How to fix this:
How to fix this: How would you go about fixing this damage?
I'm guessing it would be ALOT to have a shop fix it
I was thinking either finding a 1/4, cutting at body molding up, bending the top so that it is not sloping outwards, and patching it together
thanks
basically use the good middle of the new 1/4 as shown in red, weld/body filler it in smooth after bending the top portion of the existing 1/4 so that it lines up w/ spoiler
I'm guessing it would be ALOT to have a shop fix it
I was thinking either finding a 1/4, cutting at body molding up, bending the top so that it is not sloping outwards, and patching it together
thanks
basically use the good middle of the new 1/4 as shown in red, weld/body filler it in smooth after bending the top portion of the existing 1/4 so that it lines up w/ spoiler
Do not go that route. It would be easier to straighten it or just replace it with a full panel. It looks like you could send it to a shop to have them rough pull it on a frame rack and then straighten it yourself or have the shop do it. It looks straightenable by the pics shown, but it is hard to tell just by a picture
I am not a body shop pro but I am going to guess you couldn't do that because the whole quarter panel is distorted. Even if you replaced a section won't match up at the top because of how the metal has been pulled down plus whatever damage is hidden by the cover.
looks like when i spun out and clipped a guardrail.
im undecided as to what to do with it, but one shop says they can pull it out then smooth out the metal and repaint, while another suggested cutting out the entire quarter and welding one from a donor car in.
im undecided as to what to do with it, but one shop says they can pull it out then smooth out the metal and repaint, while another suggested cutting out the entire quarter and welding one from a donor car in.
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trunk is closed all the way, it looks like it isn't because the top of the 1/4 is bent downwards, making kind of a narrow wedge (example , normall: l l , mine: \l )
I'll take it up to the body shop and get a quote i suppose, and start looking for 1/4s!
I'll take it up to the body shop and get a quote i suppose, and start looking for 1/4s!
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This is not something you can do, especially taking into account your first post in this thread. Have a professional do it or it will end up worse than before or you'll work yourself into a corner and have to have someone else do it anyway, wasting time and money.
I've repaired about three 1/4 panels, replaced one whole 1/4 section of a car, one was a camaro. That's not repairable, IMO the dent is too rigid, it should be replaced.
I've repaired about three 1/4 panels, replaced one whole 1/4 section of a car, one was a camaro. That's not repairable, IMO the dent is too rigid, it should be replaced.
When i got hit this is what it looked like...
Another angle of the hit...
Taken apart ( what yours will probably look like if fixed the "right" way )
New pieces on for fitting before paint
Paint prep
Paint prep again
Quarter panel after taken off
Real bumper after taken off
Car done/paint everything.
Car done/paint everything.
Sorry for the crappy pics some were taken with a actual camera and taken with my phone... anyway this was 3330 dollars worth of damage that i didnt have to pay a penny for. It took him two weeks to do this in full the lady backed into me on a thursday and i had it done two weeks later on a mid friday after lunch.
A shop is really not an option right now. I paid 1700 for the car and can't really justify spending 1500+ on repairs on a high mileage car. It drives just fine so i'll drive it until I can find a donor car to use, cut it up and fix it myself