does anyone know a body shop that will repairs pinch frame damage?

[black heartbeat]

Personally I'd probably go a head and look into all the body shops around and find the highest quality one I could, and bring them the fender, paint code, and a close up photo of the fender paint when the car is CLEAN!!! but thats just me

[CJaguar265]

Originally Posted by black heartbeat

paint is expensive. but that doesn't sound pretty expensive to me

$1000 is alot of money thats one months pay

do you know any one locally ?

[bottledbird68]

The car is white and charcoal 2 tone right? If you want it to match perfectly then just painting the fender off is not really an option. For a perfect color match you need to blend the paint from the fender into the door, hood, gfx, and front bumper for everthing to match. White is one of the worst colors to match perfectly and charcoals aren't much better.
It's also tough to tell exactly what it needs from the pics. You show that the gfx don't sit flush but don't show what's causing it.
Honestly, if the other shop was taking your fender, jambing it, installing it, painting the 3/4 nose, and wetsand/buffing it like a good quality shop will do then a grand isn't really that bad.
Can you find someone to do something cheaper? Probably. But you get what you pay for. And they will most likely not do all those steps. You could probably get someone to spray the fender off and bolt it on but the color match can be hit or miss. And those color match cameras aren't all they are cracked up to be. They only ever helped me probably 2 out of 5 times. Other times they were way off lol.

If you want a better opinion of what is required snap a pic from underneath some can see what the bottom looks like.

[CJaguar265]

Originally Posted by bottledbird68

The car is white and charcoal 2 tone right? If you want it to match perfectly then just painting the fender off is not really an option. For a perfect color match you need to blend the paint from the fender into the door, hood, gfx, and front bumper for everthing to match. White is one of the worst colors to match perfectly and charcoals aren't much better.
It's also tough to tell exactly what it needs from the pics. You show that the gfx don't sit flush but don't show what's causing it.
Honestly, if the other shop was taking your fender, jambing it, installing it, painting the 3/4 nose, and wetsand/buffing it like a good quality shop will do then a grand isn't really that bad.
Can you find someone to do something cheaper? Probably. But you get what you pay for. And they will most likely not do all those steps. You could probably get someone to spray the fender off and bolt it on but the color match can be hit or miss. And those color match cameras aren't all they are cracked up to be. They only ever helped me probably 2 out of 5 times. Other times they were way off lol.

If you want a better opinion of what is required snap a pic from underneath some can see what the bottom looks like.

i was going to get better photos today but God decided to let it snow

i am working on get another fender off a donor 1983 daytona 500

[Chicken's Chick]

I agree..Autobody work is like a boob job. You know what you want em' to look like, don't want to over pay... but it sure as hell beats the risk of the frankinstein disaster you COULD end up with to save a buck.

If it bothers you THAT bad, fix it. But u get what u pay for in the long run. And it could looks worse than what u started out with. Id leave it be honestly. If 1000 is a months pay, supplies alone is a little over a weeks worth... keep that in mind also.

[Formula413]

Originally Posted by PornStarDancing

I agree..Autobody work is like a boob job.

I've never actually wanted to squeeze a paint job though...

[KLAB]

Originally Posted by Formula413

I've never actually wanted to squeeze a paint job though...

*like*

[CJaguar265]

Originally Posted by KLAB

*like*

Poopstick!!!!

[941LE]

u want it done right ur gonna pay for it. if u dont wanna pay the money then suck it up and deal with it.

[KLAB]

That's what I say. Pay the money and have it done right. I went cheap on my paint job where I worked and came out like shitttttt. Wish I just sucked it up and went to a top of the line body shop. I coulda had it painted orange!! LOL