Re: Need some help... (archive)

Here's the story everyone. My parents recently bought a 1991 318is. They got a great deal on the car. It only had 75,000 miles and the interior was basically perfect. It was missing the sport seats, but my parents have a really nice set of black ones on the way so the interior is now good to go. The problem with the car is that it got caught in a hail storm at some time in it's life and it has some pretty bad damage to it. So, since my parents love the car they have decided that they're going to put the money into it to make it perfect again. I'm trying to help them find some body parts to replace the damaged ones on the car. The color of the car is "diamantschwarz-metallic" so if anyone has a parts car in this color, or knows where one is located, I would appreciate it if you'd let me know. They've already bought a hood and a fender, but they're the wrong color. We'd like to find some parts that are the same color so we can replace the damaged ones as we go. They're looking for doors and a trunk lid right now, so please let me know if you can help. Thanks everyone!!
Brett

Most hail damage can be repaired without holes, filling, sanding or painting. The people that do this type of body work go by various names; ding doctors, dent wizard, etc. They're trained by insurance companies & have to commit to work for them for a while. Some have gone in business for themselves & others do work on side. Here they charge $35-50 a panel. They've worked on my car & did a great job. You might find one in the yellow pages. Car dealers know them if you have a contact there.

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