I'm thinking of purchasing a 96 2 door Subaru, but what I am wondering and need help with is it has a lot of little dings and a few tiny dents mostly on the two doors, and some around the entire body. The right side back quarter panel is rusted around the edges also, can anyone give me an estimate on what it would be to have all this fixed and ready to paint? I can't take it to a body shop for an estimate because it's 40 miles away in a small town, and I have looked everywhere on the internet for a general guess estimate but can't find any!

I'm just trying to figure out if it's worth it or if I should just try to find a different one with a little bit better of a body (if such a thing for a car from 1996 exists), but there's two problems with that. #1 I'm in Illinois, hard as hell to find certain cars here/or near. #2 Subaru's get beat to $#$# and back, so for a 96 with low mileage, I think it's pretty good(?).

I look forward to your expert opinions :), thanks for your time in advance!

If this is the car that you want I say go for it. The rust around the panel can be fixed and painted for a couple hundred. The dents and dings also won't be all that hard to cover up.