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I had a little accident yesterday....it was wet and rainy... slammed on the brakes... slided...BANG!...

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sigh.......

anyway, i was wondering if anyone has some silver s2 parts for sale around here....

ill need a new bonnet, front bar+foggys, left headlight, left front guard....

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i smacked into a tree.....luckily i wasnt speeding, or else the impact woulda been WORSE.

would it be better to get parts from wreckers? or from people? coz i heard that wreckers over charge u...

but right now, i really cant afford postage for the bonnet, bumper etc....thats why im trying to find some1 selling it locally, so i can pick it up with cash

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Sorry to see that mate... I only banged the back of my car and that nearly made me cry in terror... I feel for you.... look on the bright side, it's all cosmetics... will be expensive to fix, but slowly you will get it all fixed... it's not totally impossible!

Jump on www.yellowpages.com.au and look up some local wreckers... remember to bargain down heaps as they're really expensive sometimes!

Good luck.

And oh, you didn't have full comprehensive insurance?? IF so, claim on that... it will end up be cheaper!

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Sorry to see that mate... I only banged the back of my car and that nearly made me cry in terror... I feel for you.... look on the bright side, it's all cosmetics... will be expensive to fix, but slowly you will get it all fixed... it's not totally impossible!

Jump on www.yellowpages.com.au and look up some local wreckers... remember to bargain down heaps as they're really expensive sometimes!

Good luck.

And oh, you didn't have full comprehensive insurance?? IF so, claim on that... it will end up be cheaper!

only got 3rd party man.....

but it actually worse than what it looks....the chassis kinda got bent back =/

would any1 be able to make an estimation of how much it should cost?...cos i got quoted about 3000 to fix it....and i duno if im getting ripped or not

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Bad luck buddy. Depending on the damage that you cant see in the pic 3 to 5 k. As Ash said get a few more quotes. Try Micolour - Cheltenham or DT Panels - Springvale.

actually, i did go to DT, the guy said that if i can provide all the parts, he can fix it for just 650 labour, but he only had a glance over the car, not sure if he saw allll the damage.....

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if your chassis is bent, it won't be 'road worthy'. It'll cost quite a bit to repair it. Not sure how they do it, straightening it perhaps?

Besides getting those parts, maybe you might want to invest in a better set of tyres as well to prevent this from happening again.

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