Some years ago a car slowly backed into my passenger side quarter panel denting it in a good bit. This happened a week after a cab was trying to make a 34 point turn on a very narrow street and tapped the front drivers side corner of the car. Needless to say it was a bad week. I am finally in a position to proceed with getting these dents fixed. I have read around the forums and it sounds like Scott Yeaman is pretty highly recommended in my area (I live in San Francisco). So that is awesome, I was just wondering if anyone had any rough estimate / guess of what this kind of work is going to cost. Not looking for anything specific, just rough guesses.

Here are some pics (sorry, this was at night, so the images are a little blown out, but should get the idea across).









and here is the front. I am going to deal with replacing the rubber above the bumper on my own.



Its really a small dent, but will require a little pulling, I have noticed the TS lens is very slightly bowed.

I know this is a broad question, and will vary from shop to shop. I am going to get some quality pictures together in daylight and get them down to Yeaman for a more proper estimate...just wanted to get a sense of what I am going to be looking at.

Thanks again.

PS: Watch out for LA drivers. Sheesh.

McMark in Sonoma can do the metal work. He has a guy that can paint it.

Oh, and if you are going to get it fixed.. pull the motor and fix everything else, including reinforcing the dog ears.

Since your in LA, check out Venice Beach Auto Body. They are next Otto's, they are very familiar with 914's. They did my steel flairs.

lives in San Francisco... (post 1).

Scott does great work and he's a 914 guy, but his shop is not cheap. They do mostly insurance work and their hourly rate reflects that.

McMark (Original Customs) is just north of you in Sonoma and he does great work too.


I'd call both and get a quote ..

yeah, that is my plan, thank you all so much for the information.

Sorry his location still says Los Angeles. I didn't read the full post.

that is true, should update that.

You might want to have a good paintless dent guy take a look, they can do amazing things these days. A friend of mine was trailering his car to Laguna Seca a few years back. There was a spare tire mounted to one of the inside walls in the trailer. In route the tire came loose and felt on the hood of this beautiful Ferrari. A painless guy was able to fix it perfectly.

+1

I agree with talking to a painless dent professional.

Paint is gonna be the expensive part. It's probably 3-4h of metal work to my eyes. That rear fender lip does raise a bit of a red flag though, since it's not stock.

If you're looking to blend the paint over just the repair section - first off, it won't match perfectly. It never does. But I would approximate $2k, but that would be up to whoever paints it (I have a guy). Painting the whole car shoots way up from there.

I hit a baby deer last year and went to Scott Yeaman. He worked with me to get as much done with insurance as possible. If you are at all budget concerned, then don't expect your car to finish quickly. Mine took 3 months (and was a pretty minor damage repair)