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Old 27-02-2007, 12:21 PM   #1
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Angry Look what they did to my car

Well, I was getting my car out of the garage this morning and what to I find...a nice big dent in my door.

Not sure how I missed it last night but I'm not too happy right now. It must have happened yesterday while I was at TAFE.

Can someone give me a rough idea on the cost to repair something like this.













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Old 27-02-2007, 12:37 PM   #2
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Only a door at least, get a white door from a wrecker and swap that on, should not be hard to pick one up, might cost about $100 and a few hours of work.
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Old 27-02-2007, 12:44 PM   #3
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a door from a wreckers will cost you $400 + i know cause ive just bought one for a car.
You might be lucky and get a white one then you dont need to paint it,but a new door painted and fitted is more than likely going to cost 600 ish
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Old 27-02-2007, 12:44 PM   #4
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Old 27-02-2007, 12:48 PM   #5
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What the hell caused that damage?

Most of that dent is around a support bar on the inside of the door. You'd be better off replacing with with another door...
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Old 27-02-2007, 12:57 PM   #6
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a door from a wreckers will cost you $400 + i know cause ive just bought one for a car.
You might be lucky and get a white one then you dont need to paint it,but a new door painted and fitted is more than likely going to cost 600 ish
I was thinking pick-a-part and strip the door bare, $400 for a stripped door is a bit steep.
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Old 27-02-2007, 01:01 PM   #7
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What the hell caused that damage?
That what I would like to know.

I still cant see how people can hit a car and not care at all and just drive off.
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Old 27-02-2007, 01:02 PM   #8
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Geez... Nice dent there mate. Looks like someone hit it when trying to park next to you, as they were pulling in the corner of the car got a bit close going by the angle and the black rubber on it :P Not sure how much it would cost to get fixed though, If it were me I'd get a new panel from the wreckers cuz if it gets repaired you'd prob still see where it was and all...
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Old 27-02-2007, 01:06 PM   #9
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yeah i spose pick a part you could get a cheap one i just go on wreckers prices to supply as i do go to get the parts they take them off for me.
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Old 27-02-2007, 08:16 PM   #10
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As everyone else will say hunt through the wreckers, panel beaters charge out there arss. I would say that there are 1000's of white AU's
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Old 27-02-2007, 08:22 PM   #11
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Only a door at least, get a white door from a wrecker and swap that on, should not be hard to pick one up, might cost about $100 and a few hours of work.
Costs about $80 just for the lock actuator at the wreckers. The whole door would be well over $100 meez thinks ..
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Old 27-02-2007, 08:23 PM   #12
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people are ********* at Uni's and Tafe's.

they dont give 2 shits about their cars, so naturally, they dont give a **** about other peoples either.

when i got my car, there were ZERO dents. i'd had them all removed. now there are about 4 or 5. ALSO, there are marks on my bonnet and bootlid, where ********* have put their books on my car, and they have slid off or whatever. ******* shits me bad.

AND i do try and park away from people, but its not always possible.



yeah this sort of stuff gets me fired up. :togo:
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Old 27-02-2007, 08:27 PM   #13
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a bare door in white should be around $250.. takes a few hours to transfer all the internals over though
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Old 27-02-2007, 09:05 PM   #14
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That's crap that people do that and drive off, I guess to look on the bright side at least your front guard isn't damaged, that would make it exponentially more expensive to fix.
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Old 27-02-2007, 09:21 PM   #15
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Since your up for some dough, get some clear repeaters for your guards. May as well spend another $30. They look great on white AUs.
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Old 27-02-2007, 10:16 PM   #16
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drivers door on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FORD-AU-FRONT...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old 27-02-2007, 10:17 PM   #17
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Send a pm to FTG and see what they have in stock, and at what price.
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Old 27-02-2007, 10:29 PM   #18
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people are ********* at Uni's and Tafe's.

they dont give 2 shits about their cars, so naturally, they dont give a **** about other peoples either.

when i got my car, there were ZERO dents. i'd had them all removed. now there are about 4 or 5. ALSO, there are marks on my bonnet and bootlid, where ********* have put their books on my car, and they have slid off or whatever. ******* shits me bad.

AND i do try and park away from people, but its not always possible.



yeah this sort of stuff gets me fired up. :togo:
Try taking a territory Ghia to uni, talk about a farken worry.
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