Someone just sidescrapped me in the parking lot on the lower driver's side door panel. I was wondering if there was a way just to buy another panel or do I have to get it professionally repainted?
Ouch - that's a light ton of $ you're saving! The panels are $300 plus shipping! My brother's wife went thru 2 Avalon remote heated side mirrors backing out of his garage - they too come prepainted but about $400 a pop (with $500 insurance deductable).
I would buy the cladding locally. When a kid on a bicycle ran into the right side of my 4runner it took 4 tries before the body shop received a unscratched one. Even then it had a couple minor scratches on the bottom edge that I could live with.