cost to weld in a panel?

[profbooty]

So when I bought my track car it came with some body damage, but no frame damage.




I can bang out the rear to get a replacement panel to line up, and if I ever want the rear to look pretty I will just buy an apron. The problem is that the side creased damage above the fender is really hard to bang out. It extends all the way below the bumper so it makes it difficult to seat the bumper properly. At least I don't have the bumper flopping around on track though.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=1113&mospid=47309&btnr=41_0361&hg=41&fg=25

So assuming I go to the junkyard and sawzall something like item 16 above, and I do all the prep work, anyone have a rough idea how much it would cost to get someone to weld in a replacement and grind down all the welds?. I figure after that just order some rattle cans from paintscratch.com and finish it off (it is a track car afterall).

There is only so much bodywork I can do given the fact that I have an HOA and this would probably fall under "extraordinary repair".

[M-technik-3]

Depends on basicly where you take it. Springfield Autobody does some good work or at least they used to. There is also Artisan Autobody in Manassas Va. If you go on 2002faq and look at powelli thread and look at his fixing of his 2002. They are compentant body shop.

DC is not cheap labor wise but if you get farther away from it as you know it gets cheaper.

I used to live in the Alexandria area. Hated the traffic!!! Bridge and US 1 area done yet?

[der affe]

actually, you are going to want to get a #1. # 16 is for a four door car. you may or may not want to get the rear apron too (#2) depending on if you are going to do it yourself or not.

replacing a rear qtr panel is going to run you around 3K or so with paint included. slightly less if you provide the panel. if you give them a junk yard panel, they will be time charged for removing the panel from the doaner part too.