Made a really tight turn and hit some really solid ice and damaged the passenger side door on my Model Y. Looking for a rough cost estimate for repairing the damage. Obviously, nobody can give me an exactly accurate figure, but having a ballpark idea would be nice to know when shopping repairs.
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Dented my door badly, looking for a rough repair estimate
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Made a really tight turn and hit some really solid ice and damaged the passenger side door on my Model Y. Looking for a rough cost estimate for repairing the damage. Obviously, nobody can give me an exactly accurate figure, but having a ballpark idea would be nice to know when shopping repairs.
voip-ninja
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It is easily a $2,000+ repair. You should just use your insurance to take care of it.
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TomB985
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Ouch...sorry to see that.
I got curious when I read the bukets0fun's comment about aluminum. I was under the impression that the body was steel. Turns out that it's mostly steel, but the door skins are aluminum, which makes that a pricey thing to fix.
Blue, red, and yellow in the below diagram are different grades of steel. Gray is aluminum.
I got curious when I read the bukets0fun's comment about aluminum. I was under the impression that the body was steel. Turns out that it's mostly steel, but the door skins are aluminum, which makes that a pricey thing to fix.
Blue, red, and yellow in the below diagram are different grades of steel. Gray is aluminum.
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You may want to check with a good PDR shop to see if they can repair this before replacing the door.
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ask a couple good PDR's their opinion... if not, find ANY decent body shop and get a used door and paint it to match. remember that you do not need a TE$LA certified body shop for this.. unless you want to spend a few K
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howardnj
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I don't know where you are in New York but if you are not far from New Jersey check out Branning Automotive Group.
They are recommended by Tesla. When I took my Y into a Tesla SC to repair two paint chips on my lift gate they were unable to do it and referred me to Branning. Branning not only did a great job, but the best part was they did not charge me.
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zoomer0056
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Thanks for the investigative work - TomB985! Do you have any ideas how expensive is "expensive"? Like $5k+, $10k+?
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loanchau2k
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I have not done anything to repair my MY yet, I am shocked of this number. Just to fix the dent for the car door is 3k?
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I think they meant replacing the door. Your dent is larger than a quarter size and is at the angel edge, not on the flat surface, I think this is pretty tough to fix/repair it.
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