Crunch! Ouch!

[trj911]

This is what happens when the guy on your right tries to make a left hand turn without looking. Not too bad but it will require new door skin because it made a crease in the door along the brace that is inside the door.

[steve911]

Crap! Glad you're OK and it wasn't any worse. There are lots of knuckleheads out there.

[GettinHeadStuds]

Aww heck that's nothing!

See my similiar accident damage:

[trj911]

Philip- Your picture makes me thankful mine was not nearly that bad. What was the repair bill for yours?

[face-ache]

That door isn't that bad, any good body man should be able to work that out and only a little filler. a good repair is far better that cutting off the oem skin and re-welding. The intrusion bar should be ok. noticed a scuff on the rt qtr too. looks like an 8 hr repair to do it right.
sorry bout' the misfortune.

[masraum]

Man that sucks, but glad you came out relatively unscathed. Could have been much worse. I got lucky with a near miss the other day.

[BigD9146gt]

Dude, and your cars Gaurds Red!!! Its not like you make it hard for people to see you.... Idiots!!!

I have a simalar story. I was in my friends '69 Jag E type convertable, first year of the British cream color, beautiful car, and some bozo in a Westvilla was trying to back into an empty space in front of me. Well, along his 5 minute backing up voyage, he dicided it was too hard, backed up parrellel to the empty spot, and backed into the left front fender of the Jag. I couldn't beleive it! I tried honking the horn, but its not in the typical spot (you push the turn signal shaft in to honk). I was soo pissed... it wasn't my car. My hand was bloody from punching a local wooden fence in "amazment anger" while chanting "you hit the car, you hit the f$#king car!".

Originally posted by face-ache
a good repair is far better that cutting off the oem skin and re-welding.

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No offence, but you need to get a better body man.... I've replaced new honda door skins, talk about THIN sheet metal, those things warp just breathing on them. The car needs to be repainted anyway, and that dent goes far enought that your going to want to blend the fender and quarter panel. And as he said, its right at the inner beam, so trying to pull it out with a nial gun is just going to burn the glue and be a b!tch to pull out. Get a new door skin, do it right, bondo will only hinder the power/weight ratio!

[GettinHeadStuds]

Tom, I think it was around $2.5k and that included a paint blend on the hood and rear deck lid. Only reason I dont remember the cost is b/c I ended up painting the whole car.

Did the other party have insurance?

Good luck and here's to safe driving...

[face-ache]

Too bad bad

[bkrygier]

Wow! That looks way beyond repair. Want to sell your wheels?

[face-ache]

sorry screwed up last post,, If I was there I could have that dent pick and filed with virtually a scim of Putty and look like new, & the door wouldn't rust out at the seams after the new skin was welded on within half dozen car washes. go to a fewreutable body shops and get a few opinions.

[trj911]

My first estimate was $2k. I'll be getting at least one more next week.

bkrygier- Sell you the wheels? No way! I'll put them on the family van before I give them up!

[creaturecat]

was the est. for a door skin or repair existing door?- i agree with face-ache. get the best metal man you can find and repair the door

[IceBlueSC]

Here's mine, cost about $3k including refinishing the wheels:

[face-ache]

Seems cheap for that dmg, I'm guessing the door & fender were "used"?
nice colour by the way...

[Shaun @ Tru6]

was it a woman on a cell phone in an SUV? they can be vicious!

I was 5 cars back at a stop light when all of sudden there's a truck driving up the back of my car, which is guards red.

Her: "I'm sorry, I didn't see you."

Me: "Thanks for the ducktail I've been wanting to get."

[trj911]

IceBlueSC- Did you replace your door or just the skin or use bondo?

[hkspwrsche]

I hope Ice blue got a door out of that and probably had the quarter straightened... Without opening the door it's hard to tell. looks like a lot more damage to the door frame/shell then the red cabrio!

[hkspwrsche]

David I agree with you I'd straighten that before I went to the trouble to skin that door.

[IceBlueSC]

Originally posted by trj911
IceBlueSC- Did you replace your door or just the skin or use bondo?

New door and front quarter. I had two options for the rear 1) cut and weld new panel, or 2) see if they can bang it out well. They managed to bang it out and not cut that section. Everything turned out great.

Cheers!