A few months back I came down into the parking garage at work only to find a fist sized dent on the seam between the driver's side front and rear doors. I had the dent fixed through insurance at the Mazda body shop but they couldn't get the repair right. There was a definite indention along both the front and rear edge of the seam, causing a very obvious problem in reflections (basically, instead of one even reflection, there are two reflections - one from each door) and After two botched attempts they finally ordered a new front door, hoping they could match the rear door to the front and eliminate the problem. Now I've been without my car for almost a month all-told and I just went to look at the latest repair. It's better than it was, but it's STILL not right. I'm hesitant to ask them to replace the rear door as it is the door with the VIN sticker on it... Should I give up on trying to get my car back to perfect condition, or should I make them try again?

Thanks for any advice

 

pictures?

 

where are u geographically located? if u give us more info, some members might be able to recommend a good body shop in your area.

 

You might want to consider a Dent Wizard shop.

http://www.dentwizard.com/locationsusen

They start at $100, which I am told is not a "per dent" price; just a starting price. If you have several small dents, it should be $100 to fix them all.

I haven't used these guys yet, but I probably will, as my new RX-8 got a small parking lot DING on the driver's door.

Has anybody else taken their car to Dent Wizard?

Occassional door dings are probably unavoidable , so I may wait until I have more than one before I get them taken out.



PS. As I was leaving the DW shop, I drove down the auto-alley in this town. As I passed the BMW dealership, I saw a DW truck leaving!

You don't suppose the dealers use DW as a subcontractor...and then charge the customer dealership prices do you??

 

if the dent is in the seam or a crese a dent wizard or paintless dent removal place isn;t getting it out. that's a strip, bend and bondo and repaint fix. that or break out a welder.

dent removal places work wonder for small dings and dents. Heck I've even done my own @ work with a hot glue gun, a dent puller and some dry ice. but if it's anywhere near a hard edge and not just skin you are in trouble..

Do you have a picture of the damage?

 

I don't have any pictures of the "repair" yet but here is the original dent.

 

they can probably get it out of the door but forget them getting it out of the aluminum back door.

 

Thats bad. Have your car ins. co. just replace the doors. Infact demand it!

 

Ja that crease along the edge can't be fixed.

Unfortunately it cost alot of money, but have them replace the rear door too.