MikeyC

If a body shop offers to fix a dent like that using bondo you should leave and go someplace else. Just like if you think a body shop is going to steal parts from your car you should go someplace else. I'm sure the panel was replaced.

Anyway, nice repair work. The paint looks like it matches well. According to people I've talked with in the body shop industry, silver is just about the hardest paint color to match well.

golfpro

Nice job. Looks good as new!

MikeyC is right. Silver, especially metallics, can be tough, but as long as you're paint is in good condition and not faded from age a good painter can match just about anything.

Looks like your job turned out really nicely.

I pick up my new (to me) '02 Sebring silver S2000 tomorrow morning. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!
-golfpro

BNB

No way. The rear panel was removed and replaced. While I had the car there I had them shave the front emblem holes as well as the lisence holes. I'm pretty pleased with the results, except that there is really nothing you can do to put the vehicle info tag back on the inside of the door jam.

golfpro

Yeah, I don't know what our shop does about that. I know we routinely replace underhood info labels when they're disturbed. They're readily available from the dealer. We rarely disturb the info label on the door jamb.

I'd suggest calling Honda for more info, or you might even try the insurance adjuster. He might know if it's replaceable.

Usually the goal of any repair is to be transparent at the end. (Not be obvious that the car's been repaired.) If I were to notice that label was missing, that would give me a big heads up that car had been worked on, or at least painted.

I'd even go to the trouble of making something up to fake it. A little time spent on a word processor and print it on some vinyl. Comes time for a sale or trade-in and the dealer's gonna sting you on that. Something to think about.