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replacing body panel
would it be cheaper to have a body shop repair a dent in my rear left corner panel, or to buy a panel from a parted svx and just replace it? i'm not sure what exactly would be involved with either process. anyone have any info, tips, hints, suggestions? the dent is pretty substantial; judging from the height of it, i'm assuming a sport hostility vehicle swiped my car as it was pulling out from a parallel parking spot (and of course left no note to apologize, etc.).
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The quarter panels are, just as in any other unibody car, welded in place. Replacing the entire panel would be very expensive. I've looked into it.
http://www.subaruparts.com/diag/?mod...category=520-A There's the panel. So you have to remove everything around it, drill out every spot weld, put a new one in and paint it all. That's the short version. It'd be a lot of labor. I have little doubt it'd be cheaper to repair the dent than replace the entire panel. You can't just 'get one out of a parted SVX.
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If the dent can be repaired then it will be cheaper...unless the panel needs to come off in which case you may as well put a new one on.
Get an estimate.
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