Is my daughter getting "took" - door ding repair

[DriveHard]

Ok, my daughter (her car) had a friend who accidently door dinged a car next to them when the wind caught the door. I am proud that they stuck around to make it right with the BMW owner. They received their first quote, and there is some fishyness to me.

The car in question was a 2018 BMW X3 X-drive. Damage was to the drivers side driver door - pic below
Why would they need to remove the headlight, front bumper assembly, and left front fender to repair the door?

Does this seem like a valid quote?

 

[Nukeman7]

Absolutely a ripoff! Unless the photo is misleading, that should be ~$350 for a good paintless dent repair (PDR).

 

[Jimmy_Russells]

Absolutely a ripoff! Unless the photo is misleading, that should be ~$350 for a good paintless dent repair (PDR).

On what planet is paintless dent repair going to fix that, when there is a bunch of missing paint?

 

[supton]

Why would they need to remove the headlight, front bumper assembly, and left front fender to repair the door?

To gain access to the door hinge? Am guessing it might be hidden behind the fender, which in turn is hidden behind the bumper, which in turn is hidden by the headlight... seems awful but I suspect a great deal of cars make it this hard to (and anyone who has had to work on an engine is sometimes surprised by how much has to be removed in order to access one small thing).

There's a reason why I've always parked in the back 40 in lots, even when I drive beaters. Ouch.

 

[CarLuver]

if they have to repaint it then it seems about right. just having a shop paint a bumper can cost $1k . on the bmw it seems they need to remove the fender etc to remove the door and blend the door. 20 years ago , my bmw needed a new hood . the hood was $400 ,but the whole thing cost $2600 after paint etc.

two thing will likely happen. guy will get it fixed, or they will buy some touch up paint and pocket the rest.

 

[Nukeman7]

On what planet is paintless dent repair going to fix that, when there is a bunch of missing paint?

Looks like some white paint transfer from the OP daughter's car to me. Like I stated, I can only go by what the photo appears to show. Obviously, if the blue paint is gouged, paintwork will be needed.

 

[Greenbeforeblue]

It's only a "ding" when it ain't your car. BMW stands for Bring More Wicha$. Mistakes cost money, this one is less than 2500 bucks.

 

[dishdude]

They have to blend the paint into the fender so it looks like it matches. If they just paint the door, it will stand out. Everything attached to the door and fender need to come off for a proper repair.

 

[CKN]

Everthing on here is a "Paintless repair" until it isn't. That isn't one of them. Unless you want it to look like a repair done in the patrking lot of a Dollar Tree.

 

[SatinSilver]

With that quote I'd certainly request two more.

 

[CKN]

On what planet is paintless dent repair going to fix that, when there is a bunch of missing paint?

Exactly.

 

[John105]

It’s unfortunate that doing the right thing results in opportunity/unjust enrichment. Why not get this fixed right and round up to $5,000

 

[Silverado12]

I used to work in a body shop back in the 1980s and no one would remove the door to fix a ding. It gets mudded, spotted in and blended. Should be no more than $600 USD even with todays insane rates.

 

[CKN]

I used to work in a body shop back in the 1980s and no one would remove the door to fix a ding. It gets mudded, spotted in and blended. Should be no more than $600 USD even with todays insane rates.

Nope. You are wrong. I got a slightly scuffed bumper on my wife's Highlander. On the corner. It's $900.00 all over town and isn't even metal. Rates at body shops have drastically gone up since the 80's. Labor hours inlcuded with body shop quotes these days are uniform-and generaous when it comes to labor. Won't be a huge differnce on materials.

BTW-every single body shop in my area uses the exact same software.
They will not mask the bumper off-it has to come off.

They are not going to bondo that door.

 

[Urshurak776]

 

[Trav]

On what planet is paintless dent repair going to fix that, when there is a bunch of missing paint?

The same planet this one is on. Paint missing or paint scuff from here car?

 

[Danno]

I pay $500 per panel for paint repairs, that's at dealership wholesale rates. This one with blending might be $1000. You might get a lower price somewhere else, but is the owner going to be satisfied, and then that becomes another rabbit hole if you go with lowest bidder.
To make sure the transaction is as legit as possible, I would only pay the body shop directly, with a credit card.

 

[KrisZ]

This incident will teach your daughter two things:
1. Be careful when opening doors on windy days
2. Don’t stick around when you fail No.1

 

[TomYoung]

On what planet is paintless dent repair going to fix that, when there is a bunch of missing paint?

Is that missing paint, or transfer from the other car in a light color?

 

[RooflessVW]

On what planet is paintless dent repair going to fix that, when there is a bunch of missing paint?

I don't see a bunch of missing paint. At worst, it's maybe a spot.

We have a local guy that does PDR and touch up work for the local dealers. This would cost a few hundred at most.

This is a 7 year old car - if the rest of the car is absolutely spotless it maybe warrants a perfect repair. Most 7 year old cars are not perfect.

@slo town's BMW would warrant $2500 spent on a door ding - not some 2nd or 3rd owner's DD that probably gets run through the autowash.