Work In Progress...... !!

[vt_maverick]

Jo I'm curious, how did your shop actually do the repair? Did you get that "chunk" of body panel off a donor and have it welded in place, or did the shop pull out the dent and Bondo it, or maybe some third option? I ask because there's a VX about an hour from me that no one wants to touch because it has almost the identical damage (and because the price is ridiculous IMHO). Here's a pic:



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[JoFotoz]

Something of as joint effort between us....

Jo I'm curious, how did your shop actually do the repair? Did you get that "chunk" of body panel off a donor and have it welded in place, or did the shop pull out the dent and Bondo it, or maybe some third option? I ask because there's a VX about an hour from me that no one wants to touch because it has almost the identical damage (and because the price is ridiculous IMHO). Here's a pic:

I drilled / eye bolted, and pulled as much as I dared to with a Heath Robinson set up, anchored to a tree..worried about the window all the time!!!
The body shop did the rest of the pulling with proper equipment , then minimal bondo.

Quotes from various places ranged from $2400 - $1700- $750.

The $750 quote was a referal from a car nut I know , to a son & pop little shack. No checks, no credit cards..all CASH !!

I went to take a look at their work, MBenz's /BMW's..etc..all amazingly well repaired.

Essentially they specialize in Non insurance ,ask no questions... "cash talks"....Fix its.
So..no brainer..I went with them

Its amazingly well done, symetrical with other sides..and for $750..a bargain IMO.
(They did the big ding, door ding, front wing dings (!) on both sides, and a rear door ding as well..basically everything.)

New panels alone ( if available) would of been more expensive just to buy.

I'm super happy with the result so far...now its up to me to not "F" it up!

I'd say the one you looked at would be a tad harder to do...but not impossible at all.
At $5900 its too expensive...but at $3500 its a good bet...and Lisa/VXCrazy has a tweaked
back door with a complete back window for sale at a good price for this fix it.

Pity its not over this side of the world.

Jo