prices/damage cost ideas...

[NORTI]

erm had a little 'incident' in the VN this morning. I now need bumper, healight, grill, & bumper support & aswell as SS lip.

So will this cheaper to replace myself or should I cough up my excess?? & claim it on my insurance??

[Zuicider]

how much is ya excess?

[cruzncommo]

DIY, d/w with insurance on something so small.

[1991_Vn2nV]

erm had a little 'incident' in the VN this morning. I now need bumper, healight, grill, & bumper support & aswell as SS lip.

So will this cheaper to replace myself or should I cough up my excess?? & claim it on my insurance??

Bumper support brand new is like $60. Rest is a U-Pull It job. Only problem would be the SS lip I reckon.

[NORTI]

yeah I figured the same, can get the parts cheap enough, all execpt the lip & grill?

Not sure if I have had my insurance long enuf to keep my rating 1 or not, so thats why Im hesitant. excess is only $250 for me

[NORTI]

my car has a wink

[Morton]

Ahhh man, damn shame. She was lookin good, too.

It'll be hard to find the -right- parts... parts are easy, but that grille, and that lip, will be a little more expensive. Then getting them painted...

For comparison, I fixed my mate's VP for $120. That included two headlights, calais grille, correct-colour front bar, and front bar support.

[1991_Vn2nV]

I wouldnt bother getting a second hand re-enforcemant as brand new they are dirt cheap anyway.

But that grill should be fixable quite easy, just a bit of filler or fireglass. If not JC Spares sell them for like $120, so other places would be half that (They want $295 for an instrument cluster!)

[Keesh]

um including paint haha.. i just did my self an incident too.. except im 19 so i was up for $850 i snapped the rack front bar front left guard, guard liner, headlight bumper brackets.. thers plenty of second hand **** out there.. just prime it and slap it on and at least u can drive to work and back

[Keesh]

sum of the damage i inflicted.. got it fixed for about 200 including rack tie rods tie rod ends

[NORTI]

just got under to have a suss, & missed aircon & radiator by mm! thank **** for that! brand new rad just before xmas!

Bumper will be salvage-able if I dont destroy it getting it off. All the mounts are still there they just popped off lucky! Grill is stuffed & half the SS lip is missing, I doubt that I could even find it if i went back to look, cus that would have been easier option just reglass the lip.

Just need to get someone over to give me a hand to unbolt that support, its bent right where the front bolt is on the passenger side so might be a little hard to get at

[NORTI]

meh, I pay for bloody insurance, Im going to use it. atleast they have the hassle of finding & fixing SS lip & grill.

[defa]

and they might paint your car too.. i know a fella who had a crap paint job and someone hit his car and he ended up getting a new paint job cos his was soo bad. cos they can't match paded paint. well that as bad is his was. and yours looks nice and faded

[Keesh]

hmmm.. me thinks its time to make the car roadworthy and start drivin greeli slow.. knowing my luck someone wil hit me and they wont be insured.. i want a pink paintjob like this

[NORTI]

erm no I dont think they will, when my VKC bumper got 'parked' on by a taxi (I was not at fault) they wanted me to chip in some money to repaint it as the paint wasnt 'good'

[Keesh]

yer i think thats right.. at work all that they paint is small areas using airbrush, being a dealership we just replace panels that unbolt, like the bars, bonnet and front guards. i suppose it depends on the level of your insurance and your insurer.. i rekn that if they cant match the paint theyd do a full respray as long as paint damage is part of the claim..