Back Quarterpanel

[JoeShmoe]

Originally Posted by gthompson97

For a good paintjob you should do the engine bay also. But just the door/hatch jams and if you have a sunroof they'll need to do that too. You'd probably want all the dents taken out with a new paintjob. You'll be looking at probably at least $4k for a good paintjob.

Thats aarm a leg and a couple fingers from the other had! I think anything over $2600 or $2700 is too much. I got a quote from a pro and hes said $2000 with stripping the car down (lights, glass, jambs, hatch, sunroof, etc.) I thought that was fair.

[SilvrEclipse]

Originally Posted by Darrick147

Why in the hell would they run a 420a on that car? thats dumb.

I dont know. Cause it was someones car they just used in the movie. They wanted a riced out car and most of them happen to be 420a's

[gthompson97]

Well I guess a big factor is are you paying for the materials at a different time, or is the shop paying for them and tacking it onto the bill? What he quoted you was probably just labor without materials.

[Darrick147]

I guess my paint job can wait a couple of months then haha...

[JoeShmoe]

Originally Posted by gthompson97

Well I guess a big factor is are you paying for the materials at a different time, or is the shop paying for them and tacking it onto the bill? What he quoted you was probably just labor without materials.

yeah it was the total, some type of expensive red paint included

Try this Darrick. http://www.wheelfire.com/ccontent/TechWheel.cfm#Offset

[vanilla gorilla]

Originally Posted by SilvrEclipse

Lime green stands out

The eclipse had a turbo 420a in it. I think it was turbo

We'll if you pause the movie when they have the hood popped and look closely....
You will see the 420a, with like a black CAI with a NOS sticker on the intake pipe.....you will also only get to see the top of the header, which is cleary a N/A header.

So basically the car in the movie was a N/A RS/GS. But of course they use recordings from the exhaust and BOV of some other kind of car and used that to make it seem like the clipse was turbo.....

[Darrick147]

haha thats so dumb...

[david-b]

Originally Posted by vanilla gorilla

We'll if you pause the movie when they have the hood popped and look closely....
You will see the 420a, with like a black CAI with a NOS sticker on the intake pipe.....you will also only get to see the top of the header, which is cleary a N/A header.

So basically the car in the movie was a N/A RS/GS. But of course they use recordings from the exhaust and BOV of some other kind of car and used that to make it seem like the clipse was turbo.....

Damn vanilla beat me to it. Remember I took a screen shot and posted it up here. N/T header and a HUGE NOS sticker on the CAI. Got to love it. Everything about that movie is wrong... like the stand-alone engine management system... good way to spend 10 grand. lol. What a load.

[gthompson97]

Originally Posted by JoeShmoeAltima

yeah it was the total, some type of expensive red paint included

Well you got a hell of a deal then, because it should definitely be way more than $2000, especially with all the materials and red paint.

[JoeShmoe]

Originally Posted by gthompson97

Well you got a hell of a deal then, because it should definitely be way more than $2000, especially with all the materials and red paint.

I thought it was a steal, SON OF A BITCH, why did I go with a $300 paint job then?

Originally Posted by vanilla gorilla

We'll if you pause the movie when they have the hood popped and look closely....

Originally Posted by vanilla gorilla

You will see the 420a, with like a black CAI with a NOS sticker on the intake pipe.....you will also only get to see the top of the header, which is cleary a N/A header.

So basically the car in the movie was a N/A RS/GS. But of course they use recordings from the exhaust and BOV of some other kind of car and used that to make it seem like the clipse was turbo.....

Thanks for ruining the whole F&F franchise nilla.

[Darrick147]

Went and got an estimate today on how much itll cost to fix the panel..$1500 including labor and paint matching...i thought it would be a lil more than that.

[gthompson97]

Is that to fix the panel, or to replace it? You don't want that panel fixed, you want it replaced. That panel will have no structural strength left if they just fix the damaged one.

