Help with bodywork cost - 996 side

[puddy]

Hi guys, my friend is considering buying this car but it has a large scratch across the door, front & rear fenders. Can anyone give a rough idea on the cost to fix this? Whether it's a $2000 or $5000 job roughly. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[962porsche]

it's well over a 5K job for the repair

[bhmkv]

Depends. That 1/4 is salvageable. Price lkq doors vs repair. How bad is the fender? I was thinking around 3k

[va_alfa]

My wife had much less scrape on the rear quarter panel only of her Infiniti EX35 and the repair was $1,800. You will need 3 panels + paint, budget at least $5,000.

[reddogmotrsprts]

Throw some Pelican stickers over it and call it good. Otherwise, trust 962porsche -- gonna be a fortune to fix it properly. The good news is that I can't see paying 5 figures for the car as it sits. Hope it helps!

[bpu699]

You could probably fix that cheaper, as long as you love bondo...

Bend front door edge back into shape... Then add tons of bondo...


Not correct, I know. But if that's an early 996 thats potentially a $15000 car... Does it have to be great? Or just good enough?

If you bondo it yourself, you probably could get a collision shop to shoot it for $1500 or so for that side...