Damage to the edge of the door itself, usually from a wall, a post or the car parked next to you. The metal folds in on itself there, so it needs unfolding carefully rather than knocking out.
Door edges are quoted individually. Send a photo and you get a price before anything goes in the diary.
What drives the price is how far the edge has folded and whether the paint has survived the fold. A soft roll along the lip is quick work. An edge that has been pinched hard against a post, folding the outer skin over the inner, takes far longer and has to be worked from both sides.
Door edges are fiddly, close in work. This is the order it happens in.
Most door edge repairs are a one to three hour job depending on how hard the impact was. The car goes straight back into normal use afterwards with nothing to cure or avoid.
We can still take the fold out and get the shape back, and that is usually most of what people can see. The chip itself needs paint, so we will be straight with you about the finished result before you commit.
Different rather than worse. There is less metal to work with and the fold is sharp, so it takes patience. On a sound panel the result is the same, an edge that looks like it never happened.
Edge guards help if you park somewhere tight, though they change the look of the door. Most people just get the edge sorted and are more careful in narrow bays.
That is part of the job. We check the shut line and the seal contact before handing it back, because an edge that has been pushed out too far catches on closing.
If both cars are here, yes, and it is often cheaper to sort both in one visit than to book two separate jobs.
