My wife accidently dropped a bbq grate on my fender resulting in a gash about 2" long....I went to Cook's Collision yesterday....They gave me an estimate of 920.00....Sounds crazy to me as I recently was hit in the rear and had the bumper and exhaust tips replaced for 1200.00...Of course the other persons insurance paid for that....I told them I might as well do some real damage and mess up the fender and front bumper(rock chips,dealer drilled bumper)and pay my 1000.00 deductable...Course my rates would go up...I'm going to try another shop....

 

Get a second opinion. That's rediculous

 

Lol Ill fix that for 200.00

 

Tell them to give you a real price or else walk. They're trying to screw you.

 

that is ridiculous. you can buy a new bumper for $230.70 off Chad...
http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...=1&catalogid=2

prolly cost $200 to paint

already saved yourself almost $500

 

damn thieves....2nd opinion

 

his problem is on the fender.

regardless that price is insanely high. try some other places

 

They're yankin' your chain. Move on to your next option.

 

is the paint chipped? or is that just a smudge? I can't tell from the photo

 

oh crap.... well im having my fender repaired right now..picking it up tomorrow. the bill is $860.. didnt hafta pay for it so i went with it... i got another quote at $650

 

try masters body shop in hayward, I got my fenders repainted there for WAY less then that. And the paint match is phenomenal

 

I took the pictures last night in my garage so there a little dark.. I took more this morning..I agree that their price is crazy...Probably not worth their time unless they can charge that much..I went to Cook's because they replaced my bumper in previous accident and did nice work...Going to another place today..We'll see how much another estimate is...
Thanks for the help..

 

Way too much I'd tell him to paint the whole car for that price!

 

It would be worth it to me to paint the whole car..rock chips etc. Cheap Infiniti paint...

 

Hmm.. it doesn't look like the damage is deep at all. What do you think about trying to "buff it out" with a PC Orbital yourself? Might make it a lot less noticeable and might not cost you anything. Sorry, I can't really tell how well it would work or not from the pics.