Daniel J. Stern wrote:

> H'mm. Sounds like anger might've been involved somehow.
No. Inattention. Three separate collisons.

> Of course, you don't mention some of what we need to know about the car.
> Does it have a fancy pearlescent or special metallic paint?

Metallic, yes.


> dents are serious enough to require repainting,

That's what they said, yes.


> areas of the car to get an acceptable finished appearance. That said, I
> bought a top-line custom body restoration and color-change paint job in
> 2002 of a car about the size of the largest Infiniti (car, not SUV).
> Included was complete disassembly and stripdown, some dent repair, some
> rust repair, some modifications to order, expoxy encapsulation against
> rust. The whole thing ran me about $4K and took about four weeks. Do with
> that knowledge what you will.

OK.


>
> I imagine you're after something in between "We'll paint any car for
> $189.99" and "$9000". If that's the case, it's going to take some shoe
> leather (or tire rubber). Start by looking in the yellow pages, then
> driving around and getting some estimates. Perhaps one of the relatively
> new paintless dent repair places can help. Taillamps can be fearfully
> expensive from the dealer; check ebay or www.car-part.com for a less
> expensive replacement.
>

Thanks. Appreciate your help.