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TheWanderingMage
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Aug 11, 2014, 3:57 PM
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This is a general body repair question that I'd like some opinions on, preferably if you've seen this type of damage from a collision before.
If you have a car with no rust coming through any of the panels. You get in a minor accident and scrape a metal panel up against something, this in turn causes the paint and likely a small sublayer of metal to be removed. The rest of the car is in good shape with no rust, the area is about 1" x 3" of rust.
In this instance I was told there are 3 options.
1 replace the panel = $$$
2 cut an area around it and make a patch before repainting = $$
3 grind it down, then I believe he said he'd then epoxy and repaint (without actually cutting the rusted section out, just prepping and re-painting) = $
That is the scenario.
Now the question: How likely is it that the fix #3 will be the first part of the the panel to rust through, when there is no other visible rust issues except the damaged area?
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Hammer Time
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Aug 11, 2014, 4:09 PM
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Rust is like cancer. It always comes back if not totally cut out.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Aug 12, 2014, 8:16 AM
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Was the damaged panel replaced or fixed? A used part of a panel may have been used and you got one that had rust you don't otherwise OR if a popular vehicle some aftermarket junk with no tolerance for rust.
Throw in plain poor workmanship I guess. New panel is the best and OE. Any work on body metal is IMO more likely to have a problem than one untouched/damaged. Heat, if used for a repair takes away resistance to rust and unseen back side might have lost any coating paint or otherwise.
As Hammer said and hate to use a disease name rust is that word and unless it's all gone and cut out for metals will come back even within a year or less which is disappointing of course.
Not sure how long as you didn't say but if this vehicle is nice enough overall and been too long to complain about the repair think about doing it with new (not used) panel and OE stuff not aftermarket and need to insist or make it clear about the fix you want it right,
T
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TheWanderingMage
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Aug 12, 2014, 11:12 AM
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Thanks for the reply. It is a 2007 Tiburon, only 40k miles on it. I was original purchaser, so it is all original OEM paneling still.
The insurance will likely refuse to pay for the panel, but I don't see any reason they shouldn't pay for a patch. They need to restore it to post accident condition, every indication I've gotten, is this area will quickly rust before any other part if it is only re-painted, therefore it is not pre-accident condition.
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Hammer Time
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Aug 12, 2014, 11:55 AM
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But you have to realize that the rust is not the insurance companies problem. They didn't insure against rust.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Aug 12, 2014, 12:50 PM
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Insurance varies but most would NOT pay for new OE parts. Not fair but things aren't. I've (not my vehicle) paid over what insurance would cover for OE on really nice vehicles or a month long dissertation about some and won. Sorry for the trouble for you but a 2007 with low miles if the rest is fine is a tad new for me to have problems that bad.
If you have the time and it hasn't been way too long b*tch about it anyway as it isn't going to get better by itself,
T
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