i was 0 % at fault , the girl that hit me told the police she looked down and then looked up and boom she hit me BTW state farm said they would pay for the custom paint adjuster is coming tomorrow, i just wonder what they will think it is worth

 

DAMN! that sucks...looks a little spendy there.

sorry to see that happen professor.

 

i would be dissapionted if they gave me less than 7000.00

 

yup.

 

Looks like 3,500-5k just for the body/suspension damage PLUS the work of the graphic artist.

 

quarter pannel has to be cut out right? you think i am close with a 7000 dollar estimate from the insurance co ?

 

might be a total.

 

Im putting a bid in at around 5500.00 to 6500.00, New 1/4, maybe a repair on the liftgate, you're gonna have inner structural damage, rear body panel is dead, may have to replace the rear floor. We had a BCP came into our shop hit the same way, it was an Mercury Ins Claim, was roughly 4 grand to fix.

 

Since when does insurance companies cover special paint? Unless you hare carrying an expensive custom paint rider, look to have it rreturned to stock.

 

That surprised me too, normaly most ins comp wont pay for any a/m or custom stuff. they didnt pay for my Fabtech kit in my Ranger when I wrecked it, and I had special coverage on it too.
Who knows, if the ins comp does something that seems odd to you, call in the DOI...that'll make thier skin crawl... to the DOI Gods.... wokka wokka

 

I'm guessing between 6500 and 9000 counting paint because they will have to repaint the back door and basicly one quarter, replace a quarter inner structure, suspension floor pan, bumper possibly hatch, so painting 1 quarter fully, blending a quarter and door

 

state farm does, you get what you pay for . they " restore the car to its condition before the accident" dont look for gieko and the lizzard to do that for you ...

 

by law they have to repair it to preaccident condition, I've had to clean spilled soup out of floorboards because it was dumped during the accident, its the shop's job to return it to preaccident condition, if my car gets wrecked though it sure as hell ain't gettin fixed at my current work, I'll take it to my old boss who paints outside of a booth and gets 100 times better paintjobs then what my "professional" company does because they are quantity not quality, if you want the work done right, where the painter is truely proud of his work, you take the car to a mom and pop's shop

 

I'm heartbroken for you professor! I hope they make it like new, Gerry

 

Ins companies will certainly pay to restore your car to preloss condition...IF!!... you are the claimant not the insured. You own policies collison may limit your coverage of A/M stuff custom paint etc, but when you are the injured party such exclusions (even tho the policy owner may have to live with them) do not apply to you. State Farm BTW is one of the best, fairest in the industy overall.

 

and blending into the roof rail..color sand/polish..yadda yadda.... OH God....I cant get away from this even when im not at work.....I do estimates when i drive by people that've wrecked on the freeways...I hate it. Pay is great....but sometimes...urgh... lol

 

yah that rear wheel looks messed up. man that is a nice paint job, sucks man.

 

yea your lucky I'm going to leave the auto industry soon I think I hate being stuck as an f'in porter because I'm too well trained, I'll go be a machinist and make 35k a year starting out, I nearly wrecked my box this morning some idiot in an elantra pushed a monte into the median on the freeway this morning(80mph) they managed to catch it before they slid back infront of me and corrected, either way I woulda been hurt bad and so would they, and it woulda been my fault

 

(Now is this considered anti-steering? Im at a family owned and operated single business....we dont let the ins comp tell us what to do.... S/F launched that "new" program.....what a laugh.)

I'd have to agree 100% Mom and Pop shops do it for quality, Corp and Insurance owned shops do it for quantity.

 

Yeah being an independant myself, I don't let Ins companies dictate what I will and will not do.. Unfortunately that means when a person has a crappy Ins Co. that they may have to pay the difference for a complete top notch repair. I am a direct repair facility for State Farm. In my case this means I write the estimate, fix the car and send them the bill, which they pay in about 10 days ( they get no discounts either). There are some other companies that I would not consider any direct relationship with even if they paid me extra...Progressive and Geico come to mind...oh yeah and Safe Auto...there are others less mentionable in their cheapness.