Insurance Repairs and Smash Claims Christchurch.

Most people assume they have to use the panel shop their insurer recommends. They don't. Under New Zealand insurance rules, the vehicle owner has the right to choose their repairer. The insurer's preferred shop is preferred for the insurer's reasons. Faster turnaround on standard jobs. Tighter pricing on volume work. Easier paperwork at the assessor's end.

That works fine on a straight bumper replacement. It fails when the job needs custom fabrication, when there's rust hiding under the damage, when the vehicle is a motorhome or bus the preferred shop can't fit, or when the owner wants a coachbuilt finish instead of catalogue panels bolted on. The standard insurance-preferred shop has one approach. Yours might need a different one.

Autobody & Glass Repairs has served Canterbury since 1999. Family run from one workshop in Belfast with everything in-house. Panel, paint, rust, glass, no subcontracting. We deal with the assessor direct, photograph the work as we go, and handle the paperwork from claim lodgement through to invoice.

Approved by AA, Vero, IAG, Tower, State and AMI. Excess explained upfront. Free quote that matches what the insurer pays. No surprise gap charges on the invoice. If your insurer has declared the vehicle a write-off, we'll give you a second opinion. Darryl's coachbuilt trade qualifies us to fabricate panels other shops can't source. Servicing Belfast, Christchurch, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Rolleston, Lincoln, Lyttelton, Halswell, Hornby, Riccarton, Papanui, North Canterbury, Mid Canterbury and the wider New Zealand area for cars, motorhomes, trucks, buses and fleet vehicles under insurance claim.