Door corrosion

Slartibardfast1

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Would this be expensive to repair to a good standard (aluminium door corrosion on bottom corner)?

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Not a hard job, but the paint shop will want to blow in the bottom half of the door ..Pint chips off the corner of the door , and opens it up to damp,, and corrosion sets in . If it was made of steel you could have it cut out plated job done. With aluminium ,,if it is aluminium ,,it is a lot harder to weld .But i look worse than it is .
 
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Not a hard job, but the paint shop will want to blow in the bottom half of the door ..Pint chips off the corner of the door , and opens it up to damp,, and corrosion sets in . If it was made of steel you could have it cut out plated job done. With aluminium ,,if it is aluminium ,,it is a lot harder to weld .But i look worse than it is .
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Also if your car is none metalic you have a better chance to get a repair done without bottom of the door being resprayed.. In that case ask a mobile smart repair to do it .
 

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