went to the supermarket yesterday with my mom, came out and could of cry on the spot , had so much emotions my mind couldn't process it....out of the hundreds of cars parked in the parking lot, i had to be the victim....smh tried getting some footage of the parking lot but they said there were no cameras around where my car was parked.....can anyone give me an estimate of how much it will cost to fix

 

Ouch. Sorry to see that. Not sure if we have any paint & body guys on the site.

I say drop by a local auto body shop and then check that price against your insurance deductible. Good luck.

 

Oh man .. I'm sorry to see that man. I have an uncle who does bodywork. I'll ask him how much a job like this would cost.

 

thanks for the advice, think i'll take that route....

 

depending on shop 700-1200 for 3 panels. may or may not have to blend into rear quarter.

 

thanks it would be highly appreciated....

 

thanks speedaddic....got to put my rims on hold because of some idle hand...smh

 

body work is an art, more so then a science. As such, the repairs are not really standardized.

Different bodyshops may go about the repair different ways which would affect cost and outcome.
So you may be able to repair with just some touchup and blending.
Or you may need to repaint all those panels.

As you can imagine these different procedures would result in drastically different prices.
However, the outcome of the touchup job may still come out pretty good, and something you can "live with" and make paying 5x for the full repaint not worth it.

So it all comes down to finding and choosing the local bodyshop that's going to do the work first, and then talk over your options with them.
Even if we give you an estimate, that's not what a shop in your area is going to charge.

 

I'm sure someone in the Automotive Care & Detailing section could give you a more focused answer.

 

thanks for all the advice.....

 

wow man that painful to look at, people got some nerve these days, im not sure how much it would run but its definitely not cheap to do it right.

 

sorry for ur predicament. i was also keyed like that, but mine started at the front door and went all the way to the tail light. same side too

 

How deep is it? If it's not through the clear a good paint correction guy will make that scratch much less noticeable or completely eliminate it altogether if there's plenty of clear to play with and the scratch isn't too deep.

 

We have a body shop here in Hawaii, and I'd venture to say that it would be better to file a claim through your insurance. Typically Comprehensive claims like this won't affect your yearly premiums that you pay, therefore it would be cheaper to just pay your deductible. Also, if you choose to go through insurance, typically the repairs will come with a lifetime warranty (at least most insurance companies we work with offer that to their customers if the vehicle is repaired at one of their preferred shops). As far as the repairs, the shop will probably de-trim both doors, take the bumper and right head lamp off, rt rocker molding, and blend the right quarter panel too. The right tail lamp and rear bumper will probably have to come off too. At least that's what we'd do. Good luck

 

yea it was really painful to look @, stood in the cold for some minutes just looking at it, wondering what the hell they got out of doing such a thing.

idle hands are the tools of the devil...smh its gonna come back to them ten fold....

its deep enough to be taken to be repainted...

Silver04 thanks for the advice gonna file a claim through the insurance, its my first approach to getting my first love back to the way she was....