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My car got accident to the left side both door depressed and mirors broken
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I'm an adjuster. You should have no problem finding a front door or a rear one if needed because people keep Camry parts around for years as with some other cars they would have mashed. Best rosey scenario and I would do some time looking around for it is if you could find the doors the same color as yours. If you could do that, you're looking at about 1.0 hours to remove and replace each door and .5 to change out your lock cylinder (and trade off interior trim panels if the color or condition of them is an issue. If a shop buys the doors they usually ask for a 25% mark up for overhead aND PROFIT BUT IF YOU GET THEM YOURSELF THE SHOP MAY LET THAT SLIDE. Even though they're the same color from the factory you're not going to end up with the paint quality and match as if the shop paints the doors but then you may run into the shop wanting to "blend" into the fender and the quarter panel for an excellent color match. (That's approx 6-7hours at 62.00/ hr or $450.00 just for paint ) If it's a car you use to get from A to B then take some time and find those doors (call your agent and ask him for one of their adjusters names and numbers and he can probably give you the name of 5 to 10 salvage yards in your area) and have a shop slap them on. If you replace the doors and don't paint them I'm going to guess the doors around 175.00 each. Labor at $42.00/hr would be approx 2.5 x $42.00 or $105.00 = $455.00 to replace your 2 doors. The only X-fctor here is if any damage was done to the front hinge pillar or center "B" pillar where the ft door latches and the rear door hinges. Damaged pillars will not allow the doors to align to the rest of the car. Look for little flex areas there which sometimes are marked by a slight crack or star in the paint. You can take some simplemeasurements from the other side and compare them to the damaged side. I'm not an adjuster in your state and relying on any of this info is at your peril. the labor rates i quoted are from my state and the parts prices may vary from area to area a little. BEST OF LUCK!!! (Find those 2 used doors the same color as your car!)
Call around to local wrecking yards to find the parts needed ( door and mirror ) and ask your local body shop about removal and replacement of those parts and possibly painting.