I got side swiped about a week ago and so we filed a claim.


the bitch denyed everything, even though i had all her insurance information... so now my insurance company is goin to fix it. They said it wont effect my insurance rate as long as it is under 1800. Being that im a 17y/o male this would make a big difference.
Im trying to get as much done by myself to avoid having to pay too much so..

My front corner light on the driver side was popped out and when i tried to put it back in the part on the bumper where the clip clips on to is broken. Not completely, but to the point where the corner light wont stay in.


Does anyone have any advice of a way to fix this without replacing the whole front bumper!!??!!??!

Thanks a bunch

 

1800 should cover a new front bumper, paint and install

 

I know, but theres a lot of damage to the left rear quarter panel. I got a estimate from a different shop just for that and they said 1600... thats why im trying to get the corner light to work in the current bumper....

 

ah i c. well did your insurance say it was your fault or hers? if it was hers then her company should pay for damages

 

i hate women drivers

 

^^that wasnt sexist at all

see if you can find a replacement bracket online, then just replace it and your golden. if not, you can use duct tape and be silver

was she on her cell phone?

 

Because she lied, her insurance wont pay for it. and my insurance company sees that my car is F'd so they are fixing it. I am going to take pictures tomorrow so no worries.

And, nah she wasnt on the phone, like most women she just couldnt drive ha.

 

How the hell can she get away with that when you have ALL her information? How the hell else would u get a complete stranger's info and your car messed up if u didn't get in an accident w/her? Some people are retarded

 

Thats EXACTLY what I said.

She had some no name insurance company so my parents just think they didnt care about getting a bad name.

its BS.

What ever money I have left over after I get the shit fixed im going to add with the money ive saved already and get clear corners, and Depo lights.. any other suggestions...

 

^well if she's just saying that it wasn't her fault, then that would make sense, they have to prove that it was hers.
assuming right now, it's just your story and her story...no witnesses etc..
But if she's saying that the accident didn't happen in the first place, then that is total BS

the way to avoid this in the future, is if you get hit, get the person to sign a statement saying that they hit you and accept 100% responsibility for the accident.
this way they can't try and bs theirselves out of the situation later

 

Also carry a camera with you... which reminds me I need to buy one.

 

You could reenforce that bumper with fiberglass, that should work if it's just the bracket that holds the corner in, the only issue would be the compressed spring, depending on what part is weakened

 

 

I think he's talking about the clip on the outside corner of the turn signal light that clips onto the bumper. I'm not sure how to fix that though... Bondo?

 

i broke both my clips when the screws holding my ambers rusted into place and i was swapping them for my ambers. i just drilled in an inch long screw through the backside of the bumper into the housing.. its barley noticeable unless your really looking for it, and its worked perfectly fine for the pastt 4 months.

 

well i did that ^^ for the inside clip.. for the outside, you could just bend a metal flange to the same size and shape as the plastic pre-molded peice and screw that to the side of it.

 

Just make a small bracket, I thought the bumper itself was f'd up

 

thats why you call the cops and make a report. its the only thing you cannot go against

 

Word.