Friend pranged her car

Yaayuh! · 27 Jul 2015 at 14:21

A friend pranged her car on a huge rock (placed to stop people cutting corner of drive funnily enough), here's the damage. Going to ring a few garages for quotes, but wanted to get a general opinion from you 'orrible lot.

It's a Fiat 500CC

Buff out?

Amos91 · 27 Jul 2015 at 14:29

Depends on the quality of the job.

But - pulled, filler, repaint quarter and blend. At least £500.

Janesy B · 27 Jul 2015 at 14:30

If the quote comes back too cheap it's probably because they want to slap filler over it rather than pulling it out.

rodenal · 27 Jul 2015 at 14:44

Assuming they have managed not to damage the sill then as above, that'll need pulled out then a layer of filler to cover what they can't get flush.

£4-500 doesn't sound like it'll be far away to me.

MooMoo444 · 27 Jul 2015 at 14:47

It's a Fiat 500, it's going to look rough whatever happens. Closer to a grand than not I would say, if you want a decent repair.

rodenal · 27 Jul 2015 at 14:50

There isn't a grand of work in that, even at insurance prices!

Diddums · 27 Jul 2015 at 15:35

Ah, the old spatial awareness strikes again

I would say less than £500 to get it done properly.

Yaayuh! · 27 Jul 2015 at 15:44

Diddums said:
Ah, the old spatial awareness strikes again

I would say less than £500 to get it done properly.

To be fair they could've put a post, rather than a big rock on the floor. It's an awkward turning into our track.

So estimates are around £500?
It feels as though the body is just plastic,does this make it repairing harder or easier? One would assume you could sand it down and fill with some sort of resin, smooth over and re-spray?

Amos91 · 27 Jul 2015 at 15:50

Rossi~ said:
To be fair they could've put a post, rather than a big rock on the floor. It's an awkward turning into our track.

So estimates are around £500?
It feels as though the body is just plastic,does this make it repairing harder or easier? One would assume you could sand it down and fill with some sort of resin, smooth over and re-spray?

I very much doubt its plastic, normally one metal panel welded in.

Lustral · 27 Jul 2015 at 15:51

Looks like there might be possible damage to the sidewall of the tyre as well. Might be work having a look at that as well.

Dogbreath · 27 Jul 2015 at 18:49

Rossi~ said:
To be fair they could've put a post, rather than a big rock on the floor. It's an awkward turning into our track.

They probably didn't want to be replacing the post every other day when someone ploughs into it...

Rossi~ said:
It feels as though the body is just plastic,does this make it repairing harder or easier?

That is not plastic, plastic panels do not dent/gouge like that.

Jono8 · 27 Jul 2015 at 18:54

Rossi~ said:
It feels as though the body is just plastic,does this make it repairing harder or easier? One would assume you could sand it down and fill with some sort of resin, smooth over and re-spray?

That part of the body will not be plastic.

In fact if it was it would be cracked, not all dented and creased like that.

lemonade · 27 Jul 2015 at 20:00

That's a ~£250 job from a good independent garage. You can pay more by going to a specialist bodyshop but its not worth it, its a very simple job on that.

Orionaut · 27 Jul 2015 at 21:44

Spray paint on it to stop it from rusting.

(£2.50)

Consider the damage to be a lesson learned!

One accumulates scars throughout life. This is one of those moments! It is a consequence of living!

mrk · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:15

Amos91 said:
Depends on the quality of the job.

But - pulled, filler, repaint quarter and blend. At least £500.

I did exactly the same thing as Op's friend ages ago in the old car, ripped the whole skirt off and bent it too. The bodyshop had to use 2 tonnes of pulling force to shape the sill back, treat, filler, paint, fit the skirt I supplied and spray the skirt. I think the whole job cost around £400, maybe a bit more it was so long ago but the quality was up to standard so that was nice.

That Fiat job is a quarter of the damage that was on mine.

Amos91 · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:22

mrk said:
I did exactly the same thing as Op's friend ages ago in the old car, ripped the whole skirt off and bent it too. The bodyshop had to use 2 tonnes of pulling force to shape the sill back, treat, filler, paint, fit the skirt I supplied and spray the skirt. I think the whole job cost around £400, maybe a bit more it was so long ago but the quality was up to standard so that was nice.

That Fiat job is a quarter of the damage that was on mine.

Was that the guy that was going to respray the m3 for about 78p?

mrk · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:32

Yeppers.