Last year, a woman hit me in the side as my wife and I were on our way home from church. It's pretty bad, and actually got into the wheelwell area. I really need to at least pull "most" of it out. Can you get inside the trunk to the inside of the quarter? If memory serves, you cannot. I also thought about buying a pneumatic suction cup slide hammer to try to get the majority of it out. I got 3 estimates for the other party's insurance company. One was $800, another was $1400, and another was $2700. The $2700 was the only estimate that included a new quarter from MB (the dealer had access to just 1 left). Anyway, I told the insurance company I was good with the $800 one. They sent me a check for the 2700 estimate. I called, and they said that the highest estimate was from the only body shop that was on their approved list. I blew through the cash, and to be honest, this car is worth much less than $2700, so I'm now thinking of a economical method to remove most of the impact.

Any ideas?

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