to make a long story short a drunk driver hit my car about three weeks ago and im in the process of getting all my parts together and am going to start the fixing her prolly at the end of the month when i get some time but anyways my car was hit in the front and in the back and PLEASE dont ask me how he did it cause my door was actually spared, both hits on the driver side, i have pics below and you can see the specfic area i need help with, and i need to know if its possible just to replace that damaged section or is the only fix to that would be heating and straighting it back out, i really would like just to buy that section or the entire assembly that is under there and replace it, can somebody please let meknow what my options are with this, and by the way just stopped at the dealer today and picked up the new quarter panel, very nice piece....i am having problems uploading this thread with the pic attached so im gonna post this and then try to add it

 

make sure your pic isn't too big, that may be the problem if your trying to attach it to your message....if it is, either change it in photoshop, or host it on a webpage post the site using the IMG button.

 

yea im still working on it and its not too big, the max bytes that it says on the website is over 100grand bytes, the pic is only about 30,000 bytes, im still workin on it right now and am about to try from another computer

 

If you're getting a DB error, it's this whole server. I've been trying to UL pics over the last couple of days.

This server isn't a good servant anymore.

 

Perhaps it's because you tried to use 100,000 words in one single sentence. Try writing it again, this time in English.

 

ive ben tryin for over 2 hours now and im just gonna give up until tomorrow, and without me getting this picture up i cant get the kind of answers i need cause there is no way i can explain exactly what im talking about, i WILLL!! get it up tomorrow so i can get some answers, sorry about this guys

 

hey dude send me the pic by email to super7mike@aol.com

i will host on my site

mike

 

What do you need to know?

Side damage:
http://community.webshots.com/album/132281433kiUBKO

Front damage:
http://community.webshots.com/album/69912816VsRYvb

Fixed so you really can't ever notice, even if you tried...

 

very funny, that is prolly why it wouldnt work,lol

 

sent you the pics, there is three of them, thanks again for the help ryan

 

yea i checked out the pics but they werent any help cause the damage is to the drivers rear quarter panel but thanks for the help

 

I thought you said it was hit in the front too.

Fixing the body is pretty much the same process anywhere, doesn't matter if it is front or rear.

Good luck, "heating and pulling it"8)!

 

yes also hit in the front but i just need to find out what my options are as fas as fixing the back, its just that on the rear the quarter panel is cut and there is a gap between that and almost where the side of the taillight touches the quarter panel and you can see some metal that is usually covered up by the quarter panel, i WILL have the pics up tomorrow hopefully so its easier to see what im sayin

 

I'm serious. Nobody here is gonna read the **** you've been writing. Use sentences and space out into paragraphs. And kids wonder why they need to pass senior English.

 

if it bothers you that much that HEY! dont read it! i dont see anyone else complaing, sorry i forgot to put a couple periods in and o and i also forgot to indent my paragraph, what was i thinking. i could care less how good my english is when im just trying to get something across. But like i said rather then complain just dont read it

 

Well, now you are wasting my time. But I am trying to be helpful (not polite, but helpful) since I'll bet very few others actually re-read your post enough for comprehension. You're lucky turbojeff replied - he is the guru of FD wreck repair - but you may have trouble getting anyone to do the work he does unless you do it yourself.

 

Well anyways bacl to the topic at hand, I still cant get my computer to upload the pics. I emailed them to Rotoboy661 that said he would host the pics so whenever he puts thems up is when ther're gonna be up.

 

heres the pix maybe this will help the thread

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rot...&.dnm=752a.jpg

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rot...&.dnm=9fd2.jpg

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rot...bum?.dir=/afaa

good luck ryan

mike

 

Those have got to be the worst pics in the world.

People, when you take pics of a wrecked car don't get so close up. Step back a few feet so we can tell what we are looking at.

Anyway that car needs a new 1/4 panel skin for sure. The panel behind it is available new also. It might be able to be straightened out but the pics are so close up we can't see anything.

 

sorry turbojeff if the pics are bad but i took two up close so you can see exactly what im talking about, and the second pic i backed up a little so you could see the gas door so you would know what you are looking at. Thats the only area where you can see behind the quarter panel and thats what my question was about but sorry about the pics ill take a bunch next time some up close and more far back. anyways yea the quarter panel is definitely done, i picked up my new one yesterday from the dealership. But you said that panel that you can see bent from the pics is also available new, what is it called and do you know a ballpark price off the top of your head, i really wouldnt mind just getting it new then having to straighten the old one, but then again it will prolly be better to see once i have the quarter panel off. Could you just let me know what the part is called, then ill just go from there. Thanks again for the help turbojeff

 

You cant tell well from the pics, but i expect it to be on the safe side. $4000-4500 to weld on a 1/4 is what you should expect a good shop to have it fixed and painted(paint 1/4 blend and clear whole roof and blend the door along with the hatch). Its not as easy as it seems. Have the car measured and pulled correctly by a frame or body shop first. If you weld the 1/4 on and relize that its not right you be in a real bad spot.

 

Im getting the whole car painted a new color during this, so i dont have to worry about having to get the car blended. And thanks for the tip about the 1/4, this whole thing is definitely going to take some time, but its gonna get done right and be BEAUTIFUL when its done!

 

hey i just noticed your in md. why dont you keep you $5000+ insurance check and sell me the car at a good price. Mike

 

IM SORRY but i am TOOOO in love with my car and i dont think i will ever, and i mean EVER sell it. I plan on it sitting in my garage with a cover over it wherever i live when im 50 years old and im gonna take a nice sunday drive with it every weekend just to remind me of when i was 19 years old, thanks for the offer though!

 

thats how i felt sevral years ago untill I got my first 4k+ repair bill from from petey. good luck and dont be afraid to ask questions Mike