NickSezz

Me being 17 and stupid, did something stupid and had a little fender bender. Im gonna go for an estimate tomorrow but I would like to see what you guys think before hand so im not gettign ripped off. Its going to need paint and dent repair sooo here are some pics:

Please help or try and give me some good news because I have felt the worst Ive felt in a long time today.

workshop4ever

I'd say probably about $700 for the fender. I can't see in the pics if you damaged the bumper or not, if so....thats sadly going to be some more money. I would suggest, if you're at least a little handy with a wrench, getting the parts yourself on ebay or at a junkyard and swapping the fender out yourself. That way the shop only has to paint it. This is a good way to save yourself about half of the cost. if you did damage the bumper, it may be time to look into swapping out for a GT bumper (you can get them pre-painted) or staying with the V6 bumper and asking around for someone with the same color.


Good Luck, in the end, its just a car and can be fixed

68XR7

That's not bad! Be sure to go to a few different places. Sometimes there's quite a bit of difference in prices. I would avoid the cheapest one. Don't worry about it. That one's a piece of cake.

NickSezz

Bumper is fine...I wish it was just the bumper because I dont care about that. Do you think a shop could just fix the fender I have now?

petepete

doesnt look that bad but its kind of in an akward spot where ther eis a curve. May be possible that they hammer it out but it may need touch up paint work after that but im no mechanic. To mak eyou feel better my pony just got a nail in its foot today [:@]

NickSezz

Ill take a nail in the foot over a wack to the face...lol j/k thanks for the reply...gotta work this one out with the mother..o boy...

Jerseyfury2

other car must look like someone got murdered on it lol (all the red paint that most likely came off)

NickSezz

I thought that too....NOT A MARK ON THE OTHER CAR!!! No paint came off, all marks buffed out just left with 3 dents. The damn fenders are soo cheap...

Ant69

I would try to get the fender replaced with a new or straight take off. Some of the body lines look like they may have been wiped out a good body guy can probably fix it but time is money and R & R is faster and guarateed no "Bondo". Plus you stand a pretty good chance of finding a matching replacement in new shape. Just my opinion.......

rixstang

Try going here:

http://www.car-part.com/

I've ordered stuff from them before, but not body panels. Usually just trim or interior parts. You may want to get a photo from the yard as it may be in rough shape. I've also used my local Dent wizzard. They'd be able to take out that headlight area, but I'm not sure about the wheel well. I had an insurance estimate for $1,000 for a dent and trim damage to a door on an old Stratus R/T. Had Dent Wizzard take out the dent and the body shop just replaced the door strip, painted the bottom half of the door, and clear coated the whole panel. End cost was only $400. The stupid door trim was $100 alone though!