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Got $ from ins co for door - now what? Follow up 200 1983

posted by  someone claiming to be bthart on  Tue Feb 4 14:39 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Howdy. I posted a few days ago about my left rear door that was hit by my neighbor. I have some pictures up now...

http://home.rochester.rr.com/bthart/VolvoDoorLeft.jpg
http://home.rochester.rr.com/bthart/VolvoDoorCenter.jpg
http://home.rochester.rr.com/bthart/VolvoDoorRight.jpg

I went to the adjuster today and they cut me a check for $900, based on the following breakdown:
New door: $195
Body Labor: $308 (8 hours)
Paint Labor: $216 (5 hours)
Paint supplies: $108
and some misc items.

So I guess my question is what to do now? I think I have three levels of choices:

1) take the car to a shop, say "fix the whole thing for me like the insurance estimate says". Seems pretty simple, but will probably use up most of (if not more than) what I was given.

2) Look around for a door, haul it to a shop myself, and ask them to just do the install, maybe do some of the paint repair on the rear quarter panel. This option takes some time and effort (finding the door), but would probably let me keep some money in my pocket.

3) Bare minimum, find a door and try to install it myself. Is this hard to do? (I'm an IPD "level 2", with no body work experience.)

So are these my choices? Any comments or suggestions?

Thanks,
Brian






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