Price on car panel repair

paddylonglegs

Got a fairly bad knock last week which left a large dent in my back quater panel. Looking to get a price on repair and respray if anyone deals with or knows in body repair.

PM please if you can help and I can send images of the panel

cheers

Owen

Photos will help us help you out, but generally bodyshops are about 350 for the larger panels like quarters.

paddylonglegs

Owen wrote: »

Photos will help us help you out, but generally bodyshops are about 350 for the larger panels like quarters.

Thanks Owen, wasn't sure whether to stick pics up or not. Anyway, feel free to give your thoughts folks (no "1 million dollars" quotes please! )

Owen

How utterly poxed are you that the door got no damage at all! About 350 ish for that anyway IMHO.

paddylonglegs

Owen wrote: »

How utterly poxed are you that the door got no damage at all! About 350 ish for that anyway IMHO.

unbelievable isn't it?split second in the difference had i been driving any slower

wee truck big driver

wouldnt fancy a chances of getting colour right without painting door or realistically whole side

Nonoperational

I don't know if it's worth painting the whole side. If you got the panel done it'd look a hell of a lot better. €300-350 would be my guess too.

Owen

wee truck big driver wrote: »

wouldnt fancy a chances of getting colour right without painting door or realistically whole side

A lot of bodyshops can get the colours bang on these days.

€350 could make that Golf a borderline candidate for beyond economical repair

kermitpwee

RoverJames wrote: »

€350 could make that Golf a borderline candidate for beyond economical repair

Exactly. Personally I would drive her on the way it is.

paddylonglegs

RoverJames wrote: »

€350 could make that Golf a borderline candidate for beyond economical repair

Had thought that myself James, but just need to get a ballpark of what damage repairs might cost. cheers

paddylonglegs

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Had thought that myself James..........

I'd be in the same baot myself tbh, a quater panel coupled with a set of new tyres and the ZT would be a goner.

Although, it looks like your damage was caused by someone else, so if they're paying, happy out.

wee truck big driver

Owen wrote: »

A lot of bodyshops can get the colours bang on these days.

strange when driving on the road i can see 2009 nad 2010 cars especially silver with an obvious big line down a door where they blew the paint in.

wee truck big driver

wee truck big driver wrote: »

strange when driving on the road i can see 2009 nad 2010 cars especially silver with an obvious big line down a door where they blew the paint in.

You should never see a line anyway even if the paint is a tad off perfect, should be blended in.
Shoddy workmanship.

Owen

wee truck big driver wrote: »

strange when driving on the road i can see 2009 nad 2010 cars especially silver with an obvious big line down a door where they blew the paint in.

I don't think 'blow in' is what you think it is. If you blow paint in, it's impossible for there to be a line

A lot of bodyshops now have colour spectrometers - like a high tech camera for paint, it takes about 8 photos of a panel at huge magnification from different angles, and beams the data to a laptop for analysis, making the mixture 100% accurate.

Damokc

If I was you I'd look into some paintless fix as there is no major crease in the dent it should be able to be pushed out from the inside? Some of the scratches only look superficial? a cut and polish after should get them out?

Owen

That metal is stretched significantly. It won't push out.