Any Car Body Experts Here ???

tracertong · 18 May 2010 at 15:03

Just had a small car crash , the car is a bmw compact 2004. Looking at this pic what would I be looking at to get this fixed , im fully insured yet am curious to the damage done in pounds

thanks

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redeye_uk · 18 May 2010 at 15:06

Looks like quite a big crash to me. Possible chassis damage?

lookitsjonno · 18 May 2010 at 15:07

i wouldn't say thats a small crash personally.... into the thousands at least.

Robbo · 18 May 2010 at 15:07

Maybe. In the motors section

AND its a BMW, are you trying to make Fox cry?

Neodite · 18 May 2010 at 15:08

A couple of grand i would have thought

Jono8 · 18 May 2010 at 15:08

"small crash"

mrk · 18 May 2010 at 15:09

That will T-Cut right o......oh.

xJcBx · 18 May 2010 at 15:10

Chassis damage looks nasty. Whole new suspension/brakes/wheel and bumpers/wing looks costly, especially on a BMW. Unlucky.

Se7ven · 18 May 2010 at 15:10

just get a hammer and do it yourself

seriously though, thats at least 2-3 k

are you looking at the cost of repair including labour? or just the parts?

Greebo · 18 May 2010 at 15:17

That's an insurance right off. You'll never see it again.

If the cost of repairs including genuine parts is more than 50 to 60% of car value, then it's written off.

What's a 2004 compact worth? £5k?

Unlucky.

PiKe · 18 May 2010 at 15:19

What happened?

tracertong · 18 May 2010 at 15:21

Greebo said:
That's an insurance right off. You'll never see it again.

If the cost of repairs including genuine parts is more than 50 to 60% of car value, then it's written off.

What's a 2004 compact worth? £5k?

Unlucky.

Well the coppers reckoned a couple of grand to get it fixed but then they obviously are not experts. Engine seemed ok so it would be body work and wheel , other side is fine incidently.

bledd · 18 May 2010 at 15:24

it's not just body work and wheel though mate, the suspension that the wheel connects on to will be goosed too, I'm with Greebo on this one..

GravyMonster · 18 May 2010 at 15:24

tracertong said:
Engine seemed ok so it would be body work and wheel

... and suspension and brakes and engine auxhilliaries and chassis...

Pretty sure that'll be a write off.

happy_2008 · 18 May 2010 at 15:40

First thought was that it looks a write off when compared to the value of the vehicle

tracertong · 18 May 2010 at 15:45

Spunkey said:
... and suspension and brakes and engine auxhilliaries and chassis...

Pretty sure that'll be a write off.

Darn not what i wanted to hear. Can I ask if say the insurance company said that repairs would cost £2500 which would = write off , could i offer the insurance company to pay £500 towards the repairs myself so that it could be fixed and would they accept that ?

Never had a crash before so excuse my noobness.

PiKe · 18 May 2010 at 15:47

How did you crash?

Neodite · 18 May 2010 at 15:51

tracertong said:
Darn not what i wanted to hear. Can I ask if say the insurance company said that repairs would cost £2500 which would = write off , could i offer the insurance company to pay £500 towards the repairs myself so that it could be fixed and would they accept that ?

Never had a crash before so excuse my noobness.

I don't think you can.

But you can let them write it off, buy it back off them then repair it with the left over money + your £500

Jez · 18 May 2010 at 15:52

Forgive me , but why would you want to do that? Just take the payout and buy another one?

tracertong · 18 May 2010 at 15:53

PiKe said:
How did you crash?

Some chav was trying to overtake when he should not have been and i have had to steared onto this

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