Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 99
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Definately go through insurance. I was going to fix mine private (luckily decided not too)

fe62fe28a25b11e1ab011231381052c0_7.jpg

This turned out to be $12,000 fix.

I haven't seen my car now for two months. It's apparantly coming back next week though.

I'd rather get insurance to sort out everything. Get them to source / fit. Give them about 2-3 weeks i hope... Dying without my car but =(

I figured this too. Two months later and no car. My legs hurt and I miss my baby.

Dropped it off today. He said it could be up to 4 months!

Haha, think his over exaggerating, but i know a lot of parts are hard to find.

Told him that i can try source parts and he said he can respray or w/e is needed for them, so see how things go!

I'm presuming at least 1 month would be how long they will realistically have my car.

The wait begins!

My repairs came to 9k when I had an accident. Took 11 weeks to complete the job.

Bonnet

Guard

Headlight

Front bar

Reo

Rad support

Intercooler

Radiator

Piping

Inner wheel arch

LCA

bushes

bolts

etc etc

All the small things add up to alot especially all the bits and pieces they have to buy new from Nissan, just the plastic clips and brackets for the front bar are over $100.

It wasnt a big hit either.

My repairs came to 9k when I had an accident. Took 11 weeks to complete the job.

Bonnet

Guard

Headlight

Front bar

Reo

Rad support

Intercooler

Radiator

Piping

Inner wheel arch

LCA

bushes

bolts

etc etc

All the small things add up to alot especially all the bits and pieces they have to buy new from Nissan, just the plastic clips and brackets for the front bar are over $100.

It wasnt a big hit either.

Same with mine, Wasn't a big hit.

12 grand & 9 weeks later, My shoes are just about worn out.

If the quote comes back around the $10k mark, Get prepared for a write off. Insurance companies are partial to writing a car off once the damage gets to 80% of its valued worth.

You might want to research that first..

An insurance company will only write a vehicle off if the cost of repairs and the salvage value exceed the sum insured or the market value.

Unless the vehicle is a stat write off. (unsafe to repair)

Crap i sure hope it doesn't cost more than 8k to fix my front...

Would hate to be uninsured... pay 5k + to fix the car which is about 40% worth of the car lol.

Hoping for the best! Still waiting for the repairers to call me back when they get their quote done trying to source parts.

PS - Already told them i can try to source parts and requested for a print out of the parts needed so i can start looking.

Got told only after they get their quote, which means that will never happen lol.

Edited by CLNSKY

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Seat of the pants assessment of the new intake: The car is way less "doughy" when hitting the loud pedal, especially off idle when stopped or in traffic, I did use a cheapo lazer thermal thingo to measure the temp around where the pod filter got its air, it was between 55 - 60°C, in saying this the car was shut off and not moving, so the OEM intake pipe was not supplying any fresh air to where the pod was when the car was at least moving A weird bonus was induction noise on the throttle in the cabin increased a bit,  I was worried that I was actually going to lose some of that induction noise I love so much, outside though, when I got the daughter to do a WOT drive by pass for me, the induction noise has increased alot when on the throttle, not quite ITB doort, but well up there I'm extremely happy with the results and have been exploring the country roads in the region  As for house mods: 1.New front fence is up and is awesome, it really upgraded how the joint looks from the street, and the added security is nice 2. Electricians have replace some interior lights, and with more lighting in the garage, a few new motion detecting lights out the front above the garage, front room, and at the front door, which I have already found heaps helpful coming and going, also now has fancy pants CCTV all round the house The only hold point for power though is the solar and batteries due to supply issues, although this will happen over the next few weeks 3. I have done a heap of landscaping out the front and I'm almost ready to do a new small retaining wall with some nice blocks to replace the brick and cemented in rocks around the raised garden beds cemented in river stone "was the fashion at the time" the house was built. I currently have a pallet of retaining wall blocks and 2 bulka bags of 20mm blue metal to replace the wood chip that is in the raised garden beds around the house 4. I now have 3 big raised garden beds for out the back to grow some vegetables, about 70cm high, 200cm long and 100cm wide 5. My 2 compost bins are already pretty full with brown, green and kitchen waste from the landscaping I'vedone so far, but they will probably take a few months to break down, so anything else that gets chopped, trimmed, and kitchen waste will just start filling the base of the raised garden beds to about 30cm before I start throwing 40cm of good compost, and stuff, for the vegetables to grow in, I'll need a few ton of compost and soil, but the local supplier can sent me bulka bags of the stuff Basically the logs, wood chips and a few strategically placed rocks for drainage, will give the beds some good organic materials down low to break down over time, and they will hold moisture during the warmer months to save the water in my big arse water tank if we don't get alot of rain So, all in all, the car and house mods are going well, and I'm really enjoying being retired, I sleep in too 0700 and slowly plod around inside until I feel like actually doing anything, and only work in the yard for as long as want, which has actually been alot over the last few weeks,  although when you look at it, it seems that not a huge amount of work has been done,  until I look at the before I started the work pics Happy days and good times indeed 
    • hahaha yeah. Plan is to get side skirts and probably just rear pods. But going to do them one-by-one. I've got a set that I really like from RHDJapen, but that one isn't shipped to AU. So need to find someone who can get it for me
    • Here's an idea, answer the questions I asked you as they are trying to work out WHY the LSD will be binding up in a straight line.
    • You haven't driven many modern cars then have you? Most of them have sfa steering feel with their stupid electric bullshit steering systems.
×
×
  • Create New...