3Scanner

...from the body shop last Friday.

As you can see from the series of pictures below, the little mishap I had a couple of weeks ago with a snow bank is no longer visible.

The pearl white paint-matching went pretty well as far as I can tell. The shop had to completely repaint the passenger side front fender, rear passenger side door, right side a pillar, and blend the front and rear passenger side bumpers to bring everything back to normal.

The total cost for collision repair and custom grill work came out to $891.45 ($638.00 of which was for labor):

BEFORE:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/front_damage_closeup.jpg">
AFTER:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/front_fender__tire_-_after.jpg">


BEFORE:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/rear_quarter_panel_-_before.jpg">
AFTER:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/rear_quarter_panel_-_after.jpg">


BEFORE: (this was the most difficult part of the job since the tech had to come from both sides of the metal to pull out the slight crease/indent in the door seam location in order to restore the edgework of the panel; it's truly amazing what these body shop pros are able to do!)
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/rear_door_seam_-_before.jpg">
AFTER:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/rear_door_seam_-_after2.jpg">


BEFORE:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/front_fender_looking_down_-_before.jpg">
AFTER:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/front_fender_looking_down_-_after.jpg">


BEFORE:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/bumper_vent_-_before.jpg">
AFTER:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/bumper_vent_-_after.jpg">

Finally, some gratuitous post repair shots of the S from 15 feet away and a three `Bling' shots of the painted grille surround that I posted earlier in the week. Disregard the raised suspension for now, since I need to lower her as soon as April arrives.

Thanks to all for your input of what to do when this issue came up a couple of weeks ago.

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/front_paint_matched_1.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/front_paint_matched_2.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/rear_paint_matched_1.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/rear_paint_matched_2.jpg">


BLING
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/front_view_painted_grille_surround_1.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/painted_grille_surround_closeup_1.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/43051/painted_grille_surround_closeup_2.jpg">

djillusion

VERY NICE!

JCM3

Looks good..they matched the color pretty well!

Eric 2.7

That front on shot is sweet!. Like the painted grill surround.

3Scanner

Thanks, there's another front view shot in my pic poster with chrome surround to compare.

S4nehm

Your wheel is still scuffed &gt; &gt;

3Scanner

so I might put it to better use on other mods. Plus, it gets so darm dirty and grimy up here in the winter that it's hardly noticeable.

S4Patrick

Well done....and the grill looks awesome!!

2000s4biturbo::Uli

the cars, not yours. :-P

O.W. Kenobi

Looks like they did a nice job.