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[vorse]

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bonnet 300

headlight 250ish

guard 200?

grille 50-100

not sure about painting it though!

this x2.5 to get it sorted painted

[oweban]

true, i just meant in terms of pure part cost.

[D_I_F]

I'd go through the insurance company to be honest. Espcially if you have the other guys details.

At least the insurance company will guarantee repairs.

[FeZ25]

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

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.

[D_I_F]

$12k fix for that? Wow that panel beater is ripping them a new one!

[FeZ25]

I got pushed into the gutter at 70k's.

Lots of suspension damage too.

[CLNSKY]

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 =(

[FeZ25]

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.

[oweban]

Fair call mate, yeah, let them do the legwork. Sucks; I went without mine for 7-8 weeks when I had my big accident.

[CLNSKY]

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!

[NYTSKY]

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.

[FeZ25]

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.

[CLNSKY]

Crap... So this is ETA 2 months +.

What are the chances the car will get written off?

[FeZ25]

@CLNSKY what's yours insured/valued for?

[CLNSKY]

$12k by NRMA

[FeZ25]

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.

[D_I_F]

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)

[oweban]

Apparently my car was close to being a write-off with 8k damage when it was insured for ~16k with JustCar...? (this is hazy memory here, I know it was 8k damage but not 100% that it was 16k but would have been close)

Maybe JustCar does things differently?

[FeZ25]

I've heard of cases where insurance companies will write off a car that's repairs haven't quite tipped over the car's value.

I could be wrong though.

Mine was 12k repairs to a 13k car and they repaired.

[CLNSKY]

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 July 19, 2012 by CLNSKY