Bodyshop

Alloy Wheels

Curbed or scuffed alloys can make even the most special vehicle look mistreated. Our professional alloy wheel refurbishment service restores wheels to their original condition and can greatly increase the value of your car. The damage is sanded smooth, fillers are used if necessary, before the area is prepared for painting and finished with a high gloss 2pack lacquer.

Bumper Damage

Modern bumpers and other colour coded trims are easily repaired. Splits or cracks are plastic welded. The paint damage is filled, primed and resprayed, blending the repair into the rest of the bumper.
Textured, un-painted plastic bumpers and trims can also be repaired. These are filled and primed, then a texture spray which replicates the original finish is applied, before plastic paints are sprayed over the top.

Cigarette Burns

Whether it's your car or home, seat or carpet, a cigarette burn is unsightly. This leaves one of two options: complete replacement or a smart repair. We replace the burnt fibres with new ones to match the original fabric pattern as close as possible, making the repair almost invisible to the naked eye.

Interior & Plastic Trim

Unsightly damage caused by car phone kits or damage caused by thieves, can be repaired rather than having to resort to expensive replacement parts. Holes or tears are filled using plastic filler gels then sanded down, textured and recoloured. Our repairs can be carried out on most interior plastic trim. All repairs are strong virtually invisible and guaranteed to last.

Leather

VCL Aftercare leather repairs offer fantastic results that last whether it be a classic car just showing its age or that new sports car with a cut or scratch. Special repair techniques and materials are used to repair minor tears and holes.

Minor Recondition/damage

Had a minor bump or accident? Give VCL Aftercare a call for a quote we can probably repair the damage for less than your insurance excess.

VCL Aftercare Scratch Repair (SSR)

Sprayless Scratch Repair (SSR) is the latest SMART repair paint system available today.

SSR is a paint system, scuff, scratch & chip repair system that will take care of around 80% of the paint damage picked up during everyday driving. SSR paint can be applied on any panel including: bumpers, wings, bonnet, boot, side panels, roof, sills, spoilers around door handles and keyholes. It can repair small touch-ups to wide areas of damage.

The benefits of

SSR are as follows:-

  • Most repairs can be carried out at your home or place of work.
  • Much lower costs in comparison with a body shop.
  • Prices are usually well within insurance policy excess costs
  • SSR system provides a cosmetic repair solution for scratches, scuffs and chips rendering them virtually undetectable.
  • There are no environmental issues with SSR as NO harmful Volatile Organic Compounds are sprayed into the atmosphere during the repair process.
  • The repair process will retain the integrity of the original manufacturers paint warranty.

Panel Damage

Full panels can be repaired or replaced at our repair centre. The damage can be filled, primed and resprayed, using bodyshop quality products, painting only the damaged area and blending as far as necessary, to ensure your car remains as original as possible.

Paint Restoration

VCL Aftercare can bring your vehicles paintwork back up to its original colour, removing the pale and faded look whilst removing all minor scratches in one go. Our wet sanding technique actually lowers the paint surface by sanding quite a large area down with very fine emery paper, and then slowly buffing back to a high gloss.

Scratches

Some scratches are more serious than others, that's why we have many different methods for removing them, from simply polishing them out to bodywork respray service.

Servicing & Repairs

At VCL Aftercare we probably have more technician experience than most franchise dealer with over 30 years experience in the motor industry we pride ourselves on exceeding the customers expectation on both quality and value.

We work to the approved standard of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) which ensures your peace of mind when entrusting your vehicle to us.
Did you know that the OFT reported that consumers no longer have to have their car serviced by a franchise dealer to comply with the manufacturer's warranty.

From the OFT report:
"Servicing at franchise dealers is typically more expensive than servicing at independent garages, averaging £199 and £116 respectively without any apparent difference in the quality of service offered."

No job is too small or too big we now offer a truly bespoke service coming to you saving you time and hassle free.

Our services:

  • Vehicle Servicing
  • Air Conditioning
  • Cambelts
  • Brakes
  • Fuel Service
  • Diagnostic check
  • Exhaust and Catalytic Converters

Why pay up to 40% more at a franchise dealer?
Prices quoted over the phone from main dealers were up to 40%* more expensive than the cost of our car servicing, even though in some cases we may cover more points on a service checklist than the dealer.
If you then book online today you can then save a further £30 on our Full Service.
We encourage our customers to check what is covered by our car services and then compare this to their main dealer service schedule to see if they are getting the same level of service that we offer.

We may also be able to book you in much sooner than a main dealer, where this is of importance.

Duty of Care Inspection for fleet and private customers   Prices from £30* + VAT per inspection

Don't leave yourself or your drivers at risk
As you might be aware, the new Corporate Manslaughter Act came into force in April 2008.
If you haven't already, perhaps now is the time to implement a Duty of Care process to protect your own staff and other road users.
With this in mind, VCL Aftercare has introduced a "Duty of Care" 19 point inspection.

This includes inspection of the brakes, steering, shock absorbers and wheel cylinders.
This fully documented process forms the core of our range of solutions, although we can look to develop a bespoke inspection to your specific needs.

Why you should conduct a Duty of Care inspection:

  • Extended Service Intervals - mean many vehicles are only inspected once a year
  • A Pool Car Fleet - can result in vehicles not being inspected before being passed to a new driver.
  • Grey Fleet - recent research shows over half of private vehicles used for company business are not fit for purpose.
  • Insurance Savings - Your premiums may reduce if you can demonstrate a pro-active approach to risk management.
  • Financial Savings - By having a Duty of Care process in place you might save the need for unnecessary major repairs in the future.
  • Employee Satisfaction - demonstrating you care even more about the safety of your employees

About Vehicle Choice Locator

To provide our clients with a hassle free and transparent one stop solution, to offer all main dealer benefits, with lower vehicle supply prices and personal, ethical service built upon proven industry knowledge and well founded relationships throughout the Motor Industry.

We are one company founded on the basis of client satisfaction, supplying vehicles new and pre owned nationwide at highly competitive prices.

Buying any vehicle should be fun and exciting

Tell us the kind of vehicle you want and we will email you a selection, we will source the best options at trade prices from over 20,000 vehicles every week. We offer probably the car trades best kept secret in locating cars for private buyers and trade alike at unbelievably low prices.

To be passionate is the key

Independent experts help you avoid those common car buying mistakes. All VCL staff are highly trained to deliver the best car for you or your business.

Saving money on your next car purchase is a step away.

  • Advantages of using Vehicle Choice Locator:
  • Saves you time and the hassle of finding a car
  • Saves you money by not paying inflated showroom prices
  • Access to a huge choice of cars
  • Quality bespoke service and no pushy salesmen
  • Experienced, trusted buyers
  • More thorough car inspection
  • Personal delivery and handover to your door

Buy a car online, simply tell us what car you’re after and we then scour all the remarketing companies to find the best choices at trade prices. We collect the car and have it thoroughly checked at our garage before delivering to your door.  You pay VCL a standard finding fee which is a fraction of the cost of a dealership inflated prices. But we take all the risk.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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