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I had a quick question about Nissan dealerships with their own body and paint shop. We have some body and paint damage following an unfortunate encounter with a snow plow. Their insurance is paying. We have been trying to get estimates from various independent body shops recommended by Nissan dealerships in our area, however none of them can accommodate the high roof NV in their paint booth or are unfamiliar about how to repaint and clear coat in areas around the rubber sealant between the large side panels. The estimates we have gotten range from $1200 to $3400. Damage is a dent in the rear driver's side column next to the door, scratches on the hinges, and a scratch on the large side panel on driver's side. And busted tail light. The issue every body shop seems to have is about how to clear coat the side panel since on each side it has that rubber seal and thus doesn't have a clear edge at which to end the clear coat. Some have suggested to clear coat over the seals ie the full length from the back to the driver side door. Are there Nissan dealerships that have their own body shop and paint shop which would be more familiar with repairing and repainting the NV specifically? We called about a half dozen or so in NorCal but none of them do their own work. Thank you very much!

Hi everyone, Happy New Years. So with all the crazy snow up here in Tahoe the plows have been doing extra shifts, and one of them apparently doesn't know how big his shovel is. He busted the rear drivers side lights, scraped the hinges, put a significant dent into the rear corner panel and scraped paint off. Question: Since the inside is converted how difficult will it be to replace the full tail light? What do the mechanics need to get to? In terms of that dent. How will they fix that? Strip paint of the panel, fill in the dent and repaint? Or will they need to replace that whole panel, which would probably be impossible with the conversion on the inside. Thanks for your feedback!