How do I fix this bump? What would it cost?

[MegaVovaN]

Hello fellow ATOTers!

About 2 months ago my father crashed into steel pole at low speed and at angle. He left it to me to find a way to fix this...car is Dodge Intrepid 2001, Gold color.

How do I go about fixing it? What would it cost to replace whole panel over wheel? Or unbend and paint with similar colored paint?
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This is in Houston, TX.

Thanks!

 

[Cal166]

That'll buff right out.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Toilet plunger will do the trick.

 

[Imported]

Probably cheaper to replace the panel with some painted one off eBay.. or look for one at a junkyard.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Why is it your problem and not his?

Call your local junk yards. You just need a Gold Intrepid fender of the same year/model. It probably ranges a few years. Price depends. But you can always haggle with a junk yard. As for the door, I'd buff it a bit, but if you ever want it to look perfect take it to a shop and have them fix and blend the door with the new panel you get from the junk yard.
But for the fender you are probably looking at $100 or less depending on the junk yard and who pulls it.

 

[jimbob200521]

Check out a new quarter panel...that one will have to be taken off to get fixed anyways, so why not replace the whole thing...

 

[nakedfrog]

Just take something and pop it out. It probably doesn't effect the resale much at this point anyway.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Thanks for replies! I shall call the junkyards.

It's my "problem" because it is not my car, but when I drive it, it annoys me that ppl may think I bent the car - and I am so careful driver that I follow speed limits, signs, and don't go 30mph in parking lot...basically it just annoys me personally.
I don't pay for repair, I just have to find cheap way to fix it. Dad is fine driving in it like that.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Cal166
That'll buff right out.

Yep, a little compound and some elbow grease.