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Car Care Body Work

Sandwich · Thanet · East Kent

Dents, scrapes
and scratches.
Sorted.

Send your registration and a few photos. You get a written price back, usually the same working day

We pull your car’s details automatically. Add a few photos and you’ll usually have a price back the same working day.

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Same day

Most quotes turned around

Paint code

Matched, never guessed

No claim?

We'll tell you straight

Paint code matched

Mixed to your car's own code and blended, not guessed by eye.

Insurance or private

We do both, and we'll say when a claim isn't worth making.

Priced before we start

A clear written price up front. Anything changes, you hear first.

Established site

Working from an established motor trade site in Richborough.

How it works

No mystery.
No runaround.

Five steps from the photo on your phone to the car back on your drive.

Start my estimate
  1. Send us the damage

    Your reg plus a few photos. We pull the car's details automatically so there's nothing to look up.

  2. You get a price

    Usually the same working day, in writing. If we genuinely need to see it in person, we say so straight away.

  3. Book it in

    A date and a realistic turnaround. If we end up waiting on parts, you hear about it before you're without the car.

  4. We repair it

    Mixed to your paint code and blended into the next panel, so the repair doesn't show up in daylight.

  5. Back to you

    Checked in proper light, washed, handed back. Not right? We put it right — no argument.

Our standards

Every job, the same way.

A scuffed bumper gets the same process as a rebuilt front end — assessed properly, priced in writing, and checked in daylight before it goes back to you.

  • Damage assessed properly, not glanced at
  • Written price before anything is touched
  • Paint mixed to your code, then blended into the next panel
  • Checked in daylight, washed, handed back
  • Not right? Bring it back and we'll put it right
What we do
Bumper repair
Alloy refurbishment
Dent removal
Paint & respray

Where we work

Thanet and east Kent.

We're on the A256 at Richborough, which puts most of Thanet inside twenty minutes. Quote first from photos, so you only make the trip once.

Also covering Minster, Westgate-on-Sea, Cliffsend, Ash, Wingham, Eastry, Dover, Whitfield, Aylesham and Manston.

Questions

The things everybody asks.

How much does car body repair cost?

It depends entirely on the panel, the paint and how far the damage goes. A scuffed bumper corner is a very different job to a creased door. That's why we quote from photos rather than quoting a range that turns out to be wrong — send your reg and a few pictures and you'll have a written price back, usually the same working day.

Do I have to claim on my insurance?

No. Plenty of our work is paid privately, and for smaller repairs that is usually the cheaper route once you account for your excess and the effect on your no-claims. We'll tell you honestly which way round works out better for you — including when the answer is that you should claim.

Will the new paint match the rest of my car?

Yes. We mix to your vehicle's own factory paint code rather than matching by eye, then blend into the adjacent panel so there is no hard edge for the light to catch. Metallics and pearls are the fussiest and get the most care.

How long will my car be off the road?

A bumper repair is typically one to three working days, panel paintwork one to five, and a larger accident repair anywhere from two to ten depending on parts. Paintless dent removal is often same-day. You get a realistic date before you commit, not an optimistic one.

Which areas do you cover?

We're in Richborough on the edge of Sandwich, which puts us about ten minutes from Ramsgate, fifteen from Broadstairs and Deal, and twenty from Margate. We regularly take work from across Thanet, Canterbury, Dover and the surrounding villages.

Can you repair a bumper instead of replacing it?

Almost always, yes. Plastic can be welded, reshaped and refinished for a fraction of what a painted replacement costs. Where a bumper is genuinely beyond saving, or where sensor and radar calibration makes replacement the safer call, we'll tell you that rather than repair something that shouldn't be repaired.

Get in touch

Send us the damage.

Reg, a few photos, a line about what happened. That's all we need to price it.

Phone & WhatsApp

07880 549597

Opening hours

  • Monday to Friday8:30am – 5:30pm
  • Saturday8:30am – 5:30pm
  • SundayClosed
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Unit B, 5 Ramsgate Road, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NL