LOL @ $300 to fix a dented door
 

So a couple weeks ago some kid took a skateboard to my rear driver side door and put a huge dent in the door.

https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b...DentedDoor.jpg
https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b...entedDoor2.jpg
https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b...entedDoor3.jpg

So I went to Canadian Dent for a quote on how much to pull the dent out and they told me $300!!! So I said fuck that. So then I pulled the door panel off, took out all the power window crap and pushed most of the dent out myself.

However I couldn't get all of it out. So I went to pick-apart yesterday and found a 96 Bonneville (mines a 97) that was black and had a good condition door. Now it wasn't an ssei so the moulding at the bottom was different, but I got the door anyways figuring I'd just swap the moulding.

So last night i'm changing the door.

https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b...1/DoorSwap.jpg
https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b.../DoorSwap2.jpg

My door
https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b.../DoorSwap4.jpg
https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b.../DoorSwap3.jpg
The New One
https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b.../DoorSwap5.jpg

So i get it off no problem and I go to swap the mouldings, only to find out that the clips are in totally different spots and the moulding off the new door wasn't even as tall as the one off the car.

The top one is off of the pick-apart door, bottom one is from my car.
https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b.../DoorSwap6.jpg

So i had to measure everything up and drill holes into the new door and then screw all the clips in the right places.

https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b.../DoorSwap7.jpg

And this is the Car now with the new door.

https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b...neville003.jpg
https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b...neville001.jpg
https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b...neville002.jpg

Nice job, alignment looks good.
What was the final cost?

$30 plus maybe $5 in gas and about 3 hours total time

Nice job! Can't even tell.

Adam

So how'd the kid die? :lol:

Good job on the replacement, looks excellent, like it never even happened.

good job.

much better then the $300

that the shop wanted :lol:

A slow and painful death :lol: jk jk

was the responsible party caught?

Nope, i was quite pissed about it

There's several places in Calgary. I found a couple of dents on my car. An independant guy O/A Dent-Force came out to the house. He removed 5 in my left rear quarter panel for about $125.00. I couldn't even see 3 of them (until he showed me with his special light). Very good work and pretty inexpensive. Apparently he does a lot of work for dealerships so I'm guessing the quality is consistent.

Good work replacing the door by yourself & saving good moey at the same time.
Makes you feel proud, dont it?

I need four new doors, and two quarter panels if I were to fix all my dings :P. I know how to fix dents, don't have a clue how to fix dings. Funny thing is this car had no dings when I bought it, and I've been EXTRA careful when parking it.. ie at the end of the walmart parking lot resulting in complaining gf, and in the most in accessible spots @ school.

Doesn't seem to matter. You can park in the next universe over and some jerk will always be magnetically attracted to your doors!

Congrats on a job well done and money well saved. If there is a will there is a way.

Very very good work.

no kidding, i parked in the dead center of a parking lot today, farrrr away from anyone...i come out...still really no one out there, but OH NO, two cars on either sides of my truck...best part? both ON the lines, almost had to climb through the sunroof :roll: :lol: