Hi folks
Mini Cooper Clubman
2009
I drove out of parking space all of 1.5 metres but had turned the wheel too soon and crunched the nearside door against a metal post.
It's a white car so almost impossible to show the damage in a pic.
The dent is in several places, above and below what I 've been informed is the safety bar.
In the pic - line in red is proud, apparently where the safety bar is. Bits in blue are areas of dent. Bit in black is scrape = other ones lower down are obvious, and several layers of paint gone on lowest one.
Two body shops offered to beat and respray the panel. A third said the door needed to be replaced because the (horizontal) safety bar may be damaged, and that any repair might not hold over time as the skin of the door is so thin. He also said he'd cheeck the sill cos that may have been damaged (unlikely he sadi, but should be checked).
What do you folks think?
Thanks
Mary
Mini Cooper Clubman
2009
I drove out of parking space all of 1.5 metres but had turned the wheel too soon and crunched the nearside door against a metal post.
It's a white car so almost impossible to show the damage in a pic.
The dent is in several places, above and below what I 've been informed is the safety bar.
In the pic - line in red is proud, apparently where the safety bar is. Bits in blue are areas of dent. Bit in black is scrape = other ones lower down are obvious, and several layers of paint gone on lowest one.
Two body shops offered to beat and respray the panel. A third said the door needed to be replaced because the (horizontal) safety bar may be damaged, and that any repair might not hold over time as the skin of the door is so thin. He also said he'd cheeck the sill cos that may have been damaged (unlikely he sadi, but should be checked).
What do you folks think?
Thanks
Mary