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Damaged side skirt / rocker cover over a driveway

6.1K views 14 replies 9 participants last post by  JMoreno  
#1 ·
I was pulling out of the in-law's driveway when a rupture in the concrete driveway scraped the bottom of my car. I assessed the damage and it seems to be limited to the plastic part that sits underneath the car (pictures attached). It doesn't look like the battery housing underbelly was touched, just the plastic part. There is a gash – also a plastic piece fell off which I was able to recover (pictures attached as well).
 

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#5 ·
This is the part that fell off:

It is indeed the Lifting Platform Support piece. It took most of the damage thankfully.
 
#7 ·
This is what he said:

"ADAS Calibration is to realign your 360 Camara on your left front door. It will be disconnected to remove the doors to replace the rocker panel. "

Makes sense, but still seems excessive.
I think I can live with the gash since it's under the body of the car. Just need to replace the Jack Pad that fell out. The part will take 2-3 months to arrive via ebay. Don't wanna wait that long.
 
#9 ·
This is what he said:

"ADAS Calibration is to realign your 360 Camara on your left front door. It will be disconnected to remove the doors to replace the rocker panel. "

Makes sense, but still seems excessive.
I think I can live with the gash since it's under the body of the car. Just need to replace the Jack Pad that fell out. The part will take 2-3 months to arrive via ebay. Don't wanna wait that long.

Yeah I guess that's the part that doesn't make sense to me. Why does the door need to be removed? If it did need to be removed and I was doing the work myself, I would just rig up a stand for the door so it's out of the way but no need to disconnect the cables.
 
#10 ·
The door almost certainly doesn't need to be removed.
They replaced my rocker panel like 3 weeks after they had put the new doors on my i4.
My car did go to the dealership from the bodyshop the day before I got it back, but after working on virtually the entire left side of my car, it makes sense that it got a last once-over before it was returned to me.
 
#12 ·
this is about 30 minutes worth of work. you can do it all yourself. buy the black plastic trim. remove the side skirt. install the new lift pad. replace the black trim plastic and reassemble. super easy. black trim cost about $300. lift pad maybe 25. don’t even waste your time with a body shop.... no paint required. some people talk about dealerships being a rip off, body work quotes are a complete joke...