B Pillar damage question

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9:02a, 1/23/21

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Wifes Honda Odyssey got hit in a parking lot. Low speed accident - someone backed into it.

The driver door is non functional, I did get it to open and noticed a deformation in the B pillar.

How cautious should we be if the shop wants to repair it?

It's a 2016 with about 100k.

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In reply to Sims • 9:04a, 1/23/21

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It's a parking lot hit, I'm not sure what the question is. Did any airbags go off? Just file with insurance, get estimates and proceed with the repair with a trusted shop.

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9:10a, 1/23/21

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9:42a, 1/23/21

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I'd be pretty surprised if it weren't repairable (meaning not totalled; guessing the vehicle is worth 15K+ or so). It's an important structural piece yes but as far as complexity to do it right is not that hard. No way I'd do it outside of insurance though.

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9:45a, 1/23/21

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That sounds about right, we've already got the claim # from their insurance and a dropoff appt at the shop Monday.

Being structural, I just wanted to try and get a comfort level with the repair difficulty... to do it right and not just make it look right.

Thanks for the info!

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11:06a, 1/23/21

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I would do everything I could to not replace the metal. Given it's a unibody it would be frame/structural.

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