new here and to dakotas

[rollers888]

Whats up!

[Scratch87]

hey yup like 2mins from indrio actually

[WhyteChocolate]

cool. I'm about a minute away from US1 on the St Lucie West exit. there are a few guys from around the treasure coast on here, just not as often as I waste my time on here

[Scratch87]

lol yeah ill probably be one of them to be on here alot checking stuff out and what not. you know any good body shop places around here that are reasonable? i got some damage to the back quarter panel and i got a quote today from a guy in vero for 700 dollars.. lol all it needs is to be pulled out and i guess maybe some bondo?

[WhyteChocolate]

uh... I'd say for a reasonable price and overall decent work you can try affordable auto on farmers market rd in Ft Pierce. They do things like 200 dollar whole vehicle paint jobs every now and then. That's between Midway and Virgina right off of US1

[Scratch87]

ok cool ill check them out monday then and see what they can do with it for now im just getin that fix'd and a paint job to fix the clear coat rot and to paint the fender i got on it then later on going to go and get a little bit better one maybe

[WhyteChocolate]

well I've seen a few of their paint jobs, and for the price are not that bad. obviously not show car quality, but good enough

[Scratch87]

hey thats all i need well i snapped some pics of the fender i got here some shots for yall.

[Scratch87]

ha...would forget to resize one of them wouldnt i?.. tomorrow i gotta adjust it abit more and put the inner fender back on and thats bout it execpt for when i get it painted

[WhyteChocolate]

okay, I guess I'm not following closely enough; what exactly are you having done workwise?

[Scratch87]

Oh, well the front fender had some damage to it and after asking around and talking to you guys i figured the best thing was just replace it. So i got one from a junk yard today and put it on and now the only other damage to the body is on the back passenger side someone hit the corner pretty good and left a nice size dent. Going from just behind the wheel to the back of the taillight and from about 2inches from the bottom of the panel to about 4 inches to the top. Sorry if that doesnt make since, i tried taking a picture but since its a black truck you really cant see it. Unlse in person

[WhyteChocolate]

I actually understand that too well......my brother backed into my dakota about a year and a half ago. I took the big dent out, but very angry while doing so. therefore I have a few small dents in the place. Passenger side. My cousin told me to prep it and he'd spray it for 100 bucks. But needless to say I didn't have the money and it doesn't bother me that much so I never got around to it.

Does you're light sit flush? I know mine doesn't fit right on the inside of the tailgate

[Scratch87]

ha wow seems like the same problem and dent my light doesnt sit flush either but on the other side close to the panel it sticks out a bit, i tried poppin the dent out but cant get it what did you use?

[WhyteChocolate]

take the tail out, use anything that doesn't have a sharp edge. I used the bat I keep in my truck. 2x4 works great as well. My cousin used to teach auto body at IRCC or sc, whatever it is now. I took the class and got my certification. Blew my knee out, so I can't crouch down too long. There goes my hopes of doing that. Anyways, getting too far off topic. He taught the class that anything can be used as a tool. You don't need anything special. Use what will do it.

[Scratch87]

mmmm didnt think of taking the tail out and trying that..lol well ill try that out tomorrow then too. Yeah what ever you do dont go into there and sign up for class's and say IRCC lol the lady up front chewed my head of saying its a STATE college now lol, but will always be Ircc lol :P.