The car is a 1993 Eclipse. The quarter panel on the right rear of the car has bubbling paint from rust and a small section where the paint is gone and the rust has come through. The whole thing is about as big as my hand. It has not physically rusted through yet, but it might be close.



I have tried calling body shops but they do not return calls, so I was hoping someone here might have some experience with this sort of thing and tell me what I`m getting into.



I am guessing that the worst case scenario is the rust will need to be cut out, and the shop will need to fab a new peice of metal and weld it in, grind it down, and repaint the panel. Does anyone know how much a job like that what cost BALLPARK? I am just looking for a price range ($xxx-$xxxx). I am hoping it will be around $1000 and not TOO much higher, but it could be less, because I don`t know.



Here is a picture:



Any help is appreciated