Small Collision
 

This morning while my dad was backing up his truck out of the driveway he failed to see my Z and backed right into it...As you can see from the pics, it isn't an enormous collision and he luckily missed the passenger door. The area damaged is right behind the door.
My question is, how would one go about fixing this? Obviously I will be coming into contact with a body shop soon, but what exactly will need to be replaced? ...I'm hoping that the only thing will be the actual damaged panel. :(

that is not small collision dent!!!


you will need a new quarter panel probably. not worth PDRing that. your title said small collision dent, expecting a small door ding size dent. not a frikken 'folks, smashed a coachroach, is he CPR'able?' lol

GL with the repairs. :tup:

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That is a fairly major amount of damage.

Yeah sorry I meant a small collision, not a small dent lol. The dent itself distresses me greatly... Nearly had a heart attack when he told me...thanks!

you have some patience, i would've slapped my old man silly if he did that to my car (jk)
on a serious note, good luck with the repairs a new QP is probably a must lucky he missed the door though.

Were you being sarcastic about the small collision damage? That's going to be very expensive sir. It would be a great time to think about getting a wide body Z if you are into it.

give the poor guy a break hes probably crying with all these harsh "SMALL DENT? ***** THE SIZE OF THE WHOLE CAR" blahh blahh. Hopefully dads got it covered. bottom line is **** happens and im sure something will go your way and the repair wont cost TOO much

I'm aware it probably won't be cheap but alas what needs to be done needs to be done. Wonder how much a new quarter panel costs. Hah, nah I'm not really interested in a wide body kit, I am a stereotypical stubborn nismo owner after all :tiphat:

Worst possible spot. If you look, that "panel" welded/part of the uni-body not bolted like the front fenders. It's gonna be tough for PDR and not worth to be honest.

You honestly would have been better off if it was the door. That's going to be $$$$. Better go through insurance.

hate to see stuff like this. I agree insurance is probably going to be your best bet

Hahaha qft. Yeah he's offered to cover it, thankfully. I feel bad though, he's getting old, prob distracted and all, but **** thats an ugly dent. Thanks man!

too bad your old man had to hit your Z in the one spot that costs the most $$$$$$$$ to repair:icon14:
Bad break NSM:hello:

I was just trying to let him know it's not going to be cheap if he trys to go out of his own pocket. :ugh2:

I really hope it gets repaired good as new shortly! It really might be a great time to add some extra metal to the wheel arches if the OP wants a wide body Z, like I said previously. There are a few companies offering such mods.... but I can't think of the name off the top of my head. Check the Exterior-Interior section out if you want to go that route.

plunger? j/k tough break.

I would have wanted the door over the quarter panel. Get ready for cut, weld and color blending. Sounds like that truck might be too big for his own good.

time to replace your dad...

Unfortunately, that section is not a panel. Every other section of the Z can be swapped..except that one. Sorry man, let us know how it works out.

As he should! It was his fault. He caused an accident.

Sorry that happened OP. :(

So what did you end up doing? How did you fix it? I have a smaller dent on my Nismo and dent wizard told me they can't help will need to fill the dent with that crappy compound.

Try to pull it with the Air Duster and a hot blower trick. At this point you don't have much to lose. Who knows. Maybe that would the trick.

As others have pointed out, that's part of the unibody and thus not replaceable. You would have been much better off if he had hit the door; doors are easy to replace. You're probably looking at cutting out the bashed in area and welding in new metal to do it right... or just filling it in with putty if you want a half-*** fix. Either way it's an expensive repair.

Have you gotten an estimate from your local PDR?

I just had the same thing happen to me and that is not a small dent. Some young chick wasn't looking when she was backing up and hit me in the same spot. It's in the body shop now but it's a total of 8500 just for that small dent. I feel your pain!!

Correct me if I am wrong but that is also aluminum, which if is the case, greatly increases the repair costs vs steel.

Of all the people in the world that could have hit your Z, it had to be your pops; what a dilemma!
I hope you didn't stumble in late last night stoned or sloshed and tell the old boy "hey old man, you make me sick!" or something. (jk).

Poor guy, someone has been lying to him on what is small and what is big. :confused:I hope his self esteem still intact.

Either way, that is not so repairable sort of speak. If you want a good repair is going to involve much of cutting the entire rear section and in the end is gonna cost way too much, maybe not to you but to the insurance company. If you want a cheap repair then, many auto body places will drill hundreds of holes, will pull the dent, will use bondo and then repaint the area.

Sue him!

I still think you should try this method. It does work and could save you big.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9OGa9vB42Q

lol

he should also try the washer mod..

Shouldnt be that expensive they can pull it right out;-)

That area is high strength steel, not aluminum.

You got ripped the **** off

Yeah, I agree. That's way way more than it should be. It's not cheap, but to repair a single panel like that should be closer to $2k-$3k.