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Billylammerkins · 10-19-2013, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by whaap

No, there's no DIY on metal work. There's more to it than you can imagine. If the average man, even the above average man, who had never done any metal work tried to repair that they would only make it worse.

K thanks not gonna bother trying. It just brings small little tears to my eyes whenever i go to open the door.

njccmd2002 · 10-19-2013, 08:21 PM

buff it out, it will

Billylammerkins · 10-19-2013, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by njccmd2002

buff it out, it will

WHO DO I LISTEN TO!?

White64Goat · 10-19-2013, 09:07 PM

Call your insurance company and tell them what happened and see what they tell you to do and be done with it.

Billylammerkins · 10-19-2013, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by White64Goat

Call your insurance company and tell them what happened and see what they tell you to do and be done with it.

Got an estimate that was much higher then my deductible, soooo I dont want my rates to go up, and I just want a simple fix

ZionsWrath · 10-19-2013, 10:48 PM

Don't report something small like that to you insurance... I can't imagine that be more than 1000$. So live with it or pay

whaap · 10-20-2013, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Billylammerkins

Got an estimate that was much higher then my deductible, soooo I dont want my rates to go up, and I just want a simple fix

What you seem to have a hard time understanding is that there is no simple fix. There's only one way to fix it. Get it to a good body shop and you'll never know it happened. Anything less and you will have messed up a nice car.

White64Goat · 10-20-2013, 01:28 PM

And unless you have a bad insurance history, your rates shouldn't go up for that, unless you have a crappy ins. co....................

spitfire481 · 10-20-2013, 03:20 PM

This is why you have insurance. So many people come in my shop and are scared to use its crazy. If its not fixed right, it will always look like crap. The quarter will be blended for color match as well so its not just the door involved.

AVodka14 · 10-20-2013, 03:33 PM

I vote bodyshop. You will be happy with the result.

Kiske · 10-23-2013, 07:22 PM

Being red most shops could eaisly get away with panel painting and not blending the paint in the qtr panel. Red is very good IMO at hiding. Is the paint damaged on the iside of the door as well?

spitfire481 · 10-23-2013, 07:38 PM

Maybe if it were down low near the rocker or something. But directly at the center of the door I'd blend for sure. Its true it could probably be tinted to where most wouldn't be able to tell, but I'm sure I could and it would bother the hell out of me haha.

Billylammerkins · 10-23-2013, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by moK

I had the exact same damage on my passenger side door after it was blown wide open by crazy wind, edge bent and 4 inch crack in the paint. Went to a few body shops and all of them told me blending the pearl white paint would cost around a grand. I ended up finding a place that did it for half of that and came out looking new. You should be able to find it cheaper with the red though.

How much? and where did you go?

10-19-2013, 08:21 PM	#16
njccmd2002 Toyota Freak Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: Whiteout FRS Location: Jackson, TN Posts: 364 Thanks: 47 Thanked 150 Times in 92 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	buff it out, it will __________________

10-19-2013, 09:07 PM	#18
White64Goat Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 13 BRZ CBS LTD MT, 02 WRX Location: Fred. Co. Md. Posts: 2,351 Thanks: 65 Thanked 1,113 Times in 628 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Call your insurance company and tell them what happened and see what they tell you to do and be done with it.

10-19-2013, 10:48 PM	#20
ZionsWrath Thanks Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: BRZ Location: NY Posts: 4,163 Thanks: 5,989 Thanked 3,100 Times in 1,498 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Don't report something small like that to you insurance... I can't imagine that be more than 1000$. So live with it or pay

10-20-2013, 01:28 PM	#22
White64Goat Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 13 BRZ CBS LTD MT, 02 WRX Location: Fred. Co. Md. Posts: 2,351 Thanks: 65 Thanked 1,113 Times in 628 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	And unless you have a bad insurance history, your rates shouldn't go up for that, unless you have a crappy ins. co....................

10-20-2013, 03:20 PM	#23
spitfire481 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2JZ FRS Location: Pure Automotive Performance Posts: 1,378 Thanks: 97 Thanked 1,354 Times in 621 Posts Mentioned: 27 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	This is why you have insurance. So many people come in my shop and are scared to use its crazy. If its not fixed right, it will always look like crap. The quarter will be blended for color match as well so its not just the door involved.

10-20-2013, 03:33 PM	#24
AVodka14 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 2013 Raven FRS MT Location: KY Posts: 857 Thanks: 351 Thanked 302 Times in 185 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I vote bodyshop. You will be happy with the result.

10-23-2013, 07:22 PM	#25
Kiske Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: RX-7 / BRZ Location: USA Posts: 2,349 Thanks: 1,031 Thanked 2,501 Times in 1,081 Posts Mentioned: 27 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Being red most shops could eaisly get away with panel painting and not blending the paint in the qtr panel. Red is very good IMO at hiding. Is the paint damaged on the iside of the door as well?

10-23-2013, 07:38 PM	#26
spitfire481 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2JZ FRS Location: Pure Automotive Performance Posts: 1,378 Thanks: 97 Thanked 1,354 Times in 621 Posts Mentioned: 27 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Maybe if it were down low near the rocker or something. But directly at the center of the door I'd blend for sure. Its true it could probably be tinted to where most wouldn't be able to tell, but I'm sure I could and it would bother the hell out of me haha.

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