Repair or replace?

[u/Cnnreatsplnts]

I just bought this 2004 Toyota Avalon XLS for a thousand bucks. I'm trying to get this car back into shape but there's quite a bit of rust on the rockers, and a sizable dent on the passenger door with rust.

The holes are made from another dude that had tried to repair it for the previous owner, and looks like crap.

Any ideas what I should do? I have a guy that quoted me $800 for all, just regular bondi fill up but I know that won't last long.

[u/Shogun__Harlem]

LoL!!

[u/TechnoMagi]

Replace it all.

[u/Small-Cherry2468]

Bolt on sheetmetal has to be dirt cheap for that. Check your local salvage yard. Fixing that RF fender and door would be an utter waste of time.

[u/5millionmiles → u/Small-Cherry2468]

This is the way

Edit: Also to add, since I didn't read the whole post, DO NOT blow $800 on a bondo repair. You're better off just letting it ride if you're thinking about going that route.

You'd be better off putting aluminum HVAC tape over it and spraying some of the cheapest spray paint you can get your hands on. I'm not saying you should, but do that, tell that guy to kick rocks and spend the remaining $775 on a bicycle for when the tape won't hold anymore (approx. 6 months to 4 years depending on how hard you squint your eyes)

[u/SnooMacarons3689]

Replace the car

[u/Push2Paint]

I’ll donate $20 to the $800 repair if you give us this many photos of what it looks like after.

[u/Cnnreatsplnts → u/Push2Paint]

I will take the $20 lol. If I decide to repair it that is. Is $800 a good deal? Maybe too cheap for it to be worth it?

[u/cluelessk3]

scrap it.

it's a 20 year old wrecked and rusted out junker. 

bad buy 

[u/Cnnreatsplnts → u/cluelessk3]

Everything else was in excellent condition. She had put in $10k in repairs (all with reciepts), interior is super clean, the rest of the paint is in good condition (not faded). Its just the rust. I do like the car and would like to fix her up to looking the best it can, but I just dont know how I should go about that

[u/cluelessk3 → u/Cnnreatsplnts]

so.

there's hours of rust repair required. 

you're throwing away time and money

[u/hummer84]

Repairable

[u/angry-southamerican]

Well... junkyard fender and DIY the rest. Can't be worse.

[u/JellyfishFar3336]

Replace. You aren't good enough to fix that. Sorry but it's cheaper to replace it

[u/1fferrari]

Salvage yard