Who Can Fix This ??????????

[FarFromStockC70]

Originally Posted by JAVIELITO

na thankz NVM IM GETTING IT DONE FOR 1500...

that sounds about right.. thats what my dad did.. and he just cut out the Quarter panel out of another civic and fixed it.. and no back on the road driving again

[JAVIELITO]

yeah its not like ima have this car 4ever anywways why would i spend as much as my car is worth on fixing it ... if it was a evo or a nice whip like that yeah but a 98 civic ... its not worth spending 4 grand in getting it fixed ...but however its coming out right

[Hellfire_Studios]

How much was that used quarter clip?

[killerMikeD]

free, they cut it off a passing car LOL

[EnZo 240]

so your going to get it fixed like this then sell it to some poor kid that has no idea so he/she can go get killed in it, pretty chill

[JAVIELITO]

Na The Car Will Most Likely Get Shipped To Dom. Republic... And I Already Got The Other Car So Im Good ... The Quarter Panel Was Purchased By The Shop .. I Got No Clue On The Price

[killerMikeD]

o ok so some poor sap in the DR will get killed, but its ok huh?

[JAVIELITO]

why they gotta get killed ... ? and if im selling the car wat tell me wtf u want me 2 do keep my car my whole life and not sell it cuz i should feel too bad for ppl ... honestly im not gonna waste money fixing a car that it will cost me more fixing it `` the right way`` than buyin 1 just like it ... so fuk it for 1500 they did a great fuking job i saw the car be4 sandiing and painting and it looks well done so fuk it ... plus it gone by next week i got me another car already

[killerMikeD]

then i wouldnt have wasted the money to fix it in the 1st place.

[JAVIELITO]

Cuz For 1500 Its Worth It ... Cuz I Can Sell It And Get More Money Than If I Would Of Sold It How It Was ... I Put 1500 In It And Get More Out Of It ...

[Hellfire_Studios]

You should use that money to take some grammar classes.

[killerMikeD]

technically you made the car worth less, esp with a shitty unsafe repair. Good job! and wasted 1500.

[badhombre]

whats wrong with section repairing a vehicle? we do it at my body shop all the time. and I work at a chrysler dealership. hell just yesterday I pulled the whole rear section of a civic and we are welding in a new one. the guy in the next bay is replacing a quarter from a neon the same way. drill the spot welds, remove damaged panel, fit and welde replacement. strong as factory. unless I am missing something here? but still $1500 does seem cheap for that repair. most of the repairs we do which is just a bumper and fender, couple other dings or something is normally around that price. the honda I mentioned about had a bill of $2500, and the rear panel is not as hard to replace as a quarter. what may be going on here is that buying a used car section to replace the quarter is cheaper than buying a new one. I dont know why, but it is. on big insurance jobs, we buy all new stuff. on budget jobs we buy sections of cars from junkyards, cut out the needed panel and weld in as necessary. makes for twice the work for us though, but it does still seem to work out cheaper somehow.

[killerMikeD]

Yea, o boy 1st of all, Any USED WELD ON PANEL is a SHITTY AND GARBAGE REPAIR no matter what you say, for all you know that used quater section was sitting at the bottom of a lake for the past year, or was damaged in an accident, its called a JUNKYARD for a reason, not to mention its like Picking a scab off your body and trying to put it on another wound that you have some where else. And when it is all said an done it is not cheaper, Not if your getting paid for everything you do, the used qtr is all tweaked and damaged and scabbed on your new car, all for INSURANCE COMPANIES to save money, i don't mind used doors and fenders or what not, but NEVER A WELD ON PANEL. Only NEW OEM, that way it has proper e-coat protection and you know where it came from, and its a hundered times easier to weld on. unless of course you still mig weld on replacement panels, which has now been replaced by compression spot welding.

and Eric please tread lightly here, because i dont think you have been in this industry for as long as i have and there is a whole other world that i do not believe you are aware of yet that plagues this trade.

I also want to point out that it is prolly not "as strong" as factory, are these quaters sleeved? if so that would make it stronger than factory, also how many plug welds are put in place of the factory welds and where at?

AND since when does price come before a quality and safe repair, the price should have NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. Our job as a body repair technician should be to restore the car back to pre accident condition, and keep the car the same as factory in the aspect of collision absorbing energy propertys. After all it could be your kid in that car when is all said and done.

[JAVIELITO]

Amd