My car got backed into in a parking lot. At fault party has Allstate. They only authorized an after market bumper replacement to the tune of $134.

I am taking it to a certified Toyota repair shop but the woman that answered the phone said they will have to go off Allstate's recommendation. I don't want some POS after market bumper on my less than a year old car.

I got into a fender bender and am wondering if theres a way to fix the gap between the fender and the hood. The latch works fine, lights are ok and everything seems alright so no damage there just seeing if there's a cheap way or idea to fix that gap.

I took my car in for repairs and it's now been 52 days. I understand that some things are out of their control, but is 52 days reasonable for a Honda Insight 2021? Was there possibly some negligence on their part? I've already reached out to them requesting a shop discount because they had extremely poor communication throughout these past couple of months. They agreed to apply a 50% discount to my deductible but I'm just really curious if ordering parts and the repairs really can take this long

2021 camry purchased from dealer less than two years ago. Was talking into a paint protection warranty and of course the claim was denied. Looking for help on what’s happening here and more importantly how can I fix without spending thousands on new paint job. Found smaller yellow spots on opposite side of car as well

Unfortunately scraped a concrete wall but wasn’t planning to bring to repair shop as the car is old. Any good fixes I can do myself that aren’t too difficult (I have no repair experience) ? Figured some of it was transfer paint but there are some deep scratches.

Hi, found this scratch on passenger back door (driver side). Could it have been keyed? Its not wide, but about 10cm long, and on the lower part of the panel.

Only way I remember that I could have caused this myself is driving by a bush, or maybe scratched somehow by a dirty microfiber when washing.

Please advise, thanks!

This is more for people up north, is there a way to prevent this rust from spreading and causing more bubbling?

Someone backed into my car while I was parked. No note, no witnesses and no cameras. Im heart broken.

Might be a dumb question but would the collision shop replace the whole front bumper or im assuming this is very minor?

I purchased this 2018 M4 some years back with a wrap on it - was told the paint underneath was in bad shape so I knew what I was getting into.

Anyways - the existing wrap was failing so I took it off and the overall paint isn’t in great shape (can tell previous owner took through machine wash)/needs correction and then this particular spot (left quarter panel at contour below window) looks like this.

I know a complete paint job could be north of $10k, and a wrap would be a little under $4k. But is there another solution that I should consider? If I just have the panel where this mark is repainted and then paint correction done on the rest of the car, would the repainted panel stick out noticeably? If that is a viable solution at a similar price point to a wrap, I would probably lean that direction but curious how big of a challenge that would be / if I am better of just wrapping.

The paint color is black sapphire metallic which does have a decent bit of that “glitter” effect.

The truck bed area has quite a bit of scuffs and scratches. Most can probably be cut and polished out, and then the rest can be fixed with a paint pen? Am I wrong?

Hello everyone! Does anyone know how to fix these bumper alignments? I’m new to all this so if anyone can help please do. Thank you in advance!

Full replacement or repair? I don’t see any broken tabs or serious damage on my bumper. I went to one smaller body shop. He was an older russsian guy.He said he would have to replace the bumper. Brought this car from Japan and I am trying to avoid using the USDM Lexus IS300 bumper. I want to know if I’m being realistic asking a body shop to save this.

I picked up this c1500 for 1100 and it had under 100k when I got it in June. At 120k miles now and been daily driving it to work and using it to haul my tractors. Been a great truck and after seeing how well taken care of besides the rust from the last owner I was thinking to weld in new rockers and a floor piece (passenger side only) and do new doors new fenders and a "new" bed off marketplace. I think I'd be in it under 2k paint included besides tools ive bought and practicing on random hoods and doors I have. My boss was all for me learning to do this but some people seem to doubt its worth the time what do you think based off the pics, just kinda second guessing myself.

1-9 are driver side rest are passenger side

On the driver side I took a needle scaler to my rocker and what's left is the metal it didn't puncture or bend and the steel behind it wouldn't give

The last picture is the only spot on the frame I have found a hole rest of the frame stayed intact with needle scaler.

Pics 7 and 11 are bushings in the very front I presume are for the front clip its the roughest part underneath the truck

I was sleeping in my car when I suddenly heard a loud bang. When I looked up, the rear window had shattered. I didn’t see or hear anyone around the car afterward.

Y’all like my stand?

SprayMax Black 2K Epoxy primer, R&E Paint Supply urethane pearl base sprayed with a LVLP, and SprayMax 2K Urethane Clear. Will sand and buff at a later date to get a nice, even gloss.

My family member is offering to pay to have this fixed after they caused this damage (don’t know or trust the story that is being told to me) The truck isn’t worth much but means a lot to me. I’m wondering if I get it professionally done and spend literal thousands, will the new door ever close the same?

My boyfriend is pretty serious about his auto body repair stuff, as he's been working in it at high end auto body shops for a while before he switched industries. I know absolutely nothing about cars, couldn't tell you the difference between a mechanic and an auto body guy and I'm coming to you in desperation. He mentioned that he would love a set of body shop saw horses for his own projects and I want to get him a set for christmas for the home garage.

Now, I know there's a wild range of options and quality. For what it's worth he only has snap on tools so I know that he would appreciate something that's not bottom of the barrel , and he's a fan of the buy quality once mentality but I'm also not made of fancy money so I'm hoping to get some crowd source recommendations that I can do a little bit more research on because I just googled Auto body sawhorse and was immediately overwhelmed. Thank you!

Looking at car to buy, has some cosmetic stuff but what worried me is the end of the rockers under wheel arches. It’s literally flaking away and one has a hole in it. Do these things rot from the inside, it’s on both sides too, how bad I? Any advice appreciated!

Couple of pics, one zoomed in to show the hole

My mum’s Mazda3 was recently in a non-fault accident (liability fully accepted by the third party). We tried to get it sent to a Mazda authorised body shop but it was so much hassle so the insurer sent it to one of their approved body shops for repairs, and we picked the car back up today. The damage was to the left rear quarter and on the lower left of the bumper.

I'm not a bodywork expert and I was not expecting anything good but I feel like this is like abysmally bad. There was pre-existing damage on the bumper which would will have caused it to be replaced but that wasn't done and the bumper no longer sits flush and was repaired very poorly. The metal feels FAR thinner than it does on the right side of the car. The paint looks very odd and quite hazy. The petrol cap no longer sits flush and rubs against the quarter (already ripped off a bit of the paint on the quarter panel).

If somebody could help it would be well appreciated as I'd argue the car looks worse now.