Hit door

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by regal

Not much experience with modern unibody, Body shops can fix dents like this right?

I am used to the old adage unibody bent, crush it. I had a 84 civic with a similar bent door and I just swapped it out, didn'tven think of unibody damage, drove it 50k more miles.


I tempted to believe the local body shop guy just wants the car so he can yurn a healthly profit on it.





I guess I should have it checked out but the spot is so localized, more like a punxture that anything, he said he drove it straight hame and again the door open/shuts easily. He does want $2k.

The fact that the door closes fine indicates that the door frame is intact, so I personally would not worry. The laminated metal construction makes cars much more flexible (as opposed to rigid members that crack), but more difficult to repair. If the door frame (i.e. A or B pillars) was visibly damaged or the rocker panel, then I would be concerned.