My blue Discovery was in accident. I have been looking into options for fixing it - was curious if others had thoughts on repairability.

The damage appears to be confined to the left rocker, driver’s side floor and the a-pillar area. The a-pillar is pushed in slightly at the bottom and at the door hinges, the floor pushed up below the pedals. The rocker is bent where it meets the a-pillar. Mechanically, the engine runs fine. It appears to need a new steering bar and front anti roll bar (both bent). The front wheel is a little scratched up. The motor mount rubber may be cracked / broken.

Otherwise, this Disco was in great condition before the accident. Very clean frame, pretty good paint and interior. I searched for one in this color for a long time.

Any thoughts on repairing this? Anyone have experience repairing something like this? I have a Monte Carlo blue fender and door from a parts car, the trim pieces, and matching wheel needed in good condition, so that simplifies things a little bit. Mainly concerned about the pillar/ rocker.

 

Tough spot, that is a structural repair on the body. Could be done but would require a good body shop to do it. Easiest way would be to cut the same area out of a donor truck and weld it in. Obviously the repairs will cost more than a replacement truck needing an engine but that is a ton of work too (but less than the body repairs. Good luck!

 

Bummer. Great and rare color D2 as well.

But -- I’d bet -- if insurance had anything to say about it = totalled/writeoff -- sorry to say.

I’m of two minds here:

OPTION A
First things first I would probably take off the drivers door and front fender (easy to do) and analyze. Fender is super easy.
Then the question becomes -- Do you have to fix it beyond the cosmetics? Does the driver door open and shut normally if you just literally slightly knocked the lower a-pillar back into shape and got that hinge aligned. What I see in those hinges in the one pic is not bad at all. SO -- Depending on what you find -- Could you put a new fender on a new door on, and call it a day? Maybe??? Just a thought. Who cares if the inner fender area is gnashed up. You will cover it with a new fender.

I think you could take off the outer fender and door and snap some new pictures of us of the damage -- its hard to see as is.

OPTION B
If you do have to fix the A-pillar and floor -- could you do that by yourself at home? Probably not. Or at least I could not. I’d need a really good collision shop to fix the Apillar/floor to spec -- and that’s where the cost prohibitive part comes in. Even then I wouldn’t want the car. So -- then total it.


Could we see more pics underneath? Slightly concerning you say the steering gear /. motor mount broken. Pics of that?