$2,022.75... That's just for the outer door skin and painting it to match the car. But, the guy that hit me... his insurance guy... is one of my parents good friends... if it comes close to being totaled he won't total it for us. We're gonna get the money and get the doors off of my Uncles 90 Bird and put them on my car and switch other parts over from his car to mine. Like the T-Handle Shifter... interior plastics and stuff. Then we're gonna use the money to start doing exterior work. Then me and my dad are going to sand the car down and get it ready to be painted. My neighbor just painted his truck bright hugger orange and it looks awesome. He does really good work and he has the place to do it and if my mom buys the paint it will be really cheap. I am just gonna be out of my Camaro for a few weeks... kinda sux but I think it's worth it in the end. Just felt like tellin someone because it's 12 in the morning and no one is online haha

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[This message has been edited by CD MaroMan 91 (edited November 12, 2001).]

 

All I gotta say is that whoever quoted you $2000 to get that fixed is on crack.

 

Isn't your car spraypainted? They shouldn't charge that to match the doorskin to a spraypainted car. They're probably going to pull a whole door from a yard for $50 and slap it on there, hit it with a can of Krylon and call it a day. That's what you should do. Then take the rest of that money and put a nice PPG job on it.

 

THat dent may verry well be around 2k to get repaired. To fix things like that is quite expensive. It looks like he might have to replace the handle & possibly some of the window tracks. it adds up quick. The cost of the bodywork is cheep. The paint time is what costs the most.

To have a quality job done at a reputible paint shop expect to pay around 3-4 grand. Thats not even to do bodywork.

When some kids threw some rocks at my car off a bridge, they broke the windshield, scratched a T-top & chiped the paint in a few spots on the hood & spoiler, it was $1400 bucks & that was not even for bodywork.

I fixed the stuff myelf, buffed the t-top, replaced the windshield for $175 & painted my spoiler & hood in those areas pocket the rest of the cash.

Funny thing was according the the stupid computer, $100 more damage and the car would have been a possible total.

2K for that is in the ball park.

John

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