Damage Pics -- High Res (56K This is gonna HURT) Options

[Fastbird]

Ok, I just got to take a "with my own eyes" look at it. It's not nearly as bad as I was anticipating, but there's a definitive crease in the lower portion of the dent, and the upper portion at the top has a bit of a crease, and there's a dent in the door visible in a couple of the pics.

Looking pretty much straight down on it (disregard my white bummin' shoes):


A standing look -- you can see the crease in the center and straight to the right you can see the dent in the door:


Dent Depth:


Forward view:


Farther forward view:


Hopefully it can be fixed without painting, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm taking it to a couple of places on Wednesday or Thursday for estimates, and depending on the outcome we'll either have the entire car painted or just have the quarter panel fixed.

Also, after seeing it first hand, and "testing" the body panel on that and the other side, that cart hit our car with some freaking FORCE, no doubt about that. I have no doubts that this was NOT a case of a runaway cart.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Aug 14, 2006 - 10:15 PM

[airfron]

i don't have 56k and it still hurt.. don't you wish you could of caught the person who did it in the act...

you might as well try to push it out or use a suction cup because isn't the repair shop just gonna do that and then try to fix whatever damage that causes afterwards... or did they explain some other way they would repair it?

but if you aren't paying for the damage then why even bother

[Fastbird]

you might as well try to push it out or use a suction cup because isn't the repair shop just gonna do that and then try to fix whatever damage that causes afterwards... or did they explain some other way they would repair it?

They're going to use head to shrink the metal back into place. Bill (guy doing the work) showed me the machine he uses. It attaches and heats the metal to the point of tightening back into place, and then he mallets it as close as possible, then body fills and blocks any leftover depressions. That's a brief synopsis at least.