Lightsped

Well, I was involved in my first car accident last night. A DUI hit the side of my Si. Police sited him of course. No body was hurt. Everyone had insurance.

Here are pics of my Si. My questions are: Oh, not seen in the pics is a vertical crease in the fender just in front of the fuel door.....

How do bodyshops repair this? Do they buy a new rear quarter panel, and cut my old one off? Where do they get the quarterpanel from? Or do they simply fill in the damaged area with bondo, sand it down, and repaint?

Also now my steering wheel is about 5 degrees off center. Another words, when driving straight, the wheel is crooked about 5 degrees. How would getting hit in the rear knock my steering out?

Anyone know the paintcode for this car? Electron Blue Pearl?

Thanks

slateEKsi

that really sucks man... i know that pain you're feeling- pm your cell # and i'll send you a pic of what happened to mine just in december

20-EM2-05

Body shop can repair this easily. I've seen a 2007 Acura TL in this situation at my cousins shop and they repaired it in a few days w/ paint.

I don't know how much the cost would estimate to be though.

Nichelson_Performance

i hate drunk drivers

i'm not sure how they will fix that. ill bet they do have to get a new quarter though

Geoff92

When i was co-op at a body shop, they would try to pull this out, if they can't cut and weld in a new quarter panel, filling that with bondo would just crack over time,

PSU

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Sorry to hear bro.

Glad you are okay.

Matt93eg

Damn, that sucks man. But atleast you weren't hurt(I personally wouldn't have cared at all if the drunk was hurt but I see he wasn't). It can be fixed although I don't know exactly how it would be done, I would think they would most likely need to cut that out and weld in another 1/4. I just had my car in the body shop and repainted not quite a month ago and I had a dent in my drivers side 1/4 panel but not nearly that bad and they welded studs in and pulled it all out.

Good luck with everything.

Lightsped

If they cut the 1/4 panel out and weld in a new one, where do they find the new 1/4 panel? Is it a factory new car or from a junker? Also, wouldn't the areas where they cut the panel be prone to rust?

Also, why would my steering wheel not be centered now? It is off like 5 degrees when the car is going straight....

Is the EBP color easy to match if they don't paint the whole car?

I am supposed to get the Police report tomorrow and then call the DUIs insurance (Guide One). Hope this all works out.

Pothole987

most shops would problaly just get one from a scrapyard around here. with insurance fix though it may be new. did the car get jerked onto a curb or something causing the wheel to be jammed missaligning the front end?

Lightsped

Nope, I never hit a curb or anything. The front bumper of the other car did slightly touch the left rear wheel/tire though. Not sure why this would affect the steering though....

wannaBjdmca6

it does affect it bro

97ej6dx

may have bent the lower crossmember or the trailing arm

slowassBubble

the bodyshop could either cut the 1/4 panel or pull dent out and get it mostly straight the use a little bit of filler, theres nothing wrong wit body filler as long as they pull the dent out and they get it as straight as they can before putting it on, just make sure u take it to a good shop so they dont do any dirty jobs. also about the rust the body shops use or should use a self etch primer on all bare metal spots bringing the rust protection back to factory protection. if they do a 1/4 panel replacement they are gonna cut the whole thing off meaning they gotta take the side window off and remove all the spot welds, dont let a shop just section in a new piece of a 1/4 panel, get the whole 1/4 for a good job

96_cvc_b16

i got hit by my neighbor in the quarter panel too, i took it to a shop and requested to have the quarter panel replaced. they said it was gona be more expensive but i didnt care since her insurance was gona pay for it. they qouted me a little over 3grand to replace and paint.

jumanjaq143

New factory quarter and they would pull out the bottom with a frame puller. probably

Weakbyyou

the paint code should be on the sticker in your driver door. its something like P28B? could be wrong though. the body shop will know where to get it

Flashcam

well when u take it the body shop they can easily fix that quarter panel but u say u have a 5 degree change in ur steering ur frame could be bent so try to get a body shop with a frame laser tester i dont kno the name g/l wit it

ehammer314159

Well the thing is when they weld on a new quarterpanel they dont just cut and weld... they drill out the old spot welds then weld the new one on

shogee

ewww i know how you feel same thing just happened to my em1 this friday

97ej6dx

they would probably get one of these #5 and #6 (left side) They would sell these together to most bodyshops for a seemless fit.

EM1 Resto

If it is a good bodyshop you shouldn't be able to tell where they cut in a new quarter panel. Check your gaps when you get it back from the bodyshop. Your alignment being off is typical. Make sure they do a 4 wheel alignment on your car. If they can get it aligned then something is bent or off and will need to be replaced.

D Griff

Man, sorry to hear that. I hate drunk drivers. Good luck with the repair and getting the insurance to pay for it everything. Glad to hear you're alright.

DrZFiNeSt

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Drunk drivers

boxeocampeon

a body shop will bang the dent out and then cover it with bondo and repaint it. your steerign wheel is off because the hit probably knocked you out of alignment or could have done other damage possibly to your suspension. since its his fault go to a good quality auto body shop and have them fix it

NOFX

The Honda color code should be something like B-95P. It's on your driver door jamb (not usually the door itself).