Fenderbender October 16, 2012, 07:20:19 PM Sitting in Bank of America and got sideswiped by an f-150, going to get an estimate tommorow. How much do Nos rear moldings and gas lids go for on ebay? I've seen some but there are none right now. Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #1 – October 16, 2012, 07:56:16 PM They are made of unobtanium. Only magic will find those as NOS pieces. Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #2 – October 16, 2012, 08:08:00 PM So that means the insurance company will have to pay me a magical number, haha. Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #3 – October 16, 2012, 08:19:35 PM When my Bird got busted up (the last one), they couldn't find parts and paid me generously. I used the money to start building the Sport. Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #4 – October 16, 2012, 08:37:27 PM Yup, depending on how much i get I may have a 351w in there for summer. Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #5 – October 17, 2012, 01:06:29 AM i hate seeing pics like this.... good luck with the estimate. Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #6 – October 17, 2012, 02:02:00 AM This is my fear - quarterpanel damage. When the car's ever out, I put the frontend outward so that it would take any damage, rather than the next to unrepairable quarters. Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #7 – October 17, 2012, 02:07:07 AM Quote from: Seek;400633This is my fear - quarterpanel damage. When the car's ever out, I put the frontend outward so that it would take any damage, rather than the next to unrepairable quarters.I have the same fear Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #8 – October 17, 2012, 11:49:32 AM Quote from: Sinista Chicken;400635I have the same fear It's a shame that when driving you can control frontend damage to your car, but you cannot protect the sides and rear as they're reliant on other drivers knowing what they're doing, and paying attention. The one panel type that isn't replaceable by bolts... Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #9 – October 17, 2012, 03:46:02 PM Quote from: FirstBird;400592So that means the insurance company will have to pay me a magical number, haha. I see this all the time. Unless you have good collector/classic car insurance, they will magically total your car, and then give you book value for it. You will then have the chance to buy it back from them with some of the money they give you, only with a Salvage Title attached to it forevermore after that. In the end you will probably end up with around $800-1200, and still have a tweaked rear QP, that will cost around $2K to replace with a non-tweaked rear QP and then re-spray the car, at a reputable shop. I've lost several cars this way. Now, I have up to $6K of CC coverage on my Bird, so if it gets "totaled" I can just take their money and buy another one, along with all the parts I need to modify it back to where I had my old one at. Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #10 – October 17, 2012, 05:52:44 PM FirstBird, I saw your pictures of your car in another thread showing the rear spoiler. Nice car, looks like you take good care of it. Get a few appraisals your self. Your probably better off just making sure it gets fixed right. You have a good friend who does good body work in a reasonable time? Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #11 – October 18, 2012, 01:03:50 AM Quote from: Big B;400651I see this all the time. Unless you have good collector/classic car insurance, they will magically total your car, and then give you book value for it. You will then have the chance to buy it back from them with some of the money they give you, only with a Salvage Title attached to it forevermore after that. In the end you will probably end up with around $800-1200, and still have a tweaked rear QP, that will cost around $2K to replace with a non-tweaked rear QP and then re-spray the car, at a reputable shop. I've lost several cars this way. Now, I have up to $6K of CC coverage on my Bird, so if it gets "totaled" I can just take their money and buy another one, along with all the parts I need to modify it back to where I had my old one at. You were right they gave me an estimate of 1,000 to fix the quarterpanel. I feel like they'll load it up with bondo and give it a paint job for that much. And I'll be out a car for a week, I'm going to go to a few local places tomorrow and see what they say. I'm 16 and the appraisal guy was acting unprofessional, like I smashed into something and am now blaming someone else for the damage to my car, when he looked at my odometer he asked how many times it had rolled over because at the moment it has around 28,000 miles and when I told him it was original he just said "sure". I don't feel good taking my ride to a place like that. /End RantFirstBird,I saw your pictures of your car in another thread showing the rear spoiler. Nice car, looks like you take good care of it. Get a few appraisals your self. Your probably better off just making sure it gets fixed right. You have a good friend who does good body work in a reasonable time?Thanks, I take pride in my car, it's one of those father son projects that was actually finished haha. I'm not afraid of doing the bodywork myself but, for the money they're offering I can't see it be done right, even if I were to do the work. Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #12 – October 18, 2012, 01:31:03 AM Without better pictures, it is hard to tell just how caved in the quarter panel actually is... and perhaps more importantly, what is bent and/or damaged behind the panel itself. However, that being said, a good metal man could straighten the quarter out pretty well and use minimal filler. It is all about technique, time and patience. If you find a local shop that has a good metal man, send them the business. If you were to attempt to bang it out yourself, without having the knowledge of how to shrink and expand metal, you can create more problems than you now have. There will likely be some filler used in the repair, which is ok, as long as it is minimal and done right. Good luck! Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #13 – October 18, 2012, 01:38:17 AM The thing is there is already filler in that spot, and if they try pulling the dent out I feel that the bondo that is already there will crack. Quote Selected
Fenderbender Reply #14 – October 18, 2012, 01:41:58 AM Quote from: FirstBird;400712The thing is there is already filler in that spot, and if they try pulling the dent out I feel that the bondo that is already there will crack. The filler that is already there is going to have to come out and be redone. To do otherwise will ensure that it will crack and chip in the future, so it isn't really a matter of 'if' it will crack, but when. No paint and body guy worth his salt would ever attempt to complete a repair on top of another repair. Quote Selected
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