Panel replacement
The most common panel damage in the metro is a slow-motion car bump: backing into a closed door, or pulling in just far enough to crack the bottom section. One damaged panel doesn't condemn the door: sections swap individually when the rest of the door is sound.
When a panel swap works
The door is a current model (sections still made), the damage is one or two sections, and the tracks and hardware checked out straight. A door whose model has been discontinued, or a hit that bent three sections and the stile, usually prices out as a new door instead.
What the crew asks
What hit it, which section (count from the bottom), and roughly how old the door is. A photo of the damage on the callback shortens the parts hunt considerably.
What moves the price
Whether your panel is still made is the whole question: a current-model steel section is a simple order; a discontinued or custom panel can be a hunt with no winner. Color and window match matter where the garage faces the street.
