Need some advice - Got rear ended - Page 2

shabs84 · 2008-11-26 17:00:32

Here they are: http://www.aceautoinsurance.com/ I'll bet he was a high risk driver.

11-27-2008, 12:39 AM

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Thank you that was very helpful. Wow $6000 worth of damage! How long did it take them to fix up your car?

It was three weeks, mostly because the other guys insurance company had to send out a rep to see everything the body shop found, because he didn't believe that there was that much damage.

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Visibly the damage is on the bumper and below. Before I got out of my car to assess the damage, I thought it would be a lot worse because of the speed of impact. He was in an Impala. From looking at the damage on his car, it looked like he hit under the bumper which caused my license plate to fold in half.

Yep, mine was the same way. Looked like almost no damage- In fact the first estimate was for only $1200... until they got the bumper cover off and saw everything. The whole front end of the neon was wasted.

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I'm supposed to take my car in next Thursday and the body shop said they'd put an order in for the bumper. He said it should take about a day to fix as long as there's no additional damage. Do they normally order refurbished/aftermarket ones or can I have them order one from Mazda?

In California you can require the shop and insurance company to use OEM parts, but if you don't require/request it, they can use anything the insurance company wants--- including bondo'ng used parts. Don't know if your state is the same way.

Last edited by Icemark; 11-27-2008 at 12:43 AM.

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