a risky bit of work in terms of time vs profitability etc. But did he actually say he didn't want the work? It's well worth talking to him properly first. Or to one or two other independent bodyshops which have been mentioned in a good light on here, try a search to find out more.

Campbell

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:36 pm

There are places in Glasgow that will make it perfect.......but they charge accordingly!!!!!!

Steve Walker sorted my elise and the job was perfect......and he will get my exige at the end of the year too!

I'm aspen white which is also meant to be a nightmare!

LittleMorvy · Post by **LittleMorvy** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:52 pm

Mine was in at steve walkers to repair the rear end and it is a fantastic job u would never even know that it had been done, I have no idea whether the yellow is easy or hard to match tho, but it cost me quarter of the price that I was quoted out at Wallyford.

tut · Post by **tut** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:54 pm

I took a chance with N1 TUT and used a young chap with his own business in a rented farm building, just down the road.

Most of you knew the condition of the car beforehand, all the bodywork was replaced in different colours, apart from the pax door. Both sills, bonnet and engine covers needed repairing, along with new rubber seals all round, cables, etc, etc.

He did a great job with only one small blemish on the paintwork that he will redo if I can be bothered. And all at Old Deer prices.

I posted before and after pics a while ago, but as you can see, it was a good result.

tut

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:25 pm

Where did you steal that car from - no danger thats N1

Awesome job mate - looks like a good contact made

Just re-looked at the pic for a 4th time in shock at that car havng the N1 TUT plate

Mr Momo · Post by **Mr Momo** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:47 pm

Caveat Lector · Post by **Caveat Lector** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:32 pm

So I went to collect my car today from MMC after they'd had it for 3 weeks to repair the paint blisters. Thanks to this thread I gave it a really good inspection, and just as well there was a fair number of little imperfections on the front clam. I probably wouldn't have spotted them if I hadn't been on the look out after reading this. Thanks Guys

Paolo · Post by **Paolo** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:36 pm

Caveat Lector wrote:So I went to collect my car today from MMC after they'd had it for 3 weeks to repair the paint blisters. Thanks to this thread I gave it a really good inspection, and just as well there was a fair number of little imperfections on the front clam. I probably wouldn't have spotted them if I hadn't been on the look out after reading this. Thanks Guys

Hi mate, how did you get on with the repairs? I have a similar problem on a very similar car from MMC and was going to leave it but the blisters around the rear arches seem to be getting worse (I'm assuming because of the temperature etc).

Would be good to hear that your car is fully fixed and you're happy with it!

Cheers.

Scottish Elises

Who do Murray Motors use for Paint and Body work?

Re: Who do Murray Motors use for Paint and Body work?