Rear Quarter Panel

shoopajae10

Today someone backed out of the parking while i was passing by and hit the rear driver's side quarter panel. does anyone know how much it cost to replace the quarter panel + paint? luckily the rear bumper + door + side skirt seems fine. the wheel is kind of scratched up and the valve stem was broken off.

SPOHN

$0. The person that hit you will pay or there insurance company will.

DarkPath

Assume it will be pricey - considering the area damaged.. Hell - the wheel will likely need replacing too. But I agree with Spohn.. The cost is immaterial to you. Its the other driver's concern.

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shoopajae10

I really hope that is the case... and also get that wheel replaced as well cause its still a brand new car with less than 9k miles. =(

the only thing im worried about the most is how the paint will settle in with the metal since i have ppw. Ive read some horror stories about people trying to match the paint color and failing miserably.

WarmAndSCSI

The repair cost on that will be $5000+ if not more...

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shoopajae10

Good god... $5000???? i really hope i win this case... i mean.. i dont know about other states, but if you reverse out of a parking space.... you have to yeild to on coming traffic. therefore, giving the right away to the flowing traffic.. regardless if you "finished" parking or not??? yes??

The way it happened was... he was going in to park and he gangster parked it in middle of the line going half way in.. and i guess he decided to reverse out to correctly park it. and i was right behind him and passing through. thats when he clipped my driver's side rear quarter panel and his rear bumber passenger side was torn to pieces.

kenchan

i would be worried about the suspension components too on the rear driver side. a lot of damage is hidden underneath sometimes... and yes, pearl white is a very difficult color to paint match. they will probably paint the entire side of the car.

as for the accident you should be fine as far as who caused it. especially damage to the side of the car, insurance will quickly decide that you did not hit him, rather he hit you. my wife was hit the same way while driving a corolla (new at the teim) which i hated to hell and i was so frikken happy when this middle-aged woman backed into her while she drove by. it was a perfect accident. wife was not hurt, no kids in the car at the time, and enough damage to sell the pos and get a nicer dd. still smelled fresh paint when i traded it in right after repair (before carfax).

bullitt5897

kenchan you are the man!!! I did the same thing with my old lexus haha some lady decided to slam her brakes on while we were on the express way. I was all but stopped when abs kicked in and literally her rear bumper hit downward onto my hood and bumper and put a hole in my radiator. needless to say I did not see the leak from the radiator was like I can drive this outa here and then clunk 1/2mile down the road motor siezed. I was like Mother F*cker!!! got the repairs done from progressive... which they did a sh*tty job and traded it in before it hit car fax... I made out on a dealer for once lol

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bullitt5897

to the OP you will be fine the other driver is at fault. Now the rear QPs are spot welded on similar to that of an s2000. I watched as Artcraft took one of my buddies rear QPs off because some A**hole decided to ram his car's rear end. What happens is they will order the unit... undo the spot welds and re-spot weld the new one in place. very simple process just time consuming. Now definitely have your suspension checked always best to have a shop of your choice do the work no matter what the insurance company says and ask your shop to tell them the suspension needs to be replaced... if it doesnt take the check and get coilovers

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shoopajae10

thats awesome. Im planning on keeping this car so im not too worried about the trade in value or anything like that. I just really hope my car is back to the way it was before and win this case because like you said, he hit me. I really dont want my insurance to shoot up and pay a 500 deductible. =(

I hope they also check my suspension area as well. hopefully everythings all intact. =) ill post up the pics of the damages and maybe the pics of the other person's car too cause we are in the same garage. lol

WarmAndSCSI

You have to basically tear apart the rear of the car in order to do this. There is a lot of cutting, welding, grinding, body-filling, and sanding involved in replacing a quarter panel.

Simple process? Not really, and very time-consuming and easily messed up.

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Big J

I just got a new passenger quarter panel, door handle, and rear bumper paint fixed. Cost $2600 for everything. The passenger quarter panel's msrp is 5xx from Nissan.

Big J

It was done in 8 days.

bullitt5897

All those steps depend on the amount of damage and what parts were affected. His case seems very simple and I have watched the process first hand. It is not rocket science and is like I said a simple process. There will always be some tweaking that has to go on in any repair. yes it is time consuming and honestly if you pick the right shop they will do a great job and you wont even know anything happened to the car... Artcraft has done amazing work on my cars when they were damaged and 10 out of 10 times it came out better than the OEM work and my car was fully detailed for me... Jeff (the owner) walked the entire vehicle over with me showed me where the damage was and showed me what they did to fix my cars. I am very hands on with my cars and Jeff respected that and showed me all of the steps and even took pics for me of the process if I wasnt able to be at the shop.

Sooo to the OP find a shop that has a great reputation not only for Customer Service but for Quality work! You will find yourself only going to that shop with all your work! Also, ask your shop to tell the insurance company that the parts in the suspension need to be replaced and that way you are covered if they are tweaked you have new ones if the shop feels they are fine take the check and buy some mods... its the other guys insurance companies money

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WarmAndSCSI

No, all of those steps will have to be performed to some degree on the quarter panel and surrounding panels regardless of the damage. I would know, I've been involved in replacing one on one of my unibody cars before.

It's a lot of work, so have your expectations set realistically when getting a quote and waiting for the work to be done. A good shop will likely give you a quote over $4500. If you're lucky enough to find a good deal, you may be looking at $3000. Anything less, and I'd start to question the body work and the quality of the paint work.

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