Worth saving from salvage?

[martin mrt]

If you do decide to get it back from the insurers I’d be interested in buying it as it is

[driftwood258]

You don't think a mobile dent repairer could sort the quarter panel out?

If people are saying it'll cost 3k to put it right, and book value without a cat S designation is 4.5k, I think it's quite touch and go as to whether this could be done for any profit.

[driftwood258]

That last reply was to CharlieAlphaMike, if that wasn't clear.

martin mrt said:

If you do decide to get it back from the insurers I’d be interested in buying it as it is

Happy to discuss privately if that's a genuine offer. It's in my possession at the moment - more of a question of me letting them know if I accept their offer. Where in the country are you?

[Crafty_]

If you strip the interior out, can you get to the back of the c-pillar ? it'd help. Quite bad damage there, not sure if mobile dent guy is going to be able to get the creases out.. I'd say you probably need to replace the skin of that pillar, and if you're doing that you might as well do the whole quarter to avoid having to try and fix the rest of the damage.

Replacing the panel kind of kills the viability, unless you can do it yourself. Its not a trivial job. For whatever reason they are doing both sides here, but essentially you need to do half of the same job https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRLGpb0JrPg Interesting they bonded it, I would presume they are welded from factory ?

[poo at Paul's]

Drift car!!!

[martin mrt]

driftwood258 said:

That last reply was to CharlieAlphaMike, if that wasn't clear.

martin mrt said:

If you do decide to get it back from the insurers I’d be interested in buying it as it is

Happy to discuss privately if that's a genuine offer. It's in my possession at the moment - more of a question of me letting them know if I accept their offer. Where in the country are you?

Yeah it is, drop me an e mail. I’m in Aberdeen but I don’t mind travelling for vehicles

[Plate spinner]

I’d buy it at that price but only if I had the time and space to part it out for profit.

I’ve learned that bent modern cars rarely go back together well. They are designed to self sacrifice themselves to keep you safe and the impact energies gets dissipated all over the place.
Things can go out of true that weren’t even on the damaged side of the vehicle and to the naked eye look ok.
Not worth the hassle IME.

[CharlieAlphaMike]

Ructions said:

CharlieAlphaMike said:

Ructions said:

The rear quarter is not repairable.

Why?

It’s pretty obvious that it’s beyond repair from the photos. No amount of filler will make that right.
A new panel is the only option.

If I was the op I’d be buying it back and selling it on complete. He will easily double his money with very little hassle.

Couldn't you replace the whole panel? Maybe not the most cost effective solution but surely that could be done?

[J4CKO]

poo at Paul's said:

Drift car!!!

That was my first thought, going to be a lot to repair to a decent standard, get new glass, make a feature of the damage, run it and "do skids" with inpunity, as you cant make it worse.

[MitchT]

I had similar damage to an E36 coupé over 20 years ago. Insurance bill was about £3,300. OK, that was an approved bodyshop charging insurance rates, but still, that was 20 years ago. I imagine anyone is going to charge well north of that today if they're doing it properly.