its on the rear passenger quarter panel

the body shop is just going to pull out the damage use some bondo...

my question is this, are there any parts behind the body panel that could have possibly been damaged?

basically, what i'm worried about is having the car fixed, perse, and looking nice, but still being "broken"

 

Go to a GOOD body shop and don't worry about it. If the panel is repairable, it's not likely the structure behind the panel is damaged.

 

i can't afford a good body shop. a good body shop wants 4000 dollars. that's almost half the price of the car.

 

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!


They want 4g's because they NEED to REPLACE the rear quarter panel-

 

Post a pic of the damage. I had my left rear quarter dented in and it was about $2300 at one of the top shops in the very expensive Bay Area. That included repainting the left rear fender up into the roof, the rear hatch, the rear bumper, and into the right rear fender.

Even welding a new quarter panel in would still have been under $3k, you are getting tooled.

 

the only thing back there is the retractable antenna, the frame, and muffler.

 

here ya go phishie

 

.....what is that....cant read the wrinting in the middle and it looks like ur car ran into Jason or sum ****....pot better pics....far away pics too

 

hmm........nevermind....

 

thats really bad, lol. it looks like u need more than a rear quarter pannel.

 

What hit you?

 

I don't think you'll want bondo. You need new quarter panel and bumper. Get used parts if you want to save money. Can you claim insurance money to pay for this? This is NOT a *dent*!

 

$4,000 is half the price? Jesus these things are cheap now.

 

Just a dent

 

Even with a new quarter panel, unless they get attached the these cars different than older cars, they are going to have to use some bondo/filler at some point.

When fixing my car wasn't loaded with cash, but with alot of pulling, hammering and a little bit of filler here and there it turned out looking great. You still need to worry about structual damage behind the panel as those parts from mazda might be expensive. The little bit of structual damage I had got pulled out.


I was suprised to find out that the fenders are very light steel rather than aluminum.