The shop we intend on using has some of the highest reviews and longest experience of anyone in the area that I can find. I think using them gets us our best shot at walking away with a quality paint job.
Car wreck, lowball offer.
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Nick1994
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Looks great now, but let us know in a year, 3 years and 5 years. Factory paint from one manufacturer is going to fade differently then whatever brand a bodyshop may use, not to mention the method of application. The extreme sun exposure is only going to accelerate that.
I'm lost here. You go get it fixed at whatever shop your neighbor's insurance says to and they pay for it. The cost of this is irrelevant. You get your car back fixed. Are you saying that you want to get a check from them and either 1) keep it/not fix your car or 2) get it fixed yourself?
Your Jetta is one of the lowest priced economy cars sold today. I don't understand this need for "flawlesness".
Life is not flawless. No I wouldn't stand for a sub par paint job, but there is some undue obsessing here.
Or maybe the Jetta has proven to be not all that you wanted?
Something fishsticks going on here.
But I hope all turns out well, and you keep the car if you are happy with it.
That "bumper" is just a thin urethane cover and there are some styrofoam blocks glued behind it.
Just a façade.
I know. My EE-brake didnt work once on my lease 2019 Jetta, and it rolled into a parking lot lamp post concrete pillar !
Even though it tore the bumper skin and removed finish, I didnt get dinged at lease turn in.
Good luck - Ken
One last thing to add to what others have said. If you are filing a diminished value (DV) claim, you must use the other party’s insurance (unless in Georgia) as all the policies I’ve seen have an exclusion for DV. You are not contractually bound by the other person’s insurance so that is how you make a DV claim. With the used car market like it is, there may not be much DV but it’s hard to prove it either way. My FIL was rear-ended by a USAA policyholder in Florida and I told him about this. His DV check was as much as the bumper repair cost but this was on a more expensive car. He was thrilled with the outcome though and the shop did a great job.
yeah that's what happens when cars get old......they fade, get scratched, rust and generally fall apart. Being in Minesota, I am sure glad I don't have this "it has to be perfect disease". It's just a fools game to think you can keep a car looking good with all that attacks them here.
Frankly, this looks like one of the better color matches I’ve seen. Most don’t look this good.
Nick1994
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I had it for almost 3 years after this then traded it in, but it looked great.
This may be different in VA than it is in KY but in KY the damaged party gets their choice of body shop and their choice of factory repair parts or aftermarket parts up to a certain age of the vehicle. Several years ago an uninsured motorist hit my son in one of my cars. I went and got estimates of the damages and took them to the county attorney in the county where the accident happened. The county attorney took the uninsured to court where the judge fined them for not having insurance as required by state law and made them pay full restitution for the damages which was about $3000. Since the damages were about $1000. more than I'd paid for the car and it didn't affect drivability I pocketed the money toward the purchase of another vehicle and am still using the damaged car in it's damaged condition. The uninsured had to show up for court once a month with money in hand to pay toward restitution until it was paid in full. Insurance laws differ from state to state in most cases.
Probably best to keep it locked in the garage, never drive it, and just admire it's current state of "flawlessness".
That way no one can ding it with their car door in a parking lot, a shopping cart won't get rubbed up against it, stone chips from other cars on the road can't hit it, and so on...On what planet?
You can tell BITOG is a special place. And how the oil OCD syndrome transfers to other things. While I wouldn't be happy with a dent-a "GOOD" body shop can fix it where even the owner can't tell it's been damaged. This I speak of from personal experience. And yes-the OP is making life difficult on himself. Take it to the body shop of your choice-sign the forms and let the body shop deal with the insurance. That's how most people do it....
Of course it did, it wasn’t on a horizontal panel.
Nick1994
$100 site donor 2024
Well, I guess it's good that Greg's Jetta didn't get rear ended on the roof.
I pulled into a parking stall in our Model 3 in a vacant area of a parking lot. My friend opened the passenger door as a total beater 90's Camry pulled in. Left 2 pearl white marks on the rattle can dull black Camry door, that had plenty of dents.
I gave the gal my insurance and offered to help in any way I could.
I didn't see any damage to the Tesla door edge; to my great relief.
Took it to a high end car paint place and he could not find any issue. Everything aligns nicely, which was my concern.
It's a dang car. No biggie. Nobody got hurt, no body went to jail.
Who the heck cares? I sure don't.
FYI - I have no clue on the red mark. Blame it on Elon, I guess.
I gave the gal my insurance and offered to help in any way I could.
I didn't see any damage to the Tesla door edge; to my great relief.
Took it to a high end car paint place and he could not find any issue. Everything aligns nicely, which was my concern.
It's a dang car. No biggie. Nobody got hurt, no body went to jail.
Who the heck cares? I sure don't.
FYI - I have no clue on the red mark. Blame it on Elon, I guess.
Never happens. Body shops try but it’s beyond rare a human can replicate what precise robots could do.
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