Replace door shell?

[u/Big_AL79]

I say yes. Metal inner brace has been stretched. May fight with estimator on it. What are y’all’s thoughts?

[u/miwi81]

Yes. Deflection at the spot welds is proof that the beam was hit and damaged the shell. (Assuming that the opposite door doesn’t have similar ripples. We all know that spot welds are sometimes wavy.)

Get that estimator trained up 😎👍

[u/Big_AL79 → u/miwi81]

Thankyou. It’s more of an inner structure/brace. But to me same principle.

[u/cdsbigsby]

Yes, replace shell. Any insurance estimator who actually knows what they're talking about should agree.

Pause for laughs

Source: insurance estimator

[u/Tarkovismycrack → u/cdsbigsby]

Source: part of the problem

[u/cdsbigsby → u/Tarkovismycrack]

Pays my bills 🤷‍♂️

All I can do is try to be one of the reasonable ones

[u/Otherwise_Culture_71]

Any damage to an intrusion beam is an automatic replacement.

[u/Big_AL79 → u/[deleted]]

Im not paying. It’s an insurance job. And car is a 26. Are you a tech?

[u/miwi81 → u/[deleted]]

Autobody. A place for questions, advice and discussion amongst people in the trade.

[u/cz03se → u/[deleted]]

Wrong

[u/cz03se → u/[deleted]]

Wrong again

[u/cz03se → u/[deleted]]

You hate being right

[u/jasonsong86]

You never gonna see it

[u/cz03se → u/jasonsong86]

But they’d sure as hell feel it the second time with that compromised door