Car Repair Advice!!

kaleja22

Was in a non fault accident ! -
The right wing needs replacing, new bumper bracket attached as its unattached from the damage. Besides that the bumper is in good condition wasnt affected no bumps or dents sustained




The right door has no physical damage besides the fact it does not open fully but believe it is due to where the damage is in the wing.

Or could sill panel damage cause this also? I believe the garage may just be adding this on, I was not hit at all anywhere near the door panel of my car and from looking at it, looks undamaged as well.


Was quoted by my insurance garage £2564 to get this fixed I have tried to attach a photo of the damage because I do not believe this price at all.

missile

What advice do you want?

Is the garage inflating the work required? Possibly, but why should that concern you? It is the insurance assessors job to review estimates and the total cost for repair will have no impact on your next premium.

angrycrow

The sill continues forward behind the wing so if the bottom of the wing is damaged the sill could well be damaged as well. As a major structural member of the car you want your sill repaired correctly. Guessing the quote is from the insurers body shop so you could almost certainly get it done cheaper but with the insurer you get a long guarantee and if the body shop screw up the job the insurer has to sort it out.

No images were attached.

AdrianC

No pic - post a link to it, but put spaces and the like into the URL, we can figure it from there.

Insurers will cost up at full parts retail for anything damaged, then there's the paint and labour. The paint will not just be the replaced panel, but will be blended across surrounding panels, so as to help avoid a colour mismatch. Paint itself is expensive, and painting is both time-consuming and requires a lot of expensive facilities to help prevent pollution and to ensure a quality job. £2.5k is not hard at all, but without even knowing what car's being talked about...

foxy-stoat

Can you ask for cash in lieu of repair and buy secondhand parts and repair yourself - may as well make some money out of it.

marlot

The sill continues behind the wing. And indeed, there is a jacking point there on most cars - its a critical component and needs to be repaired/replaced if damaged.