damaged my car
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Burning Brakes
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damaged my car
Im so bummed about this. I treat this car as best as I can and now this happened! I parked next to a sidewalk that had a good 3 inch rise on it and well my dumb self forgot about the ledge upon leaving and well as you can see the rocker panel found out what concrete tastes like! I took her to a body shop and was quoted almost 900 for the fix.
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I did the same thing to my '07. A body shop close to me was able to repair it beautifully and matched paint exactly. Mine was worse than yours. Cost was $350 and know that mine is Montery Red which is really hard to match. Looks great now.
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Accidents do happen - sorry about the bad luck but the body shop should be able to make it look like new again. Best of luck with the repair.
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Damn - that sux. Shop around for a better price to fix her.
Just a question - if the car wasn't slammed down would it have still hit the curb?
I just see a lot of folks lower the cars and then tear it up on "road obstacles"....
Just a question - if the car wasn't slammed down would it have still hit the curb?
I just see a lot of folks lower the cars and then tear it up on "road obstacles"....
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Thanks guys for the compliments
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I had the same thing happen & did it the same way. Mine was every bit as bad, mine was repaired & you can't tell that a repair was ever done. I spent about $350 for the repair. The guy that did the repair said the hardest thing about the repair was getting it high enough to work on it.
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Plus, now would be a good time to perhaps have the other side touched up and any other chips, etc. It's cheaper for the shop once they pull out the paint/materials to do more vs. less. You could probably negotiate a nice deal.Your car looks great! You obviously take good care of it, so I know how much it must hurt to have a self-inflicted wound like that!
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Plus, now would be a good time to perhaps have the other side touched up and any other chips, etc. It's cheaper for the shop once they pull out the paint/materials to do more vs. less. You could probably negotiate a nice deal.Your car looks great! You obviously take good care of it, so I know how much it must hurt to have a self-inflicted wound like that!
while they have a paint match, do the other side.
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Plus, now would be a good time to perhaps have the other side touched up and any other chips, etc. It's cheaper for the shop once they pull out the paint/materials to do more vs. less. You could probably negotiate a nice deal.Your car looks great! You obviously take good care of it, so I know how much it must hurt to have a self-inflicted wound like that!
Yeah I was pretty worried about the rim when I heard the scrape. Just glad nothing happened to it
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That seems very high to me...the rocker area is an isolated area...meaning it has a clean break front and rear...nothing has to be blended. When I did my rear brake scoops, I had the paint shop do both sides for 150 dollars.. that hit is just a little epoxy, some sanding and some paint and its just one side...
I wouldnt pay more than 250 to get that fixed.
I did this myself and never did body work before... I could fix that hit in two hours.. 900 dollars is insane. the shop that painted my rockers, also painted my MCM hood, did a perfect job with a perfect match for 500 dollars.. I suggest you look around. You dont want a new rocker, you just want it repaired.. 900 dollars would be the cost to remove the old glued on racker and replace it with a new one... there is about 800 in labor just to remove the rocker and put on a new one... which is not the way to go.
I had a local paint shop paint both rockers for 150 dollars.
I wouldnt pay more than 250 to get that fixed.
I did this myself and never did body work before... I could fix that hit in two hours.. 900 dollars is insane. the shop that painted my rockers, also painted my MCM hood, did a perfect job with a perfect match for 500 dollars.. I suggest you look around. You dont want a new rocker, you just want it repaired.. 900 dollars would be the cost to remove the old glued on racker and replace it with a new one... there is about 800 in labor just to remove the rocker and put on a new one... which is not the way to go.
I had a local paint shop paint both rockers for 150 dollars.