Any idea how much this will cost to fix?
Any idea how much this will cost to fix?
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Mr Sparkle

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1,935 posts

199 months

Thursday 8th May 2014
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Guy reversed into me in a car park and dented the front wing and door.
It has pushed the wing inwards relative to the door by about 5-10mm so that the panel gap is larger.
The guy looked in his 70's and will be a complete nightmare to deal with since he wasn't very coherent/confused. If I can I'll just get it fixed myself to avoid getting a non-fault accident against my name.







gfunk

279 posts

241 months

Thursday 8th May 2014
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I would say between £400-£600

Mr SFJ

4,089 posts

151 months

Thursday 8th May 2014
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When I managed to put a dent in my door I had a trawl through the 'bay, found a replacement door (luckily in the same colour) and roughly added an hours labour to do it.

Then went to a local body shop and found he could do it for half the price of the door alone. And when he was done You couldn't see the difference.


NigelStn

268 posts

196 months

Thursday 8th May 2014
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I would think that a paintless repair techinique would work on that

rallycross

13,749 posts

266 months

Thursday 8th May 2014
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£500 will get you a nice job at an independant bodyshop.
Can be done for less but will not be very good (most people would not notice but it will go against you if/when selling it).

Mr Sparkle

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1,935 posts

199 months

Thursday 8th May 2014
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Thanks for the replies, I was hoping that it might be around the £200 mark but I guess sorting out the shut line/edge could be difficult.