Im still too mad to type an essay. Long story short - head to my office parking garage after a stressful day at work. Come to see my car was banged into (clearly by a tall SUV with a big bumper).
Gonna take a half day off work Wednesday to go get estimates at body shops around DC/Maryland/Virginia area. Any body shop experts here who can give some very rough assesment of what I'll be looking at?
Tail lights work but the lenses are smashed (obviously need a whole new assembly and parts for this damn car arent cheap). The dents are in a complex area with all kinds of corners and shit.
Frankly, if the repair costs more than 3 grand I'll just sell it as it at a real loss. Whoever hit me left no note and on this particular car I have I did NOT have full coverage insurance - and regretting it now.
I'm really upset and would love some input from you guys, especially the body shop/paint experts. It's a '99 with 126k miles on it. I've already invested over 2 grand on valve cover gasket job/trans flush/SLS fluid flush/camshaft position sensor replacement/alternator/oil filter housing gasket and a few other items that needed attention. She's a good runner but in its current form its not even street legal with the lenses all jacked up and the assembly barely in one piece. Amazingly the trunk lid was spared completely and from the side of the car it doesnt show any deformation. Just the area around the tail light and the God forsaken corner area.
For this kind of damage what needs to be pulled, what kind of job and labor hours would this entail? Regardless i'll be going Wdnesday for estimates but need a little huddle right now to talk hypotheticals
Sadly no CCTV camera in the garage, guy just ran off like a total jerk.
p.s. the SRS light now randomly comes on and off - least of my worries though at the moment
Gonna take a half day off work Wednesday to go get estimates at body shops around DC/Maryland/Virginia area. Any body shop experts here who can give some very rough assesment of what I'll be looking at?
Tail lights work but the lenses are smashed (obviously need a whole new assembly and parts for this damn car arent cheap). The dents are in a complex area with all kinds of corners and shit.
Frankly, if the repair costs more than 3 grand I'll just sell it as it at a real loss. Whoever hit me left no note and on this particular car I have I did NOT have full coverage insurance - and regretting it now.
I'm really upset and would love some input from you guys, especially the body shop/paint experts. It's a '99 with 126k miles on it. I've already invested over 2 grand on valve cover gasket job/trans flush/SLS fluid flush/camshaft position sensor replacement/alternator/oil filter housing gasket and a few other items that needed attention. She's a good runner but in its current form its not even street legal with the lenses all jacked up and the assembly barely in one piece. Amazingly the trunk lid was spared completely and from the side of the car it doesnt show any deformation. Just the area around the tail light and the God forsaken corner area.
For this kind of damage what needs to be pulled, what kind of job and labor hours would this entail? Regardless i'll be going Wdnesday for estimates but need a little huddle right now to talk hypotheticals
Sadly no CCTV camera in the garage, guy just ran off like a total jerk.
p.s. the SRS light now randomly comes on and off - least of my worries though at the moment