i do not know weather or not to replace my qater panels one has a pretty large dent in it and there is also bondo put on poorly hiding some thing. ot the other quarter some metal is being held on by bonde and theres als bondo hiding some thing on the other side of the wheel well ill try to upload my pics tommorrow. heres one of the dent http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/834/img0058xp.jpg/

 

I would WAY rather try to repair and pop out that dent IMO. Our rear quarter panels dont just have Seperate parts,its all one piece. So if you were to get a new one,youd have to cut out a piece above the pillar just to take the out one out,then properly cut and weld the new panel back on. so IMO i would just hand repair and pop that dent out. Just work hard,dont half *** it

 

there is also a hole 6 inchs long and 1 1/2 inches wide were the dent is

 

I certainly don't see a hole in the pic????

The tool you want to use is called a 'Stud Gun Welder'. It's easy to use, costs a couple hundred bucks for the tool itself. It would cost you a couple thousand or more for EACH quarter panel. You can buy a DVD that shows you how to use the stud gun. You'd need a orbital D/A to sand down the metal area in order to use the Stud-Gun. And if you have a hole, then you can have a shop 'patch in' the area with a matching thickness of sheetmetal. Just some thoughts. Nitro-Nicky

 

u dont see the hole bc it accually on the bottom and there are some spot u can see it

 

you do not need an entire quarter, if it is below the body line you can fix it. there is pleanty of room to weld. You will need to take out all the interior parts in side the hatch (you do not want to melt or start a fire). you can cut and patch that area, this is not a project for the novice body guy, the stud gun is a good option, the only draw back is where it is. Once you start pulling (where the rip is) it will want to bend out of shape. if you do get it back close you will need to weld the rip. Honestly you will not know untill you grind it down and get all that bondo out to see what you have.

 

Cut the lower 1/4 section out and replace it, you're wasting your time with a stud gun on this one. If you don't know what you're doing then have it replaced. Third Gen Ranch has 1/4's for $125.

 

the interior plastics are already out the junk yard by me had 2 good quarters from an 87

 

Going back to the Stud Gun. I actually did jump the gun on this one. If there's old unknown bondo or bondo repairs in or next to the repair area ,you are going to need to grind out all the old bondo in order to asses what the project will actually require.

Remember Guys, he mentioned damage in multiple areas. However; in any area that can't just be cut and cliped, the Stud Gun is the absolute Bomb! Nitro-Nicky

 

the damage areas are in frot and behind both rear wheel wells

 

Even in the event that you go ahead and replace the quarters, you will still need to get the original body work back to its original shape in order for the new sheet metal to be welded properly. I would suggest that you carefully begin pushing the bent metal back to its original position(stud gun helps, hammer and dolly work, maybe just a padded 2x4 from the inside.)
With the original metal restored to its stock location, you can probably determine if it is easier or more economical to replace or repair. You're still going to have some body work to do whether you fix or replace but by restoring the original metal location, you will better be able to decide a good plan of action.
As always, provide pics of progress as there is a lot of helpful people on this forum and a good pic can narrow down some good options that help solve your problem.
Good luck!