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Noooooooo, door scraped! :(

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  • 11-04-2008 2:27pm
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    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    The left door of my car hit a small pillar yesterday morning as I was reversing into a parking spot.

    It looks a bit worse in the pic.

    I sure hope it wont cost me much to get repaired. See attached

    :(:(:(:(:(


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    markymac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 130 ✭✭markymac


    py2006 wrote: »
    The left door of my car hit a small pillar yesterday morning as I was reversing into a parking spot.

    All by itself!!!! lol


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    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    markymac wrote: »
    All by itself!!!! lol

    Yes it was the doors fault! :o


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    Cionád
    Registered Users Posts: 2,000 ✭✭✭Cionád


    The same thing happened to me when I just started driving. :o

    Mine was on the left side rear door and also a small bit on the arch was dented too. Cost me 300 euro to have it smoothed out with an independant panel beater. Mine looked worse than yours so I wouldn't expect to pay that much.


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    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    Cionád wrote: »
    The same thing happened to me when I just started driving. :o

    Mine was on the left side rear door and also a small bit on the arch was dented too. Cost me 300 euro to have it smoothed out with an independant panel beater. Mine looked worse than yours so I wouldn't expect to pay that much.

    Phew, I sure hope so!


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    afatbollix
    Registered Users Posts: 4,063 ✭✭✭afatbollix


    it looks like there are holes in the metal? is there?


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    buckfast4me
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    Just do the same to the drivers door. It will look symmetrical and Cool.


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    macroman
    Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭macroman


    Wouldn't be a major job, they'd firstly try to get the metal back to shape by either pulling or 'beating' it. Then fill it with some filler and smooth it and then they'd spray the entire panel. With a good bodyshop you'd pay around €400 for a unnoticeable finish!


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    Jeapy
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Jeapy


    Cionád wrote: »
    The same thing happened to me when I just started driving. :o

    Mine was on the left side rear door and also a small bit on the arch was dented too. Cost me 300 euro to have it smoothed out with an independant panel beater. Mine looked worse than yours so I wouldn't expect to pay that much.

    Same here. mine was dented and scratched alot worse and over a bigger area (well i think so going by the pic) and it cost e400. good luck!


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    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    I have a similar gash on my car from a pillar at Tesco. I wasn't gonna bother having it fixed tbh, as I'm selling the car in about 6 months anyway so dunno if it's worth coughing up now or if it won't really make much difference to the resale.


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    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    anto-t wrote: »
    it looks like there are holes in the metal? is there?

    No, it does look like it in the picture alright. After looking at the pic on my pc I rushed outside to look at the car again.


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    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    macroman wrote: »
    Wouldn't be a major job, they'd firstly try to get the metal back to shape by either pulling or 'beating' it. Then fill it with some filler and smooth it and then they'd spray the entire panel. With a good bodyshop you'd pay around €400 for a unnoticeable finish!

    Yikes, I should hope it would be unnoticeable.


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    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    Jeapy wrote: »
    Same here. mine was dented and scratched alot worse and over a bigger area (well i think so going by the pic) and it cost e400. good luck!

    The pic attached will give you a better idea of the size.


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    martinr5232
    Registered Users Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭martinr5232


    It should cost about two hundred to two fifty to repair no more.


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