Body Issue -- My Cars Been Attacked!!

[yellowkyd278]

My car was attacked by another car while it was parked in the parking lot. I polished out all the scuffs and scud right away. Not sure how many people have experience with body work but anyone able to throw some estimates on what it would cost to fix? You can't see it in the photos but its also indented a little so the panel will need to be hammered out.

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Thanks. If you could break down the prices into "hammering out" and "paint stuff" I'd appreciate it.

 

[tommiman]

Around here it'll run you $1000 - $1500. Probably easier to claim it under insurance and pay the deductible. Not sure how it is in LA but here a Comp. claim doesn't go against your record so the price won't increase.

 

[ILLiCliPSE]

I dont know what it would cost but I can tell you relatively what needs to be done. The paint needs to be grinded off so they can pull the dent with a dent puller...it welds a piece of metal to the dent in various places which allows them to use a pull hammer to literally PULL the dent out. Theyll then grind off the metal pieces they used to pull the dent, fill with bondo, prime, paint, clear. Thats what we do to fix dents in motorcycle tanks at the custom chopper shop I work at. Not that hard of a process. Personally, I dont think it would be more than a few hundred bucks, if that.

 

[redeclipse7782]

I dont know what it would cost but I can tell you relatively what needs to be done. The paint needs to be grinded off so they can pull the dent with a dent puller...it welds a piece of metal to the dent in various places which allows them to use a pull hammer to literally PULL the dent out. Theyll then grind off the metal pieces they used to pull the dent, fill with bondo, prime, paint, clear. Thats what we do to fix dents in motorcycle tanks at the custom chopper shop I work at. Not that hard of a process. Personally, I dont think it would be more than a few hundred bucks, if that.

That whole passenger quarter panel needs to be painted that will cost a few hundred right there. I'd say anywhere from 500 to 1k. Ttake some shots from further away and post them, the camera is pratically humping the car in these pics.

 

[97 4G63]

It dosen't look too bad you can get it done for around $500 in the east coast whith ppg paint..