by "Steve" (pankowsj)
Published 01/04/2017 at 13:38
by "Steve" (pankowsj)
Published 01/04/2017 at 13:38
No Tags
STARS: 0
My wife and I bought a ‘14 Sonata for her to take to and from work a couple months ago... Last night she decided she didn’t like the right-rear quarter and door, so she hit a parking garage with it.
What do you think Oppo? I’m eye-balling $2,000 between body work and paint.
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
01/04/2017 at 13:41, STARS: 1
Patina.
"Steve" (pankowsj)
01/04/2017 at 13:44, STARS: 0
"Stapleface" (patrickgruden)
01/04/2017 at 13:47, STARS: 0
Depends if they can get the dent out in the wheel arch without removing the entire panel. If they can, probably $2600. If not, $6k.
"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
01/04/2017 at 13:48, STARS: 0
Yup, $1300 to do a crappy job, $2k to get it fixed right.
And you probably want to pay out of pocket.
"Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever" (rustanddust)
01/04/2017 at 13:49, STARS: 0
You’re probably in the neighborhood, I’d guess between $2000 and $2500 (tough to estimate from one photo, and varying labor rates in different market areas obviously have a pricing impact as well).
Shop will presumably want to blend the right front door (for a color match to the rear, silver can be tricky), rear door looks like a repair (possibly a skin replacement, they’re flimsy), rocker molding and bumper are scuffed, and a decent amount of repair work into the quarter/outer wheelhouse (if not a replacement, again, photos tend to hide things a bit).
"Wacko" (wacko--)
01/04/2017 at 13:50, STARS: 1
Time for you to take the keys away from her and give her a bus pass.
"Steve" (pankowsj)
01/04/2017 at 13:51, STARS: 0
That’s my fear, because I can’t wait to explain to her that this will cost half of what we paid for the car...
"Steve" (pankowsj)
01/04/2017 at 13:52, STARS: 0
Planning on it...
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
01/04/2017 at 13:54, STARS: 0
Thats going to be a nice littke discussion between you two...
"Steve" (pankowsj)
01/04/2017 at 13:55, STARS: 0
I’m thinking replacement on the wheel arch... manually finding the shape again would be really rough.
"Steve" (pankowsj)
01/04/2017 at 13:57, STARS: 5
I am not entirely sure I’d put prisoners on the bus in LA...
"Bytemite" (bytemite)
01/04/2017 at 14:01, STARS: 0
Tell her that her back wheels end up much more inside the turn than her front.
I see everyone driving around cutting corners and stepping their back wheels into my left turn lane and wonder how these people never learn this.
Just because your front clears a turn, doesn’t mean your rear will.
"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
01/04/2017 at 14:04, STARS: 2
Coworker’s now-wife did that to his Corolla years ago. He still has the dented scratch. Then she did it to their new-used SUV within months of buying that. So many people know the story that he may as well have put a “wife can’t drive” sign on the cars.
Best of luck with this whole situation.
"Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever" (rustanddust)
01/04/2017 at 14:13, STARS: 0
The repair to the quarter wouldn’t actually be so bad. Arch pull in the wheelhouse area to get it out, then pins and plates with a slide-hammer across the character line that’s buckled, that portion of the quarter is flat. The rounding from the wheelhouse area into the main body of the quarter is tricky, but can be done with a round block and some time. Those quarters attach a bit funky at the wheelhouse, though. They crimp to the wheelhouse (like a door skin on a shell), as opposed to a flat flange with spot welds.
Replacing the quarter would probably push the pricing up towards $4000. The quarter itself lists for $857.08, and will require removal of the back glass, and probably a paint blend into the decklid as well (same logic as front door blend for rear door repair).
"Steve" (pankowsj)
01/04/2017 at 14:14, STARS: 0
Thanks...
The worst part is that she feels bad enough that she doesn’t want to tell anyone... which is Juuusssstttt wonderful, cause carpooling to work for a few weeks will be fun.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
01/04/2017 at 14:14, STARS: 1
3 running paseos
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/04/2017 at 14:15, STARS: 0
My lovely wife and loving mother of our children ran her ‘08 CX-9 across a pole at McDonalds. For that and other reasons, we replaced it with a very nice ‘14 MDX, which she proceeded to run across a pole in her parking garage, significantly damaging the door and fender panel underneath. I love her, but do not love the fact that she runs her car into things.
The worst thing she’s done to my car is put a door ding in it and put a small crack in a mirror cover backing out of the garage.
"Steve" (pankowsj)
01/04/2017 at 14:37, STARS: 1
I like the “I love her, but not the fact that she runs her car into things.”
Pretty well sums it up...
"deekster_caddy" (deekster_caddy)
01/04/2017 at 14:59, STARS: 0
Probably not that much, ought to be repairable under $2K, but that’s a good place to leave your budget until you know for sure. Fortunately nothing major/structural.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
01/04/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 1
Put one of these on the back.
Disclaimer: I actually saw this in person.
"PS9" (PS9)
01/04/2017 at 15:23, STARS: 1
I think you need to think about your safety and keep your mouth shut about the things your wife does. If she can get mad (and strong) enough to throw a whole concrete parking garage at your car, there’s no telling what she’ll do if she finds this post.
Actually, you should delete this post. Your local government is likely going to want to know who destroyed a whole parking garage full of cars, and the victims families are definitely going to want restitution. The army could get involved, and the secret metahuman containment unit could get activated. Wait, I wasn’t supposed to say that. Uhh... DELETE THIS POST IMMEDIATELY PLEASE
"Steve" (pankowsj)
01/04/2017 at 15:35, STARS: 0
The worst part of all of this is that I had found a $250 Porsche 914 shell, and was actually getting her to consider letting me have a toy.
"Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow" (chriskf)
01/04/2017 at 17:16, STARS: 0
I’m guessing waayy more. Think $4k+ easily.
I’ve got a small scratch (around 1") in my passenger door right now, about midway between the end of the door and the door handle, and a shop, which is known to be a bit expensive but one of the best around town, quoted over $1k because they’d need to blend the paint with the surrounding panels as well.
I found a guy, who is a very well reviewed detailer, that said he’ll fix the scratch for $50 if I buy the touchup paint. He also offered me really good pricing on paint correction/coating too. With the bit of PDR I need to, it should all cost less than half of what the shop wanted. haha
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
01/04/2017 at 21:33, STARS: 0
boo - gotta forgive or it just eats at you... My boss is like that, beautiful BMW 525 with scrapes on all four corners, texts while driving, generally doesn’t pay attention. She just probably should have somebody drive her...