I was in a hurry to an interview last week and backed up to the plastic trash bins. I did not think too much of it when I hit it because I thought the plastics were soft but apparently the top edge of the bins are hard as a rock. This actually caused a dent in 2 separate areas. On the trunk lid and the corner panel.

How much will this cost me to repair? Any recommendation for a place in the Bay Area? I live in the Peninsula.

 

That sucks man. Your lookin at a new decklid probably. They might be able to fix it but its kind of a big dent in a small area on the trunk. With the metal stretched so much there, it might not look the same once fixed. Probably lookin at $1500 with a new trunk and fixing the quarter.

 

get a Wald trunk spoiler and it'll cover the trunk. Them just fix the side quarter panel top.

 

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That's a great idea right there! +1 for the wald spoiler!

 

molded spoiler and raised quarter will help you out,lol

 

Where can I get a Wald spoiler and how much?

 

I would first take it to a PDR (paintless dent repair) A good PDR can pull that out without paint work and in less then an hours time. PDR 200

Worst case if you have to paint it, Just have them pull the dent and repaint just the trunk. The quarter panel ding have a PDR guy pull that. Cost to fix trunk 150-400

 

Like ibidu stated, this looks like it can be easily fixed using PDR.

 

I dont know where in Cali you are at, but check out these guys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zSz2VpYkn8

 

It was a good thing you didn't break your taillights.

Try paintless dent removal first if you want to keep it stock looking but if you have plans of modifying your car in the future then a molded Wald spoiler with raised quarter panels would be a good start

 

That's a pretty good size dent. I'd heate to see what the trash can looks like! Lol j/k

 

On a second note. I hope your interview went well and you land the job

At least something came out positive from that day.

You'll have that car fixed in no time

 

The trunk lid is repairable:
5 hours for the trunk, 2.5 hours for the right quarter, paint, and all necessary de-trimming will be about $800.

If you would rather replace the trunk lid:
$350 for new trunk lid, 2.5 hours for the right quarter, paint, and all necessary de-trimming will be about $1,100.

Bottomline: If you were paying out-of-pocket repair the trunk lid or through insurance replace it.

 

Dent wizzard can pull that out.

 

That shouldn't be a hard fix or too expensive