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Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/5/2008 5:08:34 PM

chromatin

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OK, a bad day. A small accident. Our fault. Luckily everybody involved was totally fine. Picture shown. What kind of money are we looking at? I have already roughly looked at the part price, it seems to me that they would cost at least 1000 bucks.

Bascially the passenger headlight was gone, and the air filter case was broken too. The headlight washer fluid is leaking slowly on the damaged side. The front passenger door looks totally fine but can barely open. And of course the cosmetic damages.

Oh, yes, this is a 2000 2.7t with Xenon with 133k miles and runs great.

I don't mind to fix them myself if I can find the time and good instructions on body work. But any suggestion is highly appreciated. If anybody happens to know a good shop in Lansing or Grand Rapids, MI, please let me know too. Thank you very much!

Yes, I know, we are somewhat cheap. No full coverage on this car. But we had a perfect record before and didn't think the high price + deductable was justified and the car wasn't worth a ton of money any more.

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/5/2008 9:04:18 PM

beng

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Try, WWW.autosportsunliminted.com they are in ZEELAND MI. towards lake michigan.
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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/6/2008 4:18:09 AM

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also try shokan as well.

I had someone hit and run my audi, ended up buyin new headlight set (aftermarket one), 280 on ebay, new HID kit 69, and fender I'm waiting if shokan gets the color I'm looking for they quoted me 150 + shipping.
not sure how much is the actual damagebehind the fender etc but looks like you are looking over 1k for that I think.

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/6/2008 10:33:37 AM

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Not to be the bearer of bad news, but I think your estimate of $1000 is waaaaaayy too low. A friend of mine damaged her Corolla's right side rear fender and rear passenger side door in a parking lot incident and her repairs cost her $1200. They did not have to replace any parts on the Corolla, just buffing and repainting.

Looking at your picture looks like you need a new fender, new hood, new head light and possibly a new bumper. I would atleast triple your estimate for repairs (somebody correct me if I am wrong).

Sorry about your car :(

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/6/2008 11:07:41 AM

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Not to be the bearer of bad news, but I think your estimate of $1000 is waaaaaayy too low. A friend of mine damaged her Corolla's right side rear fender and rear passenger side door in a parking lot incident and her repairs cost her $1200. They did not have to replace any parts on the Corolla, just buffing and repainting.

Looking at your picture looks like you need a new fender, new hood, new head light and possibly a new bumper. I would atleast triple your estimate for repairs (somebody correct me if I am wrong).

Sorry about your car :(

i agree when my car had gotten messed up i knew the guy that did mine and all he did was pull a dent out and repaint he charged me 500 but he said if i didnt know him it would have been like 1500 or 2000. so i would have to say atleast triple if not more. the most expensive thing i think for repairing our cars when stuff like that happens is the paint and the labor for doing everything

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/6/2008 12:05:27 PM

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Repair and repaint fender and hood. New headlight...you are looking at atleast $2k if you want a decent job from a good body shop.

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/6/2008 4:04:36 PM

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I say at least $4K. No BS.

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/6/2008 4:31:05 PM

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id say around 3k

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/6/2008 4:42:41 PM

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Repair and repaint fender and hood. New headlight...you are looking at atleast $2k if you want a decent job from a good body shop.

2k if your buddy owns a body shop. Regularly i'd say even higher than that. All that damage isn't going to be cheap to fix, sadly nowadays there are no such things as "small accidents."

Earlier in the year I got hit in a parking lot and it was a tiny dent on the rear pannel and a bumper respray (no new parts or anything) and it ended up being around 800$ CAD.
Depending what you damaged behind the headlight i'm going with around 3500 for all that. Have you gotten any estimates yet?

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/6/2008 6:56:04 PM

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Repairs are never as cheap as we hope - there's always some hidden damage and cost. I'm over in Holland, but have not had any work done on my Audi (knock on wood). The good news is that labor costs are generally lower over here. What will help keep your costs down is finding used body parts and just having them painted.

Alternately, you're talking an 8 year old car w/ 133k and maybe $2-4k in repairs. European Autohaus (Chicago Dr, Holland) has been buying up lots of off-lease Audis over the past couple years and the deals are not bad, especially with the economy sucking. I think they have an S-line 2.7T for around $16-18k plus a large bunch of A4s and other A6s. Right around the corner is In-Tune which does all my Audi work, and they will probably give you an independent inspection for a reasonable cost. Let me know if you want any other info. (jjaiven@chartermi.net)

Good luck.

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/7/2008 3:13:49 AM

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If you live in a metropolitan area I would guess $3K to $4K for a decent job.

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/7/2008 9:36:40 AM

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It seems as if we are all guessing as to the cost to repair. Hmmmmmmm How about $3,457.86?

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/7/2008 10:46:53 AM

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damn i was gonna guess $3,457.86... how did u know

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RE: Small accident, what $ are we looking at? - 5/7/2008 8:42:55 PM

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Ran my A6 into a pole!   Had to have:
                                               Hood
                                              bumper cover
                                              Ac.compressor and line
                                              radiator support
                                              radiator
                                              condensor
                                              motor mount
        Ins. company totalled the car as the frame rail was nosed in a bit, I bought the car back for $1.800.
The car lined up within specs and is back on the road.
Shopped around for a paint estimate ( hood and bumper) ranged from Over $800.00 to a low $372.00
Went with the cheaper one and the car looks very good.
Had to fab a few parts ( such as all headlight mounting tabs), also reworked the bumper itself.
This whole repair cost about $1.900 as I did everything but the paint work.
I used quality parts, you have to be careful as there is some real junk out there.        Beng


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