Car in body shop..updated 12/1, with new pix Options

[Daftboy]

Well I finally have the time/money to get my car fixed...as some of you might remember someone hit my car about 3 months back and smashed in my passenger fender and door. I had to gather a new fender(which I got on the forum) but I wanted a OEM one from Toyota. But since that needed to get done I had figured that I should get the rust that formed in the rear wells taken out too. After noticing that I saw my 6g power folding mirrors were chipping so I needed to get that done as well. Just when I thought that was it I saw my wiper arms rusting the hell out so....yea.. all of that plus some minor dings are getting taken out.. so I will let you see some pictures when its done. Here are a few shots of my main concerns.





last shot was from when it happened...no rims then ...=[


Day 1
I went to check on my car today and a lot of progress has been made. I noticed that the fender which I got off another 6g was slightly different and needed to be re fitted and cut to fit. Here are some pictures I took with my camera phone...sorry for the poor quality.



This post has been edited by Daftboy: Dec 1, 2006 - 5:24 PM

[Daftboy]

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[Culpable04]

Nice man !

car is coming together pretty quick, what's next on your list ?

[Daftboy]

4age........not till summer thou..maybe get some JDM projectors and high beams..

This post has been edited by Daftboy: Dec 1, 2006 - 5:34 PM

[My2Celi]

my car is almost in the same condition. crap i hope i get it done soon like yours. Keep us posted ! nice btw.

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

That's a lot of putty. Did you make sure all the rust was cut out?

[Daftboy]

From what I saw it was all gone...its a whole new piece of metal. Its impossible to get all the rust is what I was told from a lot of body shops. But it very little rust if any is better then what I had

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

From what I saw it was all gone...its a whole new piece of metal. Its impossible to get all the rust is what I was told from a lot of body shops. But it very little rust if any is better then what I had

Any body shop that says it's impossible to get rid of all the rust is full of it. A little rust eats a car really fast. I grew up in a bodyshop, my dad own one. So I know what I'm talking about. If you paint over rust, as alot do, it will show up again in a year.

[hurley97]

From what I saw it was all gone...its a whole new piece of metal. Its impossible to get all the rust is what I was told from a lot of body shops. But it very little rust if any is better then what I had

Any body shop that says it's impossible to get rid of all the rust is full of it. A little rust eats a car really fast. I grew up in a bodyshop, my dad own one. So I know what I'm talking about. If you paint over rust, as alot do, it will show up again in a year.

...and in a year you'll go back to them since they did such a great job on your car last time. business is business