jrleclerc88

So my car was hit while parked today. The person who hit it admitted it so that makes things easier. They wanted to pay their own body shop to do the work I've opted to go through insurance. I was just wondering if you think they will paint the hood if they replace the fender?

jrleclerc88

The side light is also cracked.. Headlight/tire seem to be fine








Minor scratch on driver door

jrleclerc88

Any input/thoughts appreciated

thoiboi

Have them bring out an estimator and ask him those questions

guitarplayer16

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Let insurance deal with it.
These are questions you'll have to speak to insurance with and/or the body shop.

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Oh Sickest TL

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I doubt they will paint the hood or the door they will just "blend"

truonghthe

they probably will PDR that one.

MonkeyTrucker

I'd be freaking out over such a minor scratch like that.

Get at least three estimates if you've already got your / their insurance involved. If you have title, take a check and fix what you want.

clpassenubye

iTrader: (20)

Don't let their body shop do the work go through insurance too many bad things can and do happen using someone else shop.

princelybug

iTrader: (16)

^
Great advice. Both the hood and L/F door will be blended.

jrleclerc88

I was hoping to get the hood painted too as the paints fading.. Wishful thinking

thoiboi

talk to the body shop and work something out/pay the difference..?





sue for pain and suffering... to pay the difference

polobunny

Talk to the body shop, they can probably do something for you. Some shops can include the price of repainting certain parts that were not expected if you know what I mean.

jrleclerc88

Nice thats what I was hoping for. My family knows someone who is on insurance preferred shop list so maybe he can help me out. Thanks again for the input guys

Robospinner

lol

I just had body work done to my car which had damages at a similar scale(mine was drivers door and not fender). You've heard some good advice, get 3 estimates and don't go with the cheapest. If you go through your insurance you will probably get someone who will put a lifetime warranty on their work- make sure this is the case. If the insurance is paying for it, the body shop should opt to do the most thorough as opposed to the cheapest. In my case they replaced the entire door, painted and blended onto surrounding panels. If I was paying out of pocket they would have re-skinned the door (cheaper in some cases-not always)
the adjuster or body shop will tell you the best action to take in order to do the job properly.

Make sure to take detailed pics of your car right before you hand the keys over. If some joker working on your car puts an extra ding or nick, you will know (personal experience) I think some people assume because these 3Gs are older now, we wont notice...ha
Good luck!

Robospinner

He's not joking, In my case I asked them to blend a little more than they had to in order to repair some paint damage on an adjacent panel. They were happy to oblige.
Just remember if they are going to repaint an entire panel, or hood, they will want to blend into all the adjacent areas. So if the damage is to the drivers fender they would blend onto the hood. If they have to repaint the entire hood they would want to blend onto the front bumper and passenger fender ect. ect. the worlk builds up fast.
The idea being they wont want to stop fresh paint at a seam in the car. So the odds are you wont be able to get the entire hood repainted- but cant hurt to ask!