Ouch!! New left wing needed

[Lamprax]

First post here and I hope I had started different ...
Today that I went to get my car (Punto MK2) I found my left front "wing" smashed along with my headlight and a few marks on the bumper and I am wondering how much it will set me back ... I think that official fiat service will be too much for me to pay (I am currently an unemployed university student and I don't think that my father will help me on that since this is my second car (the first died a glorious death being caught between a Toyota HiLux and it's counterpart from Mitsubishi (the Mitsubishi driver was drunk and didn't bother to brake ) ). I should note that the car behaves as normal but the driver door does not open... now that's a good way to start your day ...

(sorry for my English but I am Greek ...)

 

[-DrEw-]

A non-genuine wing shouldnt be more than £25, and i'd try a scrappies for a headlight

bodyshop will probably charge around 150 to paint and fir the wing

 

[Lamprax]

Thanks for the reply ... I was thinking more like doing the fitting and the painting myself... how feasible is this idea??

 

[-DrEw-]

yeah can quite easily be done

 

[Xen]

I had almost exactly the same damage on mine... quotes were around £600 to £700 GBP.

I did the work myself for less than £200...
(although ive yet to get the tracking done. Thought i may aswell replace trackrod ends before it gets tracked as they look pretty old anyway and will give me the extra peace of mind)

Paint and Materials... £30
New Bumper... £80
New Wing (primed)... £70
Scrapyard Headlamp... £10

took about 3hrs (exc. painting as that was done the night before.)

Checkout my thread... pics are on the 2nd page to give you an idea of whats involved. https://www.fiatforum.com/lets-talk-fiat/134237-someone-bumped-my-baby.html

 

[Xen]

Paint and Materials... £30
New Bumper... £80
New Wing (primed)... £70
Scrapyard Headlamp... £10

Maybe that should be:


Paint and Materials... £30
New Bumper... £80
New Wing (primed)... £70
Scrapyard Headlamp... £10

Satisfaction from doing the work yourself and spending the rest on new ICE equipment and treating yourself.... PRICELESS!