How much is this gonna cost me?

[Guest]

I backed up my previously unblemished truck into some obviously stout shrubbery and did this to the tailgate. It draws my eye all the time now.

[SabineHunter]

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[Johnny Dangerr]

$700 ish................

[glen]

Won’t cost a dime until you replace it. But you know as soon as you replace it you will do something else. Just leave the character mark there

[SabineHunter]

Johnny, I don't need to replace the whole tailgate. Wow. My wife said $1K. I had no idea it would be this much.

[Texas Grown]

$14 and maybe some tax with a small can of Bondo.

[Sharecropper]

Looks centered . . Roll with it . .

[SabineHunter]

Won’t cost a dime until you replace it. But you know as soon as you replace it you will do something else. Just leave the character mark there

At 700, I will leave it.

Glen, how was your property hunting?

[gatorgar]

Johnny, I don't need to replace the whole tailgate. Wow. My wife said $1K. I had no idea it would be this much.

Tailgates run in the 4 digits now. That's why they are always getting stolen in the big cities.

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[Native Texan]

Won’t cost a dime until you replace it. But you know as soon as you replace it you will do something else. Just leave the character mark there

This.

[twosixteens]

$1200

[glen]

Took kid and Doug fishing. Headed down this weekend to look at a few lots. We ain’t in a hurry. Checks gotta clear the bank on this house I sold. Fingers crossed. Hope we find what we are looking for quickly. But it’s hard for me to go down and not fish. I’ll stop and fish in a ditch if I have 30 extra minutes

[SabineHunter]

$14 and maybe some tax with a small can of Bondo.

This is more like what I was thinking. And, painting the whole tailgate might cost?

[RifleBowPistol]

Without seeing the rest of at least the tail gate, it's hard to say. But being tail gate damage, you won't have to blend panels or body shops won't, or should not want to blend panels.

I would say that's about a four hour dent, from my estimating days. Then all of the R&Is, I would say you should be able to get it fixed, depending on what area you live. For about $600 to $700. Depending on if they paint one or both sides of the tail gate. If they paint both sides it might turn into a $900 job.

I can tell you from experience, labor rates vary quite a bit around the state. So depending on what area of the state you are in and specifically what area you take it to, as to what it will cost. The paint looks like a common two stage paint, so the paint should not be very high, but all paint now days will cost quite a bit. If that happens to be a three stage paint, you can add another $200 or so.

[Texas Grown]

This is more like what I was thinking. And, painting the whole tailgate might cost?

Another $20 for rattle can primer and some paint.