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Originally Posted by john70t
I can guess the door must be taken off, skin removed and flattened with english wheel, welded back on, primed and painted to match. A lot of grunt work. With the vehicle down for a while unless you drive around with plastic.
The other option is get a new/used door and have a friend help install.
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Yes, sort of.
With a crease like that in the thin metal they use now - I don't know of a body man who would fix that door. It would take all the work John listed above at the $100/hr rate of a skilled tech who can do it (metal work isn't grunt work - it's an art). At $3500 you would be getting off easy. At a dealer installing a new door I'm not surprised they would charge $12k. A used door is the only way you are going to get that fixed.