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Hay guys I just wanted to know can my door be fixed with out reshooting the whole drivers side door ? Couse I took my car to a few body shops and they told me they have to reshoot the whole door I chipped my door and have a scratch in it as well to the metal I’ll show you guys a pic of it See the scratch and the chip
Body shop(s) see risk of an unhappy customer if repaired & repainted spot doesn't blend with rest of the door. Naturally, they want to repaint entire door.
Some times a paint restoration specialist will do a spot touch up like your door as part of color correction. A skilled one can made it look a lot better but probably not perfect when to the metal. It may end up costing almost as much as respraying the door depending on who & where.
Expect a looks it OK from 10 feet away repair result.
My T/A's hood had two dozen chips. Two to the metal and promptly rusted. The smaller chips the paint restoration specialist did an outstanding repair. The two needing more than a drop of paint to cover the damaged area having depth to metal, you can see the repair. Overall, I'm happy with repair.
Sorry I don't have a close up of two worst chips. I think hood looks OK from ~10 feet.
Wow you have a beautiful TA . Ok but man I took it to a few body shops and they a little over 500 to do the job I can see 2-300 but I want my car to look like this never happened that’s what I’m looking for so I might just take the car in you the Chevrolet dealership and have them fix this problem and be done with it
The correct way to fix it if you want it like it never happened is to re paint the door but also have it blended in to adjacent body panels.
So in your situation, 3 panels would get sanded down for paint adhesion. The whole damaged panel would get re painted then blended into the other 2 panels. Then all 3 panels would need recleared at the end.
If your going for a just not as noticeable look..... you would use a fine filler putty then your touch up paint then dab some clear over it and wet sand it when done to smooth it out. This option will look good when done right but a body shop is not going to go this route. You would have to do it on your own or someone willing to do it on the side
I don't think you need to sand the entire door to fix it. If you have a place to do the job yourself you can invest the $500 into a nice buffer and even painting tools. With some sanding, minimal body filler if needed and some finish sanding just clean the area really good and hit it with 2-3 coats of paint, then 2-3 coats of clear followed by some wet sanding then buffing. Should have no problem finding that Dupli color automotive paint and a good clear coat spray at your local parts store if you choose to rattle can it.
No I can’t really do it my self I tryed touch up paint Al ready but you can still tell it’s been touched up I used the factory GM touch up paint still don’t look that good
If buying & trying with the tools mentioned above isn't an option repainting the door should get a good result. Paint & body work always seems pretty expensive.
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Can my door be fixed ? 
