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This is what it looks like when two 2x4's fall off a shelf in your garage and hit your drivers side door. I started up the car and I guess the vibration jostled them free? (I do have an F-Sport exhaust
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Anyway my insurance quoted me for a $770 fix-up. Is this even fixable? I obviously want perfection, but I want to know what my best options are. There are 6 scratches total 2 of which are on replacement parts, the side mirror housing and the plastic side trim. The other 4 are dent/scrapes. The dent scrape combo is frightening me. Can this be fixed to new condition?
I am in Northern Virginia, are there any recommendations on a shop to take this too that will fix this the right way? Right now I have an appointment with Lindsay Collision Center in Springfield Va next Wednesday.
What do you guys think?
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The scratches are rough, I can feel them with my nail. My nail can slide over them though. It looks wet sand-able but then I would have basically 0 paint left on. (so then I guess I need paint)
The dents are very shallow by the way. The last picture shows the distortion, tomorrow in the sun I will try to get a better shot.
BODY SHOP UPDATE (very bad!!!!)
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/nel...ml#post7691292
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Anyway my insurance quoted me for a $770 fix-up. Is this even fixable? I obviously want perfection, but I want to know what my best options are. There are 6 scratches total 2 of which are on replacement parts, the side mirror housing and the plastic side trim. The other 4 are dent/scrapes. The dent scrape combo is frightening me. Can this be fixed to new condition?
I am in Northern Virginia, are there any recommendations on a shop to take this too that will fix this the right way? Right now I have an appointment with Lindsay Collision Center in Springfield Va next Wednesday.
What do you guys think?
EDIT:
The scratches are rough, I can feel them with my nail. My nail can slide over them though. It looks wet sand-able but then I would have basically 0 paint left on. (so then I guess I need paint)
The dents are very shallow by the way. The last picture shows the distortion, tomorrow in the sun I will try to get a better shot.
BODY SHOP UPDATE (very bad!!!!)
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/nel...ml#post7691292
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If your nail can catch in the scratch then you need paint, else a buff would fix it. PDR (paintless dent removal) might get the dents out though, but you'd have to have them take a look at it to verify.
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Yeah, it did scare me. It took a min to process what had happened. The boards beat the crap out of the car on their way down. It was super loud. I thought I was in drive or drove into something!
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Unexpected noises are a *****. I was leaving a Target in North Raleigh today, and heard a pop/crash noise. I glance to my left and see a girl in an SUV with a scared look on her face. I'm like no way! She just hit the car she was pulling in beside?? As I got closer and could see through the lanes, she had simply run over a bottle of Coke with the cap on it still. When I got past her, she was still looking around and checking her mirrors. Lol.... Clearly freaked out.
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updated OP with a link to the body shop update
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/nel...ml#post7691292
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