CL500 C216 Quarter Panel dent
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MrGreedy
MB Enthusiast
Of course, anything is repairable.
The two things that stick out for me as complications are the dent on the edge of the door panel, and the white. Is the white transfer from e.g. a plastic bumper from another vehicle, or is that down through the silver to what lays beneath?
If it needs paint, the job becomes bigger, blending in etc.
If the silver paint isn't breached, it's amazing what a pro can do with dent pulling and experienced flatting/polishing. Which would of course be a lot cheaper (but I'm uncertain about that door edge).
The two things that stick out for me as complications are the dent on the edge of the door panel, and the white. Is the white transfer from e.g. a plastic bumper from another vehicle, or is that down through the silver to what lays beneath?
If it needs paint, the job becomes bigger, blending in etc.
If the silver paint isn't breached, it's amazing what a pro can do with dent pulling and experienced flatting/polishing. Which would of course be a lot cheaper (but I'm uncertain about that door edge).
MCFastybloke
MB Enthusiast
Bodyshop that one because of the area around the door edge and shut line, very strong areas so cant be pulled properly.
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Riva811
MB Enthusiast
transfer is black, silver is all the way to the metal. Worried how its dented ont he edge of the door on the rear panel (leftmost panel in photo)
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Riva811
MB Enthusiast
Going to a body shop for sure but I am worried how bad it will look as the rear quarter is not removable and the edge to the door is dented
MrGreedy
MB Enthusiast
If it's down to the metal, it's full body shop and paint. Blending on silver can be a faff, unfortunately.
I was thinking if the paint was intact, you could have considered living with the dent in the door edge to save £big (depending on how much of a pride and joy this is).
This is of course assuming you are trying to pay/arrange directly and keep cost down.
The other option could be of course hand over to the insurance...
I was thinking if the paint was intact, you could have considered living with the dent in the door edge to save £big (depending on how much of a pride and joy this is).
This is of course assuming you are trying to pay/arrange directly and keep cost down.
The other option could be of course hand over to the insurance...
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Riva811
MB Enthusiast
Tempted to hand it over to insurance cos it will be an instant right-off and I get my cars worth no faf. No, I cant live with the dent. We are trying to avoid the insurance route and I was by no means at fault lady trying to come from lane 4 to lane 2 on the round-about and hit me.
