Not for warranty purposes,for a good repair on the car,so that it will be as good,if not better than before the accident .Quote:
Originally Posted by chauster
I personally would insist on that,not that difficuilt to understand chauster.
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Not for warranty purposes,for a good repair on the car,so that it will be as good,if not better than before the accident .Quote:
Originally Posted by chauster
I personally would insist on that,not that difficuilt to understand chauster.
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Originally Posted by antony
Ive got experiences with "BMW Approved" and "LAND ROVER Approved" repairers....
They are like "honda dealers" when it comes to servicing, it's a marketing ploy.
Theres no real difference between them and any other panel beater, the only differences are:
*Manufacturer checks to make sure the workshop isnt completely shoddy
*A day course and a factory-approved/geniune workshop manual
* internet/disk access to Honda Part number's
and shebang, you're a "Factory approved" repairer......
I'm not sure if the Honda Repairer at Astoria Honda is an "approved" or an actual Honda repairer. They seem to work only on Hondas anyway, and are based in the dealership service and parts area. Would assume there would be one in NSW that's similar. I recommended them, because for a bump in the door, the amount they wanted to charge me (8k worth! for a bump in the rear passenger door) because they were insistent on replacing everything, and repainting the panels that weren't involved but surrounding the door. Saw their work though, it was clearly up to standard. But the main reason I recommended them was that they charged an arm and a leg, just to screw the insurance company over. I reckon they would charge 30k on OP's car if they saw it. Make them think twice about not writing it off.
Funnily enough I insisted that Astoria Honda repair my car,and their work was exceptional.
Its coincidental that I bought my Euro from them,and service it there,and convenient as its 5 minutes away from home...
It's not uncommon to do that when you are doing a proper job, to make sure the paint matches. If you eg have a damaged door and just repaint the door and don't do the surrounding panels, any slight mismatch in colour can be very obvious, especially in bright sunlight. The need to find suitable places on the car to 'lose' the edges of the respray usually means respraying an area much larger than the actual repair.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaosMaster
- HZ
Yeah, I know that a good repairer will blend it in. But these guys will re paint the whole next panel, and blend in the one after. Just incase, Lolz.
and you wonder why your insurance is so high......Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaosMaster
Insurance is so high because people keep doing stupid things on the road and having accidents in expensive cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredoops
- HZ
.... then gets stupid high quotes for irrelevent works....Quote:
Originally Posted by HunterZero
It's not irrelevant work if the new paint would be noticeable from the old paint otherwise. But obiously some repairers think as you do and cheap out. I've seen a few cars around where you can tell one door or quarter panel has been sprayed and it doesn't match the panels next to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredoops
Solid colours are much easier to repair than pearlescent and metallic colours with clear coat. In the old days it was much easier to do a spot repair. Now, they have to also find ways to hide the edges of the clear coat repair as well as blend the colour and match the pearl. Often it's not possible to get a perfect repair (or near enough) without repainting a large area. I have heard of repairers spraying the entire side of a car to get an imperceptible colour match and clear coat blend with the rest of the paint. Because if the repairer doesn't get it right, it's going to be out of their own pocket when they have to rectify any repairs that are unsatisfactory. They can even go to the trouble of matching orange peel and gloss.
Besides, it's the insurer footing the repair bill, and usually when the insurer deals with choice of repairer, they aren't going to employ repairers who overquote repairs.
- HZ
Hi guys, my car is still in progress with the stupid insurance, well apparently I picked Scott's paint and panel in artarmon, they quote the Damage to 18k, which they considered is a total loss, my insurance said it could be fix from there repairer, so is it possible of I have a choice to tell them to get it as a total loss since the repairer I wanted declared that it's a total lost and I don't want to pick one of there repairer? Cheers
You pay for the quality. Some people don't notice it, some people will. Like in my case, I found a repairer who was willing to fix my door for $1900. I figured, excess cost more than that, and I don't want a premium rise (which happens anyway cos insurance companies are run by vampires after our blood money), so I had it fixed. Very nice job, I could hardly tell the difference (slightly lighter graphite colour as compared to the others, but was well blended in, and only tell under direct sunlight). I was happy. Then, one day(about 2 months later), I got a scratch in it (typical bitch parks in carpark next to you and opens door with all the force she's got). I decide to use wax on it, only to find the wax is eating away at the paint. Now the mark is very noticeable. Went to Honda this time to get it fixed (they only charged 200 this time as it was just a paint over or something). Tried waxing it a week after the repaint and no problems.
Yeah, you can ask them again. Or ask the repairer to tell them. Just be insistent, that is unless your car's market value is 28k or something, then they'll just ignore you.Quote:
Originally Posted by simonchau
Well I asked honda, they say your car is worth 15-16k
Well the "no repairable writeoff" rule in NSW is really having a lot of unintended consequences.... Just hope there is no hail storm soon...Quote:
Originally Posted by simonchau
Remember, it's your car, you are not at fault, it's your say who repairs your car and how your car gets repaired, so don't be pressured into using one of their cheaper repairers if you don't want to. At any rate, the other driver's insurance should cover your repairs, your insurer shouldn't be out of pocket, they shouldn't care less if your car is repairable or written off or not unless they're too lazy to deal with the other insurance provider or chase the at fault driver if uninsured - was the other driver not insured?
Scotts are a qualified registered repairer, they can't dispute the quote for repairs from them. Was the quote from Scott's using new parts? The insurers probably won't like paying for new parts, they like repairers to use cheaper refurbished parts or parts "appropriate to the age and condition of the vehicle" if they are available since the car is older than 3 years.
- HZ
The other driver was insured by aami, the quote was sent in yesterday by Scott's paint and panel, but I have yet to recieve a call from my insurance in regards to it. Im planning to tell my insurance what you have quoted, my car, I'm not at fault, so I get to choose my repairer. Scott's Honda is using near new 2nd hand parts I think or aftermarket
Scott's would tend to use new parts I would have thought, or refurbished geniune Honda parts where new parts not available. I doubt they'd use non-geniune aftermarket parts for body repairs, and you wouldn't want this. Talk to Scott's about the quote if you think it's too high, but basically if you've indicated your choice of repairer, that should be up to the insurers to sort out.Quote:
Originally Posted by simonchau
The hard place you're in is if the car is borderline write-off, it seems other repairers are quoting under the threshold that the insurance company deems the car to be a write-off, but Scott's quote might be over? Of course the insurer who is going to be out of pocket wants the cheapest repair and won't want to write it off and pay out the full amount and deal with the wreck if they can avoid it.
At the end of the day, it will be unfortunately up to AAMI as the other party's insurer to decide if they are going to pay for the repair or total loss, not your insurer, and I've heard bad things about AAMI being difficult to deal with. Your insurer should be the negotiator for you and they will deal with the other party and chase them for the $$$, remember they are supposed to be on your side since that's the service you pay your premium for.
Another option is to get some more quotes from other repairers, or check out the repairers that NRMA recommend.
If you get the car repaired, I'd think seriously about selling it or trading it in afterwards.
- HZ
Well my insurer called me saying that Scott's Honda sale it's a total loss, now they declare it a total loss and he is going to talk to his boss about the price cause mine is market value, once again, if it's too low value would I be able to push them to fix it and I'll sell it myself afterwards, cause I seen similar model to my car going for at least 19k on carsales
Cheers
19k with np if you have low ks. plus u got modulo lip kit.
Yeahs, mine all good, only done nearly 75000kms
75000km Lux Silver 07 FL auto model market private sell value is around $2000 plus u got modulo kit