Sorry for the previous post, I forgot to add the pictures.

This happened to me on my way to work. Has anyone had body work done to their G? If so how did it turn out?



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that picture is horrible quality, i cant make out anything wrong with the car.

 

nm after scanning the picture again i see it... ouchies

 

Sorry again, I forgot to resize the picture



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more pics



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even more pics...



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one more pics of the first picture. better quality. The previous pic showed damage to the wheel, kind of hard to see in the picture



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Sorry for the first two pictures, I've had a bad week...... Does anyone know how the rear quarter panel will be repaired? Can the whole quarter panel be replaced? How about paint matching? Has anyone had sections of their car repainted?

thanks, I post additional pictures during and after the repair.

 

sorry man

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1/4 panels can be replaced, but it is very expensive to do and for the damage you have an insurance company will not be paying for a new one. 1/4 panel replacements involve cutting out the old panel and welding in the new one. Typical labor for the 1/4 panel on one side is abou 25 hours on most cars not including any paint work.

Keep in mind body work these days involves pulling the dent with a puller. A good shop will not be using a puller that you drill holes with, but one that uses a piece that looks like a reverse nail that is lightly welded to the sheet metal. The puller attaches to these and then it is cut off and sanded down after the dent is pulled. The dent is pulled fairly close to where the metal should be and then a plastic filler is used to smooth the body. The layer of plastic filler should be thin with a good bodyman doing the work. And keep in mind with a 1/4 panel replacement, they do require plastic filler where they did the welds to smooth out the sanding and welding they do in the seams.

As far as paint matching, they use formulas the paint companies provide that should give a near perfect match. Particularly on non-metallic paints. If the paint is off at all though, the body shop will tin the paint to match better. But even if the match is not perfect, they use a technique called blending where they fade the paint into areas surrounding the damaged areas. What this does is takes away any sharp contrast between the freshly painted areas and the areas where the factory paint still exists. If done right, it will look seamless. This is particularly important with metallic paints as the metal flakes have to line up the same way it does from the factory to appear the same. By fading the paint it will make the change in metal flake alignment gradual across a panel so you won't see the difference. Ocassionally if you look carefully you can tell when a blend wasn't done on a metallic pain. The paint colors will look different from one panel to the next, especially in the sun. They will also clearcoat the entire panel even if they only have to paint/blend part of a panel. This is to ensure that the paint will not lift. They will have to remove the 1/4 glass and clear up to the rear drip molding of the roof.