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I had an unfortunate door ding recently - hit-and-run, and I have no idea who did it. I feel that the shop I went to is asking too much for the repairs, but I could be wrong. They're saying it'll be around $1044 since they have to repaint the door and blend colors basically along the whole side of the car (10.5 hours of labor!).
Driver's side door dent with some paint damageAnyone have experience with this?
I've had a door ding on the crease like that in a previous car. No paint damage though. It cost me $100 for PDR.
I don't know how much the paint job should cost, but it seems high to me. I'd get a couple of quotes before making a decision.
Feel for you... this is every car buff's worst fear... having your pristine machine damaged by someone else's carelessness - and then not taking responsibility for it, sucks.
Contact your insurance co. and see if your comprehensive coverage would cover. Worth asking... good luck.
Turns out it does cover it, and this is the estimate with their coverage. Problem is my deductible is $750, so it doesn't really make sense to use insurance here, IMO, just to save 300 bucks.
Talked with a co-worker today - he had a similar issue and didn't fix it, on his Subaru Outback, saying it'd be $1500 to fix the ding due to the paint blending.
I'm going to try a different shop, one I've used before, and see if I can do better.
Why not? Sucks having such a high deduc. (although the lower premium is nice), but saving anything is worth it IMO. Comprehensive claims don't usually count against your rate - check with your ins. co. to make sure - but I've filed comp. claims and been advised since it's a no fault comprehensive claim it would not be considered against my rate or risk assessment.
Why not? Sucks having such a high deduc. (although the lower premium is nice), but saving anything is worth it IMO. Comprehensive claims don't usually count against your rate - check with your ins. co. to make sure - but I've filed comp. claims and been advised since it's a no fault comprehensive claim it would not be considered against my rate or risk assessment.
I had a similar type of damage when something in my garage shelf fell on the curvature of my door. I claimed it on insurance with a $200 deductible but the total cost was $1200.
Why not? Sucks having such a high deduc. (although the lower premium is nice), but saving anything is worth it IMO. Comprehensive claims don't usually count against your rate - check with your ins. co. to make sure - but I've filed comp. claims and been advised since it's a no fault comprehensive claim it would not be considered against my rate or risk assessment.
Progressive counted it even though I decided to pay out of pocket. Also counted having a crack in my windshield fixed. Should be illegal.
So I found out it wouldn't directly affect my premium unless Nationwide has to pay out over $1000. Which in this case, they wouldn't.
However, when I got home I had the random thought that maybe the white marks on the door were just paint transfer, and that there wasn't any real damage beneath. I was at least partially right. With my fingernail I was able to scrape a decent amount of it off. Looks like there could be clear coat damage, but it didn't make it through all the way, to my eye. Maybe they won't need to repaint it!
That dent is right on a body line which makes it harder to repair. I know a lot of places that would just replace it vs trying to get it back to stock. With this dent on the door the price for a door or door skin (if they make them) might be really high.
Went back to the shop after removing the rest of the transferred paint. They said they "might" be able to do PDR for $156! Hopefully they can - they said it should be pretty obvious once they start attempting to do it as to whether it will be successful or not.
Anyone had a door ding fixed?
