litte damage gift curb damage

not very happy day today for me
I have received little gift from loved one, the passenger side panel damage I had to hammer the driver side as it was touching the door, now question comes, the cost and is it worth it, it seems that looks like entire side panel needs to be change correct me if I am wrong to replace this ? or this lower panel can be fixed ? any recommendations for shops that can fix this type of damage

Just do what the government does, cover it up!

(with some side skirts in your case)

hahahaha..

that is not that bad, I was afraid that this will run into 1500 cdn,
I will go and check out how much this will cost me..

Silver is actually a tough colour to paint. Well actually the paint part isn't so tough its blending it that is the tough part. Those other quotes seem quite low. I would expect to pay more like 1000 plus taxes.

These guys seem to do a great job.
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=155001

You may have to read down a bit to get to the name.

Casey.

codeblue said:

Just do what the government does, cover it up!

(with some side skirts in your case)

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I second that, pick up some GLI side skirts

I third that. Cover it up. No matter what anybody does, it's gonna start rusting out in no time anyway, now that the protective galvanized layer has been broken.

What would the skirts do for rust besides cover that too? The rust would soon spread.

Then sand, paint it something close, and put on the skirts.

-Jason

je said:

What would the skirts do for rust besides cover that too? The rust would soon spread.

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Nothing. You're screwed. I dread little accidents like this with a good car that you really want to keep a long time.

Jason's right; sand and paint will help for while. But especially down there you have to protect the paint from scratches so put on the skirts.

if your putting skirts one thing that I find that helps in this case is to remove and clean under the skirts every spring and apply the oily undercoat in that area.