Hit a parked car (estimate damage help)
 

I hit a parked car when pulling in, underestimated the turning radius cuz i was thinking of other things and was tired. It was an older civic and the bumper needs to be replaced. Im guessing what $250-$300 for a painted bumper installed from a body shop for that? Also can he involve insurance since he didnt call the police and no report was given.

For me the right side of my car is not dinged or dented but rather scratched up pretty badly, how much would it cost to get someone to blend the paint, and how much if I just wanted the entire front bumper repainted the nighthawk black pearl. Thanks!

The bumper itself would cost probably $250-$300. The paint job will cost another $150-200 probably.

Are you serious, that pisses me off the civic was treated like shit and the paint is even dull, it wont even match, i dont want to pay $500 for a damn garbage civic bumper. Oh well

Well I backed up into some piece of shit 70's car where there was already chipping paint and it was cracked everywhere and I hit it at like 2 mph, literally, left nothing and no damage and yet he claimed my insurance for a new bumper which ran me $749. Life just fucks you sometimes... :ugh:

Renegade, i'm up here in gainesville too, I can recommend a couple of good places that do a great job but, they're also cheap and offer a student discount.

Not that i condone this behavior, but why did you stay around to let the owner of the civic find out it was you that did it?

because smart responsible people fess up to their mistakes....

put Mikie Tuttle back in your avatar!

Thats cute and all, but if i hit some piece of shit car thats already damaged, im not going to sit around all day and wait to get financially ass raped by some guy that wants me to pay $1000 to repaint his 1987 honda civic.

AND NO MORE MIKIE TUTTLE! :tomato:

<climbs up on soapbox> Like it or not, with actions, come responsibilities. Put yourself in the other guys shoes, and think about how you would respond to a hit and run driver. I know, because it happened to me. <climbs down from soapbox>
I don't know about the insurance regs in your state, but I've been told in PA, any actual payment by an insurance company under $1,000 can not, by law, cause an increase in your insurance premium. YMMV
Hope this helps,
Brian

Call a junk yard, find the guy a cheap bumper, have it painted at macco and put it on for him. I'd guess you'd be in that around $200 or less. My $.02.

And if someone saw you and you get tagged for hit and run or leaving the scene of an accident you are in real deep shit. The cops will come looking for you and your insurance company will drop you like a hot rock.

If you are man enough to drive a car you should be man enough to stand up for your fuck ups.

regardless my friend, some people work very hard to own very little... and what they got means the world to them.

no Mikie = :sad: :pupeyes:

I hated that Avatar.... Time for Sleep's quote "Worst avatar ever" would have went perfectly with Mikie...

The one you have now is much more appropriate.

You guys are right, you should be responsible if you fuck someones car up, but what i am trying to say is, i wouldnt give them the opprotunity to screw me. Id leave a number and name on a note on the car and offer to fix the damage. I would rather pay out of pocket then let them report it to their or my insurance.

Hell, just the other day someone open their car door into my rear 1/4 panel. I was soooo pissed and of course it took off paint so i cant do paintless dent removal...

man i envy you for staying there, some asshole hit me and i just found out last night looked at my bumper and there were paint marks and dents on my bumper. what a fucked up night :(

pm me year make and model and I can write a est for bumper replacement that I would pay with ABQ, NM labor rates if you like. I would guess 500-800 depending on A/M bumpers available and if the absorber or any other crap got hit too


I work for an insurance company and write estimates all the time.