Advice Please

[Rory]

I have a dent on my door pillar, I haven't been to get it priced up for repair yet, but there's a green door on eBay too, so advice is required, what would you do?

Heres the dent, a couple of close ups and one from a little distance to show where abouts exactly it is:

[dazz32]

Ouch that looks nasty.. :shutit: how did it happen.? i dno if that can be repaired may need a new door.

[Rory]

It has been there since I got the car, so I don't know what caused it, the door on eBay is £75+£50 postage, but theres always the risk of the condition of the rest of the door being worse than mine, don't want to cure one problem to have to deal with another...

[TUFF1]

Get the seller to email some extra pics but close up shots of the door, worth a try ;)

[Rory]

i've messaged him about it anyway so i'll see what comes of it, luckily next week is payday

[TUFF1]

Did you get a quote from a bodyshop to see if they could anything with it

[Parthiban]

If the dent is accessible it can easily be knocked out by people like Dentwizard - I've used them before and the work is pretty impressive, cost is around £40-80 depending on the level of work involved.

Is the paintwork damaged as well or is that just a reflection? If the paint is fine, I'd give this a go, or even first just try a suction to see if that gets it out.

I agree with your thinking that replacing the door could create more problems than it solves...............

[Rory]

the vertical line to the right of the dent is unfortunately a crack, not a reflection, hence why I took shots from different angles, that bit bothers me more than the actual dent itself, but i'm hoping I could treat that part with something...?

[Rory]

Haven't had a quote yet, i'm gonna do that in a minute

[Birty]

Easy enough to repair.

If you were to buy a 2nd hand door - you have the cost of buying it & then its got to be in mint condition & exactly the same colour as the one you are taking off, otherwise not only will you need it painting - but there is every chance the body shop will insist that they paint the rear door & wing for a 100% colour match.

So i would go for the repair - a good bodyshop will remove the door, grind out the damaged area & weld the split. Then fill with fillar, prime & paint.

The only trouble i can think of is the paint around the windows is almost mirror finish (i belive it's black no matter what colour is200 you have) - so the garage might need to paint the top of the other door as well to get a good match.

I would think your looking at around £250 i know that might seem expensive but there is probally about 5hrs work involved + materials/paint & the dredded VAT

So if you can get a mint exact colour door for under that, then go for it.

If i can be of any further help, please IM me (ive got almost 10 years pannel beating/spraying exprience) so always happy to offer any help/advice that i can

[Rory]

Thanks for the info Birty,

if I can find anyone who can do it without a labour charge i'm laffing, lol, I may put that on hold for a while, i'll just have it treated where the crease is for now...