Hi all,

 

So I just had a little argument with a trolley bay in Sainsbury's carpark. Basically turned out too tight in a tight space and caught the entire backdoor. 

 

No damage to any other panels.

 

Would you look at trying to fix this large dent / scrape, or just look out for a 2nd hand door?

For a less valuable car, I'd probably live with it, but I'd look at the cost of both options and then make an informed decision.

I'm not a fan of changing doors unless I have to, they can be a bit of a pain to refit perfectly. Even when they look perfect, you can find you have a bit of wind noise where before there wasn't.

What a shame though, must be very frustrating.

I had similar damage caused by trolley bay sloping rail. I took it to a body repair place for an assessment.

They re-skinned the door and sprayed., I don't remember how much but it was some time ago.

Edited 5 August, 20214 yr by gumdrop

I would go for a reskin.

 

A few years back I did similar damage to a front door. The body shop quoted £250 to repair the damage and they had several goes, but each time I could see a ripple in the repaired panel. Eventually they said they couldn't do any better and came out with the phrase " we should have reskinned ". The final attempt was much better than the first attempt.

 

To be fair to the body shop, the door looked great at first sight but where they left the car for me to inspect it showed up the ripple in reflections of a nearby wall. It became simple to move around to see the fault after that. They always agreed with me about the ripple but explained to me that once a panel is stretched it is almost impossible to get flat again. We parted on good terms and I would recommend them to anybody.

 

You should also consider the colour of your car and how easy it is to match the shade.

Insurance or maybe phone a mobile dent fixing company, google your options. Surprising what they can do.