[1992eclipseGS]

I don't see how they would find reason to total the car based on the pictures. I work for an auto body shop. Damage like this is the reason why we are in buisness... If they went around totalling cars for damage like that, I would be in the un-employment line. But basically here's what a shops going to be paid to do:

You have to cut and weld in a new quater panel.. someone stated that already in this thread... Now the down side to doing that is, you have to remove the rear bumper, tail light, most of the rear interior (minus the seats)... all this shit will have to be re-installed.. which is where the labor prices start to roll in (time consumption)...Thankfully with the hatch trunk, removal of the rear glass isn't involved (this my friend is expensive labor).. now once the new panel is welded on, you have to grind the weld, apply filler to the grinded areas, sand, and get it ready to paint. The downside with painting a quater panel on an eclipse is we don't have a breaking line between the quater panel and the roof (some cars have rubber moldings that seperate the roof and the panel). Since we don't have that, the "RIGHT" way to paint your car is paint the quater panel, the roof, and the panel on the other side of the car. Your also suppose to blend into the rear bumper as well... Like I stated, this is the "RIGHT" way to do it... alot of it comes down to your Insurance company and how anal they want to be. I mean lets be serious here... this is an eclipse, not a 7seris BMW... if it was me, i would just say fuck it and blend up to the roof and try to paint match the best way I can.

The body shop will write there own estimate, and the insurace appraiser will write his/hers.. from there they will come up with a price, and there you have it... But again, it depends on how anal your insurance company wants to be.. If they take into fact your age, your driving record, the age of the car, the cost of the repair.. all of that shit, and see that it will be to there benefit in the long run to just total the car, cut you a check for the lowest amount possible and send you on your way... then they can do that as well.

[Darrick147]

Originally Posted by 1992eclipseGS

I don't see how they would find reason to total the car based on the pictures. I work for an auto body shop. Damage like this is the reason why we are in buisness... If they went around totalling cars for damage like that, I would be in the un-employment line. But basically here's what a shops going to be paid to do:

You have to cut and weld in a new quater panel.. someone stated that already in this thread... Now the down side to doing that is, you have to remove the rear bumper, tail light, most of the rear interior (minus the seats)... all this shit will have to be re-installed.. which is where the labor prices start to roll in (time consumption)...Thankfully with the hatch trunk, removal of the rear glass isn't involved (this my friend is expensive labor).. now once the new panel is welded on, you have to grind the weld, apply filler to the grinded areas, sand, and get it ready to paint. The downside with painting a quater panel on an eclipse is we don't have a breaking line between the quater panel and the roof (some cars have rubber moldings that seperate the roof and the panel). Since we don't have that, the "RIGHT" way to paint your car is paint the quater panel, the roof, and the panel on the other side of the car. Your also suppose to blend into the rear bumper as well... Like I stated, this is the "RIGHT" way to do it... alot of it comes down to your Insurance company and how anal they want to be. I mean lets be serious here... this is an eclipse, not a 7seris BMW... if it was me, i would just say fuck it and blend up to the roof and try to paint match the best way I can.

The body shop will write there own estimate, and the insurace appraiser will write his/hers.. from there they will come up with a price, and there you have it... But again, it depends on how anal your insurance company wants to be.. If they take into fact your age, your driving record, the age of the car, the cost of the repair.. all of that shit, and see that it will be to there benefit in the long run to just total the car, cut you a check for the lowest amount possible and send you on your way... then they can do that as well.

They did say that they would replace the panel, but the only thing he said that they would blend in paint wise was into the door...The body shop that i went to was a different body shop than i plan on actually going to to get it fixed.(I live closer to the other body shop, i just didnt have time to drive all the way over to the good one. I just wanted a rough estimate on the cost.) The body shop that im gonna go to, i know will do it right and if they dont they guaruntee my satisfaction. If i say that i dont think it looks right they'll go back and fix it no questions asked. I havent used them before but i know quite a few people who have and they have been very happy with the results.

[gthompson97]

Originally Posted by 1992eclipseGS

The downside with painting a quater panel on an eclipse is we don't have a breaking line between the quater panel and the roof (some cars have rubber moldings that seperate the roof and the panel). Since we don't have that, the "RIGHT" way to paint your car is paint the quater panel, the roof, and the panel on the other side of the car. Your also suppose to blend into the rear bumper as well...

The break is between the quarter and the hatch. The quarter doesn't directly contact the roof, it ends at the hatch and the hatch is what is "connected" to the roof.