Citroen Xsara Picasso Right Rear Quarter Panel

The range is genuinely wide, because a localised rust repair and respray and a full cut-and-weld panel replacement are different jobs with different labour. We work with our supplier network and specialist panel strippers for used panels and cut sections. Send photographs of the damage with your enquiry — this is one where a quote without pictures is guesswork.

Frequently, yes. Dents without tears and surface rust that has not perforated can be pulled, treated and refinished. Deep creases, a torn arch lip or metal that has rusted through need a section grafted in — usually cut from a donor shell, since complete quarter panels are rarely sold as parts. A good body shop will price both routes rather than assuming the bigger one.

We see it on the older C2, C3 and Xsara models, and coastal cars suffer worst — salt air gets into the cavity between the outer skin and the inner arch and stays there. The single biggest preventable cause is a torn or missing wheel arch liner, because that is the only thing keeping spray out of that cavity. Replacing a damaged liner is inexpensive and prevents a repair costing thousands.

Through our supplier network and approved stripping yards nationwide, generally as a cut section from a donor car rather than a complete panel — which is what a body shop wants anyway for a let-in repair. Send the model, year and paint code plus photographs of the damage, so we can specify how much of the section you actually need cut.

Usually, and the reason is rust rather than looks. A crease stresses and micro-cracks the paint film, moisture gets under it, and what was a dent becomes a corrosion repair within a couple of seasons — particularly near the coast. Left long enough it stops being a panel job and starts being a structural one. If resale matters at all, a straightened and properly resprayed quarter protects far more value than it costs.