Today Is A Sad Day
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From: Metro Washington D. C.
Originally Posted by DaCrema
I got nailed today too. Near Sugar Loaf Mt.
A deer jumped across the road and hit the left rear quarter panel. I was going about 35 to 40 MPH when it happened. Big dent up high behind the rear wheel where the sheet metal bends to meet the glass as it wraps around to meet the boot lid. There is no crease so a good body shop should be able to pop the dent out. The compound curve on the body pannel prevents me from trying it my self.
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I'm very bumbed.
John
A deer jumped across the road and hit the left rear quarter panel. I was going about 35 to 40 MPH when it happened. Big dent up high behind the rear wheel where the sheet metal bends to meet the glass as it wraps around to meet the boot lid. There is no crease so a good body shop should be able to pop the dent out. The compound curve on the body pannel prevents me from trying it my self.
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I'm very bumbed.
John
Many thanks to Dent Masters in Sterling (703-729-8354). I asked them for an estimate, the finnished cost with the same. If I look very very hard I can find a small flaw on the compound curve - but I know where the car was hit and they had to show me the flaw before I found it. The cost was half that of a good paint job. To get as good results the paint would of had to be blended on the bootlid, bumper and most of the rear fender. So in my mind the money was well spent. They said (with out seeing my body shop estimate) that they tend to run half the price of a good paint job. They were a little less in this case. I dropped the car off before they opened this morning and the job was complete at 3:30 this afternoon.
John
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