Last night this girl backed into me as I was entering a parking lot. Completely oblivious (and didn't have her drivers license on her ). So now my front driver's side fender is crumpled. It looks like it can probably be beaten out, maybe.

So the question is, should I get it repaired or should I replace it? Parts are somewhat hard to find, and a replacement would have to be painted. I could use some advice if anyone has some. Her insurance should help out with cost, I am wondering how well the original fender can be repaired, i.e. will it match the other side, have the same smooth surface, etc.

I would much rather have this happen repeatedly than have something happen to my baby.

White S5 Gtu N/A

 

should have hit her up for 300 right there. Did you get her plate number?

 

theres a guy on here that is selling some corksport wide front fenders for pretty cheap....itll have to be painted but its worth it

 

PIcs of the girl? was she hot?

 

i will have an s5 white fender for sale if you want... pm me if you want.

 

She damaged my car. She's lucky I didn't spit in her face.




j/k

 

IMO your better off replacing the fender. It's a pain in the *** to fix them to perfection. Check out the for sale section for fenders. Also think about the cost and time of repairing the crumpled up fender. I would rather sit and polish aluminum pieces for hours than have to uncrumple a fender again.

 

Fenders are easy to come by. The same thing happened to me. I bought a parts car for $150 (you can probably find a fender for 75-100) and I had it painted by a really repuatable shop. Since my cars paint is perfect, I wanted it to match perfect. It cost 200 bucks for paint. but.. its match's pefectly. They had some machine that calculated the exact paint mixture. Worked awesome. If I were you, Id go that route. Its the right way to do it.

 

check out www.thepartsbin.com for new fenders! about 160-205 depending on series 4 or 5. also free shipping on orders over 50!!!!

 

i replaced mine when i hit a pole. cost 76 bucks and another $100 for dead on perfect paint. got it sprayed for free too. i'd replace it, lot easier that way.

 

Thanks everyone. I didn't think it could be repaired without using body filler, which I really don't want on my car. I may have to go for the replacement.