Easy fix for a body shop?
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Easy fix for a body shop?
As you can seen in the green circles there is some damage and Im needing to get it fixed, welded back. Think a body shop would be able to do something like this in a decent amount of time? I would imagine so...just seeing other peoples opinion. Dont know anyone that I would trust enough to take it to and get it done decently.
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make friends with a neighbor who owns a welder. but if you want it to look nice then yeah body shop rates are usually 80-100 an hour and everywhere's gonna be pretty much the same.
just get a review on a local place and head over. Also, questions don't belong in the fab section. You can post qustions like this in OEM tech or chat in the future. welcome to the forum
just get a review on a local place and head over. Also, questions don't belong in the fab section. You can post qustions like this in OEM tech or chat in the future. welcome to the forum
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yep. door latch got messed up so i ordered a new one and it came last night. gonna put it on today and gently shut the door until im able to get that fixed along with having someone alinging the door up right so i wont have this problem anymore.
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I'm about to graduate from school for auto body and I bet it would be easier just to get a junk yard door in good shape and have them paint and use the fender as a blend panel because a body shop won't want to fix that there is less labor time in door swap and repaint.
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and there's no way to do a perfect color match because new paint will never look the same as 12 year old paint
he could find a wrecked jeep with the exact same color door as him and swap. but JY charges like $75 for a door
to the OP, I just fixed my door (same problem). the jeep wrecking yard gave me the hinge for $15 and I welded it on in 30min total
you've gotta find someone who can weld
Last edited by Atmos; 02-12-2012 at 01:57 PM.
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