Got the car into a couple of body shops today. Took it to the most renown place in town and they came to $1017 and the place next door that is well regarded was at $735.

Both Agreed

Replace bumper cover
Replace bumper cover retainer clips
Paint Bumper
New Type-R sticker

Weird part is the Exspensive quote spec'd repairing the rear exstension betwen the bumper and the hatch that the key lock is on and the cheaper shop spec'd replacing it. I spoke to the more exspensive shop about it and they were addimate that repairing it would maintina a better repair for appearance due to less painting needed.

What is everyone's thoughts. Obviously they woudl make more money to sell me the part and paint the whole thing and they are considered "the" best shop in town. Woudl you have it replaced or repaired?

Trey

 

YOu must have been soooooooo mad!!

Whoa!

 

That sucks

Glad to see u were not bumbed out all weekend

Craig - Who lost his driver side mirror on the drive home

 

Wasn't worth stressin

How did you lose the mirror?? Time to call Baranco

 

wth?

 

YEah, I wasn't going to say anything all weekend........cause if that had happened to me in my R..........I would have killed that SI stunna! Glad to see u in a good mood and going on with the install.

 

lol this was IMO on of the funniest things on the whole drive home. lol

 

.....For BOTH of you!


I say take the most expensive quote to your insurance, then take the $ and go get some aftermarket upgrades.


[Modified by Black R, 4:57 PM 9/23/2002]

 

is stunna's insurance paying for this or do you have to pay for it?

 

I seemed to have gotten a little to close to thouse big *** plastic 55 gallon drum contruction cone thingies.... Just crusing along the a huge bomb.... oh my what was that.. look at the driver side mirror and its turned in (closed) and the mirror is missing .... doh.... Just some plastic off the baricade on the mirror housing, no damnage, but the mirror is MIA. D said he saw it fall on the ground when he looked back. Oh well, hopefully D can grab one localy for me.

Craig - Who is having a bitch of a time changing lanes now

 

Replace it. My car had the same damage last spring, I got the body shop to pretty much paint the back half of the car and they blended it in perfectly.

Why spend more for repair when you can get it replaced for cheaper.

 

Update: Just talked to his mom whose name is on the insurance and she wants to pay out of pocket. I have plenty of insurance info and don't have a problem starting with my insurance if need be but she was very nice.

We will see how it plays out. She wants to give me the average of 3 estimates even though her insurance company will pay me for any estimate I get under $1500. Right now the body shop I woudl take it to is $1017 but the amount she woudl give is ($1017 + $735)/2 = $876. Hate to be a dick but that doesn't seem coo if her insurance company would give me $1020. ThinkI might have to get re-estimates spec'ing out all new parts and paint repair to the chip on the fender.

 

lmao!!

 

LOL... I knew that was how all thouse stunnas could drive 40K + cars

 

Be a dick because you are the one being screwed over not her.

 

i searched and searched and cannot find where it was posted what happened to ashai's car? Whats happened?

-Nick

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=285843

 

That's a pretty interesting and aggressive strategy on her part, but not too wise. If she gives you a hard time about paying you only the average of x bids, then I'd suggest a little call to her insurance company might put things in order. Paying you a few hundred $$ more for a one-time thing will pale in comparison to paying increased insurance premiums over the next several years for her dumbass son. Good luck.

 

I would be ............

 

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if other person insurance pays - is what i would go for - if repair exceed the estimate - they will ad more money later.

if the person wants to pay - make sure they cover your rental too - in case you don't have a second car.

if you have to pay through your insurance - they could manage to raise your rate somehow later - and if you want to switch to someone else - they could hold it against you for few years..

 

I didn't even think about additional costs found during repair. Have to talk to the lady about this.

I am not all that concerned about my insurance going up. I had an accident in my 2000 R that was $6800 and it didn't increase.

I had thought about rental and need to mention that to her.

 

Just tell the mom (is she a milf?) the damage came out to 2000 and have no worry!

ya know pain and suffering

 

Agreed.

Not only that, I suggest going through the insurance regardless. Why? Because if their rates go up enough that stunna may just be forced to give up his car. And that would be heartbreaking, wouldn't it.

 

In all reality I try to treat these people like I woudl want to be treated. I don't want to screw them over I just need to cover my ***. I hit someone about 2 years ago so not just stunnas have accidents.

THis kid was young and dumb and made a mistake. I woudl hate for someone to force me to file insurance so I would lose my car. Would suck if it was you in that situation.

Just thoughts. I am really trying to figure out what to do. I am going back to the body shops to spec out a little more detailed repair. there is a chip in the body where the bumper nicked it. I told them that I would rather have factor paint and touch up paint on that spot. I plan to go back and have the estimates include that cost.