Damage Assessments Please!

[1991_Vn2nV]

Hey guys.... Just after your thoughts an how much im looking at in terms of damage?

Custom sideskirt isnt in the picture here cause its wrecked and is in the back of my car...

Fixable (referring to damage to sill panel at the bottom)?

[fabz]

Ouch what happened? Price wise im not to sure but good luck with it

[Shortstuff]

Damn! How did you collect that sort of damage? That's bad luck especially after you got your car looking like it was. I would have thought that's definately repairable. New sill, guard and door probably though. You'll be amazed what a good body shop can do. I had a Vauxhall Nova that got stolen when it was about 3 years old. It came back on a recovery truck looking a bit banana shaped where it got smashed pretty hard in the passenger side but after it had been repaired it was like new again - better than before it got stolen!

[Emackulation]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! What happened! Bad month for commodore drivers I think. Does the pictures show the main damage or is there more unshown damage, does she still drive? Looks like a new door, QTR pannel, Sill and side skirt for you.

[Garth]

1 new door, $150
new guard $120
skirt is new, price is unknown, prob find a fiber glass caster to make a new mould for you

paint, $70,

bottom part of door, do by hand bash out to roughly right shape, and use body repair stuff, sand, and re-paint, all in all, could be done yourself for under 500

[1991_Vn2nV]

Ah cheers everyone. A motorbike slid into me and both insurance companies are saying its not their problem...trying to pass it on to the other one.

So im getting a letter of demand organised and seeing how it goes. But if not, I just have to fix my car with my own money I guess

[anton1o]

Bout $500, depending on if you caused any other damage during the prang.

Paint/Door/ bit of bashing out and some of that Car Putty..

[1991_Vn2nV]

Question regarding the guard....

Is it possible to have the guard REPAIRED rather than replaced?

[Shortstuff]

Is it possible to have the guard REPAIRED rather than replaced?

I was wondering the same in order to save your VZ flutes. Probably possible to cut the damaged bottom part off under the suage lines and tack the bottom of a good guard on then smooth it all over with filler.

[churnit]

I can help you out with a door for $50, and its white! Iv'e got 2 shells you could cut a sill from. No guards now but that could change by the end of the week. Also if the bike slid into you thens its there responsibility to make good your loss, even if someone else caused the biker to lose it. Get the payout to fix it then buy the parts cheaply and do it yourself, maybe just pay for the sill repair only.

[Emackulation]

Hmmm, I also sustained some sil damage too, so is the best option is to take it to the pannel beaters and they can fix it up good?

[1991_Vn2nV]

hehe cheers churnit. I'l get the insurance company off there ass

[churnit]

Im no panel beater but the only way to fix a sill would be slide hammer or pulling jig. They would weld little pins on the dents and pull on them. If its any more than minor damage welding on a new one would be the way to go.

[PaRaDoX]

HOLY F*&^ *cries*
sorry to see this man,

you'll have to bash it out the bottom of the door frame a bit then fill it with some thing good, cant remember the stuff they use (you see it on pimp my ride a bit with the dinged up cars)

the guard CAN be saved, mate those panels are flimsy, just get out off the car, and take it to a beater, they'll beable to beat it straight, then fill it again or get a new one and cut the flute out?

so what exactly happened, how did a bike slide into you? your fault or his?
sad day for modified cars

you can get the skirts recast easy from the looks of it i dont think the skirt would be repairable

id say $500 if u did it yourself ish, but for a insurance quote id go with $1500ish

[1991_Vn2nV]

Yeah the sideskirt is not in good shape

He lost it on a corner, bike went on its side and slid straight forward into the side of my car...

Had my car not been lowered, he might gone right underneath and been roadkill by now!

[PaRaDoX]

OUCH, obviously its his fault then, you were doing nothing wrong, make him pay for the damage get the police involved and round up witnessess,

was he ok??? a stupid mirage run up the back of a bike then into my mate @ 75 km a hour, saw the bike, was a harley BEATIFUL beast destroyed by a stupid blind driver who DIDNT EVEN BRAKE and wrote off 3 cars and one bike with no sign of breaking whatso ever, hes up for about 10 chargers and probbly jail time if the biker dies

but yeah, not your fault get him to pay for it!

[JSTPOZN]

Fender is repairable. door can be bought side skirt can be bought and the sill panel can be repaired very easy

If you need to do it yourself in the end let me know ill help ya out with that place

[greenfoam]

The only time consuming thing will be tacking on a new sill panel, but it's not the end of the world, you just cut the old spot welds out and pull it off, put the new one on and weld. Then just bolt your new door and gaurd on and your mint again. You can get VN gaurds and doors for almost nothing, but you might want to bog the gaurd or weld a new bit on the bottom if your VZ flutes are important to you

[xcop5l]

dude thats nasty sad to see on such a sweet looking car
ok with the gaurd just get the botom off an old one and get it welded on
the door needs to be replaced
you will be abil to get a sill made up, cut the old one out and get it welded in
did it bend the floor pan???


the insurance mobs are slack as when it comes to paying out. when i was ran into in my hz it took 3 weeks for them to ok the work to be done because the stupid bi**h said it was my fault when she came out of a side street

[JSTPOZN]

the bottome of the guard would be panel beating fixable flush metal finish

[kniever]

mate he did a nice job of it but hopefully insurance will sort it out, good luck

[1991_Vn2nV]

Floor pan hasnt been bent by the looks so I was lucky in that sense...

Definitely wanna save the guard for the VZ flute... So will get that repaired. Its just shit im gonna have to wait for insurance to get around to paying out probably in 2 weeks.

[xcop5l]

just drive the family car till its fixed or drive it

[Emackulation]

Yea, darn insurance companies always take their time. If its still drivable just drive it untill you get paid. All the best with the repairs! Stupid bike riders!

[PaRaDoX]

yeah obviously its drivable

just not soo pretty

your lucky he didnt penetrate the fuel lines, that would have been messy!!!!