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Originally Posted by gapboi210 (Post 8825801)

sorry guy I am in the vehicle repair business. Body parts are not body parts. They DO NOT always fit right. You can tweak and adjust but when when you have a fender that is shaped slightly different, bumpers that are not molded like the OEM you will have issues. I've found that most aftermarket body panels are much thinner than oem. My body guys can tell sometimes. They will be sanding a car move from one fender to another and one fender is flexing when being sanded. Inspection shows it is aftermarket.

Ur so right, i bought an aftermarket hood and got it painted, looks and fits great but when closing the hood i pushed down on it and it flexed in and made a small ding. Cant believe it. This never happened with my oem hood. it is definitely thinner.

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Originally Posted by TexasTex (Post 8825804)

Are people really arguing this thing? I tell you what, my wife works claims at a well known insurance company here. I just showed her this thread, and her first question was, "are you serious?" Come on yall...

soooo, what do you think? The suspense is killing me :confused: :mad:

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Originally Posted by Gemner (Post 8824969)

Should have taken it to the shop you want the work done at and have them work it out with the insurance.

I agree here.

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Originally Posted by Gemner (Post 8827172)

soooo, what do you think? The suspense is killing me :confused: :mad:

I think with what he was quoted, 2k seems ballpark. I agree with most of your posts. My wife said 2200-2500. Not bad for a chic eh? HAHA!

But totaled is a stretch for many reasons. First off, unless it exceeds a certain amount (most insurance companies use the 50% rule) of damage, you'll never see a "total loss." Even in some cases, Ins. companies will try to get it fixed when over that. Most of the time unless there is structural damage, you will be hard pressed to see a "total" if you can make out the make and model of the car. There are also a lot of variables as to how they will calculate an actual total. Year, make, model...etcetera.

Then it can also boil down to what kind of adjuster you have on the case. I've seen my exes Escalade get a tiny estimate from the insurance company when in fact we received a $8800 estimate from the dealership. Then my 97' Cobra have get the opposite, estimate wise. There are a lot of factors.

Good luck OP, I hope everything goes smoothly.