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MEisGQ · 12-29-2003, 11:05 PM

relatively new here... I just been cruisin the board for info bout my rps13 240... well, I just got hit the other day~not too bad~but it dented the driver door and the rear quarter panel. Im gonna replace the door with one from the junk yard but I would just like to know the average cost to repair or cut/weld part of the quarter panel from another panel. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.

kazuo · 12-30-2003, 02:15 AM

Welding = Bad idea

All the welding will warp the shit out of the metal. Too much work

Best option is to have the panel re-finished by a GOOD shop.

Cost? Depends on dent. Could be up to $500 w/ paint for a GOOD repair job (read: little or no bondo)

Other option is new Rear Quarter, but thats like $1800... not including labor for install/prep/paint

Good luck

gijoe69 · 12-30-2003, 11:08 PM

unless you buy a Fiberglass Rear Quarter Panel that is wider like 50mm and have it molded on

Sil Beer S13 · 12-31-2003, 02:35 AM

I also an wondering how much it would cost. I had a little arguement with a curb that threw me into a pole.

Lets just say they won the arguement. But it was all thanks to drifting......

andrave · 12-31-2003, 06:41 PM

the quarter panel is part of the unibody. it has to be cut out and welded in. It is very expensive. It is very difficult to do properly.

A better alternative is to fix the one you got. a GOOD body shop can do it... I'd say try and get metal or fiberglass filler, because bondo shizzle will crack.

fastpace · 12-31-2003, 09:34 PM

I am going through this same dilemna with my car. The driver's side rear quarter panel of my car really messed up because of a hit and run. I did an estimate of the damage at a really good body shop in college station and it came out to 1600 bucks in damages. Waiting what the insurance company says, but hopes that helps.

12-29-2003, 11:05 PM	#1
MEisGQ Leaky Injector Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Georgia. Age: 42 Posts: 128 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: MEisGQ Feedback Score: 0 reviews	quarter panel repair cost? relatively new here... I just been cruisin the board for info bout my rps13 240... well, I just got hit the other day~not too bad~but it dented the driver door and the rear quarter panel. Im gonna replace the door with one from the junk yard but I would just like to know the average cost to repair or cut/weld part of the quarter panel from another panel. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.

12-31-2003, 09:34 PM	#6
fastpace Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX Age: 43 Posts: 689 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: fastpace Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I am going through this same dilemna with my car. The driver's side rear quarter panel of my car really messed up because of a hit and run. I did an estimate of the damage at a really good body shop in college station and it came out to 1600 bucks in damages. Waiting what the insurance company says, but hopes that helps. __________________ life is what you make of it!!!! "well, I go out, I do the practice, I think about it and I concentrate on one small thing I can change that will have an effect. I make that change then I go out and drive to my maximum." -Ayrton Senna

12-30-2003, 02:15 AM	#2
kazuo Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Posts: 2,762 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Welding = Bad idea All the welding will warp the shit out of the metal. Too much work Best option is to have the panel re-finished by a GOOD shop. Cost? Depends on dent. Could be up to $500 w/ paint for a GOOD repair job (read: little or no bondo) Other option is new Rear Quarter, but thats like $1800... not including labor for install/prep/paint Good luck

12-30-2003, 11:08 PM	#3
gijoe69 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Age: 40 Posts: 366 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	unless you buy a Fiberglass Rear Quarter Panel that is wider like 50mm and have it molded on

12-31-2003, 02:35 AM	#4
Sil Beer S13 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Chino!...NOT CHINO HILLS! Age: 43 Posts: 1,117 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I also an wondering how much it would cost. I had a little arguement with a curb that threw me into a pole. Lets just say they won the arguement. But it was all thanks to drifting......

12-31-2003, 06:41 PM	#5
andrave BANNED Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Burton WV Posts: 2,350 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	the quarter panel is part of the unibody. it has to be cut out and welded in. It is very expensive. It is very difficult to do properly. A better alternative is to fix the one you got. a GOOD body shop can do it... I'd say try and get metal or fiberglass filler, because bondo shizzle will crack.