to be honest m8 the panels are the cheapest bit its pure labour ona job like that, and we would also like a good look to see what else have moved, eg roof, front door gaps etc

 

Far too cheap! there is a good days work just to stip it out and jig it, atleast a day and a half to cut it appart and line up the new pannels, i work in a body shop as a painter and there is a good days work to prime, prep and paint it and at atleast £35 an hour labour? Plus parts paint and materials. It looks very bad, doubt most places would like to repair it?

 

looking at the car looks like you more lost it and span round and hit a bollard?


anyways i say 1200 is a quote but it could easily grow to a couple hundred over, but we repair write offs for a living

 

i wouldn't of minded half as much if i had done it drifting it about or something rather than backing out of my drive, its not very hardcore is it

 

pmsl spose not m8 no, have to admit shes pretty god damn fooked deffo insurance write off, wasnt expecting no were near that amount of damage, some of the bigger bodyshops will be quoting you 2k + to repair that

 

just have to find some gypsies with a jig and welding gear and hope for the best.

cheers

 

they will prob deliver you a rung up scooby lol

 

£1200 sounds like a more than good offer for repairing that mate, i'd concider it if i was you

 

Thats just what i was thinking,i've done a few accident damaged repairables in my time, and if you can get that back on the road fixed correctly for under 2k then your geting a good deal!!

 

Just been offered all the panels to fix it for 170 pound from a 95 wrx.
Why do you need to strip a car to jig it?

 

Take all the bits off which need to be removed i.e lights inner trims, windows (rear screen will need to be cut out) remove the exust maybe the rear wheels? most jigs realine cars via lazer to measure sertain points so the car ends up straight when repaired.
Dan

 

cheers for clearing that up

 

No worries good luck if u decide to get it repaired, and remember a busy body shop is a good body shop there r lots of cowboys out there.

 

anything i can do to reduce the cost ?

 

stira2, I think the car is knacked. Doing it on the cheap will result in an unsafe vehicle that you will have to offload onto some unsuspecting buyer at some time in the future. Strip it and buy another is my advice.

 

I wouldn't offload it on some unsuspecting buyer i would just break it, but at this moment in time i can't afford to buy another car nor do i have the time to break it. Thanks for the advice anyway

 

[QUOTE=stira2]Just been offered all the panels to fix it for 170 pound from a 95 wrx.
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they havent got any more panels have they im after the rear panel

kips