Cost of damage? (Warning large images)

[Kevo]

Yellow van man hit my missus' car when it was parked up, he's said he will pay upto 300 out of his pocket, without goin through insurance.

What do you reckon she should do? what do you think it would cost?

its a 96 1.4sx, my old one, but its in good nick had the engine rebuilt about 10,000 miles ago.

ps: photos taken on sony ericsson k800i phone!

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[beeson100]

Go through insurance as it will cost alot more than that to put it right

 

[Joske]

You really should learn to resize your pictures we all dont have 21" monitors.

I would say that it is easily repairable, many dent wizards can pull the majority of the dent out which will cost £60. New Rear Light £20 from Ebay. Try and T cut the yellow off and if you can live with it being slightly rippled in that area leave it. £220 in your pocket.

Otherwise take it to a bodyshop 4 a quote if you want it perfect.

 

[Lee]

I had the same thing as you...

The woman that reversed into me gave me £600, it cost me £90 to get it sorted out! RESULT!



SEX...I'm just two women short of a Threesome

 

[Dan]

This cost nearly £1000 to fix in the end, the body shop made mistakes so i sent it back twice!

 

[kevo]

sorry about photo size, i just wanted to make sure you could see it properly.

t-cut wont do it, the paint has cracked and peeled right through to the metal.

spoke to insurance company, they said get a quote first before offically put a clame in, to see if its less than 300.

 

[Mouna]

Back street garages will sort you out for £300 and thats taking the P!*s! Its not as bad as it looks cos its just on one panel . I would take it to a few garages and see what they say tell them that another place quoted you £200 . I friend of mine almost got conned out of £800 at a ford garage for a scratch made against the wheel arch . Took her to my trusty backstreet garage ( in middx) and £100 later its looking hot again .

 

[Buzz]

Take the 300 cash. its a dent, lol. bit of a bash fro the other side and a can of paint from halfords will sort ya out.

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[Lee]

It is incredibly difficult to get good access to that part of the rear wing because I had a go at fixing it myself, and it is surprisingly hard to push back out, I just let the bodyshop sort it!!



SEX...I'm just two women short of a Threesome

 

[beeson100]

If you do it properly through insurance anything that gets touched will be replaced. This includes a new quarter panel, rear light and maybe a rear bumper as it may have been grazed. Hard to tell in the pics. That will come to alot more than £300.

Or if it's not exactly your pride and joy take the money and get it repaired for less, but expect the paintwork to flake after a year or two.

 

[Mouna]

Why would the paint work flake?! Take the money and get it fixed if its done at a proper garage then it wont flake at all !