CorsaSRi16v
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I had the side of my car driven down. See pic:
Anyway by the looks of it, it will need a new rear quarter panel welding in. So I've bought one ready.
What I want to know is:
How much of a job will it be to weld it in? Also where abouts would it be cut in?
Finally how hard would it be to have the indents where the bump strips smoothed?
Cheers
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antscorsa
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i would have thought thered just pop that dent out rather than replace pannel
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Bonney
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shown me dad that, he is a professional, and he said that you might be lucky and be able to have it beat back into shape, you
may not need that new panel
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Ian
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Similar thing happened to a car of mine years ago, the bodyshop just welded a few rods on to the side of the car and tugged on them, pulled it out.
I wouldn't have said that its major enough to warrent replacing the side.
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1600power
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thats popable for sure, the score marks will need filling though and then obviously a lick of paint but nothing to major!
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jr
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would be easy to pull out than to replace the panel
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CorsaSRi16v
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OK if it doesn't need replacing.
How hard to remove the bump strip swag lines etc...?
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Matt G
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im assuming u mean the bits where the bump strip sits (the diped in bit)
if it is that then its easy - just needs filler
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Red_SXi
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Removing the rub strips isn't too bad, just needs fiberglassing and filling. Or welding depending on who's doing it. But you'll want the doors going too, and the other side, and the sides of the car will need to be sprayed so it wont be cheap
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ikky
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id leave the strips on. to get a good job, you would need them welding, which uses alot of labour. would then need filling and finishing, but its your car and only you know what you want. deffo get the dent pulled, will save you hundreds, and you wont tell the difference
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Colour-Tec Coachworks
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You dont really need to replace the 1/4 panel, although if you have the car repaired through your insurance, the repair centre probably will as the insurance assessor will allow them to replace the panel rather than repair - this is because more than 30% of the panel is damaged... and obviously the repair centre will make more money replacing a 1/4 than pulling a dent.
If you do decide to pull the dent, its not as simple as people are saying here... the panel has now distorted, the metal has been stretched and now needs shrinking back into shape.
But as Ian said, some pins spot welded in the right areas of the crease, then pulled with a slide hammer will get the crease/dent out. As i say, the metal has stretched and will need shrinking before reshaping with filler... thats prob the only complicated part of the repair.
Personnally i would go down this road of repairing rather than replacing the quarter... simply because of the hassle involved in getting the new panel to sit perfectly everyewhere.
To have the panel repaired shouldnt cost to much, the expensive part will be the painting side of the repair as the quarter panels paint will need blending into the door to give a perfect match... obv costing more money than just painting the quarter alone.
Hope thats of some help, if you need any help just ask.
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CorsaSRi16v
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quote:
Originally posted by Colour-Tec Coachworks
You dont really need to replace the 1/4 panel, although if you have the car repaired through your insurance, the repair centre probably will as the insurance assessor will allow them to replace the panel rather than repair - this is because more than 30% of the panel is damaged... and obviously the repair centre will make more money replacing a 1/4 than pulling a dent.
If you do decide to pull the dent, its not as simple as people are saying here... the panel has now distorted, the metal has been stretched and now needs shrinking back into shape.
But as Ian said, some pins spot welded in the right areas of the crease, then pulled with a slide hammer will get the crease/dent out. As i say, the metal has stretched and will need shrinking before reshaping with filler... thats prob the only complicated part of the repair.
Personnally i would go down this road of repairing rather than replacing the quarter... simply because of the hassle involved in getting the new panel to sit perfectly everyewhere.
To have the panel repaired shouldnt cost to much, the expensive part will be the painting side of the repair as the quarter panels paint will need blending into the door to give a perfect match... obv costing more money than just painting the quarter alone.
Hope thats of some help, if you need any help just ask.
OK cheers.
The doors also got damage on it. So that will need doing as well.
While they are at it I am thinking of having the bits where the bump strip sits (the diped in bit) smoothed out.
What advice would you give on having those done?
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Colour-Tec Coachworks
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Rather than fill them with fibreglass which can sink... do what we do and weld plates in... however make sure the the plates are seam welded in, this is just an extra measure to prevent sinkage and ensure there is no cracking. By using metal your only going to need minimal amounts of filler to finish the job... meaning no sinkage and no cracking.
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