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Rough estimate of repair cost (body work)?


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My econobox had a fight with a guard rail and it rocked it pretty good. I was pricing pieces out but not sure what all would be involved in fixing this myself. It definitely needs a new headlight, fender, bumper, and door. . . and even then there's a pretty big gouge on the rear quarter that would need filling and such. Would I be best to sell this thing as is or try to repair it myself or perhaps a body shop? It's a 03 accent with 148K on it, not a single problem mechanically or any rust. I hate that the book value of this car puts me in a tough situation to dump money into fixing it but it is what it is.

 

thoughts/advice/recommendations????

 

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Drive as is like the rest of facepalm Ohioans

 

*raises hand*

 

More than the car is worth

 

This. When my buddy gave me a 2000 elantra he hit a deer with I transferred the title and shrug.jpg. If it really bothers you, scrap yard parts. I need to get a headlight and bumper cover, but I've driven it as is since Oct. Can't beat it fo' free since it's got awesome a/c and heat and good MPG's since it's a 5spd, but I won't be dumping much money at all into this thing.

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Thanks for the input everyone. . gonna just junk yard the fender/headlight and play it by ear on the rest. I know these cars are not worth much market value but the way it runs and the way I maintain it I'm sure I can beat another 100K out of it, which for me is worth a lot to not put high miles on my other vehicles :)
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Ended up repairing it myself (minus paint). Bought headlight for 40, black matching door from junkyard for 90, and fender online for 65 shipped. I will probably duplicolor the fender and call it a day. Thanks for the opinions in all this. . . really wasn't worth doing much more than this, but I had fun with it.

 

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