It should taste great but be less filling I knew what you were trying to say. And any body shop that looks at the dent on that car and thinks it'll be easier to fix that damage with a slide hammer and bondo is not a shop you want. Quarter panel needs to be cut out, new attached, welds ground down, FILLER to smooth the surface...sanded smooth, then paint cycle.

 

Filler to "bring it together" is completely different than sculpting to cover damage. That's what they mean by no filler.

 

2 body shops quoted me to replace the quarter panel varying from 5-7 grand to fix, which is the correct way. The other ladies insurance company looked at the car and quoted me only 1,900, to just pull and fill. So now this is turning into an issue because I want it fixed the right way but the insurance doesn't.

 

Would that be Blue Ash Autobody by any chance? They're awesome.

 

Agree.100%. I was responding to the "absolutely no filler" crowd. By no means should the OP settle for anything less than a stellar job.

 

Oh god, I hope that's not how they choose to fix it.

 

I hope they dont do it that way either, but if it comes down to either pull and fill or total the car out- I would take the pull and fill. or at least see if they would cut and patch.

 

Goldenpony, it was Borcherding Collision up at King's Auto Mall. Started going there under recommendation from Jason at King's Ford and they have done great work for my Mustang, my grandpa's old Five Hundred, my sister-in-law's Acura and my sister's Jetta hail damage.

 

so, the best advice for you is just visit 24/7 Collision Care and here's your solution. It is a well respected shop to paint an entire car, remove all type of dent and provides all the other kinds of damage repair services that your car may need. And in very inexpensive way.

 

This thing is crumpled pretty good. In order to pull and hammer that metal back into shape it might wind up causing some tear in the metal and still not line up properly. A skilled body fender shop could cut away the bad area and used some galvanized sheet metal to re-skin that area. Would be cheaper than the whole quarter panel....and likely require less body fill. If they can edge and weld the joints then even better since far less fill will be required. A lot of auto body places might just grind and rivet the panels together then fill. I would prefer to rivet the pieces to hold them for alignment then dimple and weld along the joints. Then fill, sand, prep and paint. That's how my family's shop would've done it.

Faster...less work either way and not requiring an entire quarter panel.


Then again..if the hit crumpled it that much I would expect there will be some alignment with the underpinning of the frame that all the skin mounts to and the bumper frame. Won't really know until the bumper is removed and the tail lights. Even the trunk lid.

Then it might reveal more damage. So your insurance companies need to understand that the superficial damage might not show what's really happening underneath. If you tell them that you want it structurally as good as new then the work involved will exceed the 3k they are willing to fork out now....But then again you are also entitled to more than one opinion. The shop they recommend might also be working with them to take short cuts.