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You will likely need a quarter panel replaced. That is not an easy job, and I doubt the quarter panel is cheap. $1500 - $2000 from a reputable shop would not be out of line.
Not to mention that you probably have damage to the rear bumper cover, bumper cover support, assorted brackets that hold the bumper cover, and possibly the taillight. (hard to tell without a pic...) Figure another $1000 for most of that.
I'd also take a serious look at the unibody - its easy to have "frame damage" (actually unibody damage, there is no frame), from something like this.
You didn't mention it, but the trunklid could have easily been damaged, too.
Two tone paint has absolutely nothing to do with the potential to match, with the possible exception that you have two chances to get it wrong, I guess.
The lower color is easy to match - down low the sun does not fade the paint, and also lower colors tend to be simple opaque metallics.
The upper color appears to be pearl green, I think the same color as, or similar to, my car, which flips blue, indicating to me that it is a green pigment with blue pearl, and usually colors like this have two or three pearls, and maybe metallic. This is a hard color to match, but a good shop will have spray-outs of all the variances for that year color code, so it shouldn't be impossible to match. I would refuse to pick it up unless the color match was 100%, and get it in writing. Also, ask them about a warranty and if they will inspect & buff it 6 months later (when the paint is actually dry - even crappy jobs look good for 6 months until the paint dries fully).
Last edited by 88 LE; 03-14-2006 at 01:14 AM.
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Camry in Accident need help!
the insurance company of the guy who hit me pays anyway 
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