Back fender repair question Options

[bcelica555]

Last night I backed into these wooden steps pretty bad and messed up my back fender




I was just wondering if the whole fender needs replaced since its seems to be connected to the roof. My cars getting alot of miles on it and im thinking about not getting it fixed and I'm just wondering my options for tring to make it look a little bit better. What all different ways would a garage try to fix it for me

[richee3]

This was my car a few months ago. The damage was a dent in the front fender, damage to the door, all new mirror, the fender (obviously), getting a small dent in the other rear quarter panel repaired, and everything repainted. All said and done, $3250. I kinda just felt like shelling out a couple hundred of my own and having the guy repaint the bumpers and hood so I'd have literally all new paint. I've always wanted a silver Celi Lol. But seriously, I don't know how body shops around you are, but around me, they charge flat rates for quarter panel repairs, no matter how bad. The huge dent you see here was only $350, the same $350 it cost to fix the dent on the other rear quarter panel that was 2" tall and 4" long.
*** Those are out-of-pocket quotes. I'm sure since this deer damage was covered by insurance, the body guy jacked the prices up to get that $3250.
While I'm talking about that, anybody have any thoughts to contribute to that? Looking at what all I had to have repaired, does $3250 sound fair?



If you look in the background there, right in front of the cabinets, you'll see my ride while my car was in the shop. It was a rental

This post has been edited by richee3: Nov 30, 2008 - 12:32 PM