any bodywork people here?

[02parkave 5,000+ posts]

any idea as to an ESTIMATE to fix this-

it is rusted there, and dented (over the wheel) i am guessing that a new rear quarter is in order.. any ideas on cost?

also- where is the best place to buy FACTORY ground efects from?

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[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

mine is similar. body shop said 2k to put on new quarter and repaint entire car.

 

[02parkave 5,000+ posts]

mine is similar. body shop said 2k to put on new quarter and repaint entire car.

thats a good deal! repainting the whole car? wow

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

that was what he told me. it might be different where you live though. this was a local shop

 

[bumpincrv 10+ year member]

go to a local shop and they will most likley just pull the dent, repair the contaminated metal and just reshoot the quater, They will probably just fade it in to the doors and trunk and good as new

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

yeah, yours isnt as bad as mine. you could probably pull the dent and fill the rest. i mean it is a ricer... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[02parkave 5,000+ posts]

yeah, yours isnt as bad as mine. you could probably pull the dent and fill the rest. i mean it is a ricer... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

grand prix.........ricer?? does not compute lol

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

grand prix.........ricer?? does not compute lol

oops, looked like an eclipse when i looked at it the first time...

but in your case it should be a pull/bondo job i think. depends on the shop, and the outcome you want

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

You dont need a new quarter... shouldnt be over 350-400 to fix that and repaint the quarter. atleast it wouldnt be at the shop that I work for.

 

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

grand prix.........ricer?? does not compute lol

Ricer is an attitude that has nothing to do with the make/model of a car. And why waste the cash on a GP? You can pick those up, all day long, for next to nothing.

 

[Haunz 10+ year member]

go to a local shop and they will most likley just pull the dent, repair the contaminated metal and just reshoot the quater, They will probably just fade it in to the doors and trunk and good as new

my thoughts were $500 for that...

dude the best advice you will get is to shop around and ask around....... I've had body/paint work done that was complete garbage from so called rebuttable shops and dealerships......

add to that the fact that I'm not so hot about some of the work my local paint shop does on the Mercedes Benz cars I work on.....

 

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

The level of skill required to match and fade an MB is far beyond that of a Pontiac. Paint qualities and chemical mixtures are way different. Pontiac is probably a flake-less, candy-less 2-stage paint. I doubt it's anywhere near that simple with an MB. A dent popper and some PDR work should take care of the damage, and the paint work itself shouldn't be too much.

 

[02parkave 5,000+ posts]

Ricer is an attitude that has nothing to do with the make/model of a car. And why waste the cash on a GP? You can pick those up, all day long, for next to nothing.

because i am bored, and i have the cash to waste? the lincoln is done, and im happy with it. the wife wont let me touch the 600, and basically, i can why would you attempt to hate? sad life i take it?

The level of skill required to match and fade an MB is far beyond that of a Pontiac. Paint qualities and chemical mixtures are way different. Pontiac is probably a flake-less, candy-less 2-stage paint. I doubt it's anywhere near that simple with an MB. A dent popper and some PDR work should take care of the damage, and the paint work itself shouldn't be too much.

gee.. thats funny.. my wifes mb paint isnt nothing special. but i forget.. you "work with car dealers every day" so you must know it:laugh:

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

The dent from the pic. Sometime's you can actually go inside your trunk and pop out the dent by hand actually i did that with my last ride and it worked. just a suggestion.

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

The level of skill required to match and fade an MB is far beyond that of a Pontiac. Paint qualities and chemical mixtures are way different. Pontiac is probably a flake-less, candy-less 2-stage paint. I doubt it's anywhere near that simple with an MB. A dent popper and some PDR work should take care of the damage, and the paint work itself shouldn't be too much.

Blah, blah, blah..... These are key words that equal "I don't know what the **** I'm talking about"... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif