Help with Options...

[AmiableChimp]

I returned to my wee Fabia last Wed to find some scumbag had taken a kick at both my doors on the drivers side and had left a couple of dents.

As gutted as I was, I was at least hopeful they could be repaired relatively easily as they are in the middle of the panel.

This is apparently not the case as I spoke to one of the dent removal companies and the guy said the rear dent had stretched the metal over the internal crash bar so he would struggle to fix it, and the front door would be at least £150 and he couldn't guarantee a 100% fix - especially as the car is black.

So, what are my options? I don't really want it filled and painted, would a bodyshop recommend a replacement door or do you think they would go for the filling option?

I was thinking about trying to source some replacement doors but how hard will it be to transfer over my windows as they are tinted?

Any other options I have not thought about?

I can't believe this, I spent 9.5 hours going over the bodywork about 3 weeks ago with clay bar and my Kestrel DA and the wee car was looking spotless - I am gutted!

Cheers,
Steven



Back door, note the slight crease below the dent


Front door

[Squiggs]

The first thing to consider is that a repair is a repair (even if you're replacing doors they're probably going to need a respray)and if you know what you're looking for there is a chance that you (personally) will find a fault.
Even if your dent man could get it as perfect as possible - there's still a chance that from one certain obscure angle you (personally) might see that it has been repaired (I think that £150 for one panel seems a bit high!)
I would also have thought that the high spots could be knocked down by a dent guy to give a good enough finish for a thin skim of filler and then respray. I see nothing wrong with filling as long as the whole process to final spraying is carried out to good standards an (almost) invisible repair can be achieved (again if you know where and what you're looking for, and have the right equipment a repair can almost always be detectable).
I guess it all depends on what you can afford. Replacement and resprayed doors is going to be the most costly.
Finding a dent guy that can get the one door as perfect as poss, which may still require flatting by hand and respraying, and the other ready for a skim of filler and then resprayed will be far cheaper - but necessarily any better or worse than replacement resprayed doors.