Mustang got hit :(
09-21-2011, 01:05 PM
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Mustang got hit :(
I was sitting at a stoplight yesterday and I heard squealing tires and felt the car jerk. It was a teenage girl about my age (19) that hit me in a jeep liberty. I yelled at first but then I calmed down after she apologized. What I am curious about is if they are going to have to repaint the whole rear quarter or not. I want it fixed perfectly, I just bought it less than 2 months ago, and I just put GT bumpers on it less than a week ago. I was about to go get GT mufflers right after it happened...
09-21-2011, 01:17 PM
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they will definately have to fix the dent. Looks like it might be repairable with an air hammer, not sure how you would get back there. I would guess if they can pull the dent out somehow, they would only need to repaint probably up to the fuel cover, in order to blend it a little bit
09-21-2011, 01:17 PM
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should only have to have the bumper fixed and repainted if the only damage was to your bumper as it looks like in the pictures.
i know when i had my fender and bumper damaged they replaced the fender, fixed the bumper and painted both and it came out looking like it did off the show room floor. paint matches perfectly.
i know when i had my fender and bumper damaged they replaced the fender, fixed the bumper and painted both and it came out looking like it did off the show room floor. paint matches perfectly.
That is terrible!
09-21-2011, 02:36 PM
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That dent is fixable, and if the paint isn't bad, they might not even re-paint it. If they have to, they should repaint the whole 1/4, which might involve (should involve) taking the whole 1/4 off. You should get a new bumper, and have it sprayed, and all of it should be covered by insurance. Do not let them only paint part of the 1/4 if it needs to be painted. It won't look right, especially on a black car. Just hope that nothing internal got damaged, because then you will have a hell of a fight with insurance when you realize something underneath is banged up in a few months time. Good luck with the repairs!
09-21-2011, 04:26 PM
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Yeah it sucks guys, I went to the body shop and they said that they would have to repaint the whole quarter panel. He said they would have to pull out the dent, do some metal refinishing and put a thin layer of bondo on it. As for the bumper he said they would do a new GT bumper, but I asked how much more a california special one would be. He asked the parts guy and he said there wasn't one available for for my car.. I will do some digging and get the part numbers and stuff and see whats up. I don't think it should be much more expensive than a GT bumper. They will need the car for 4 days and the total is $1,338 bucks.
09-21-2011, 04:28 PM
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Yeah it sucks guys, I went to the body shop and they said that they would have to repaint the whole quarter panel. He said they would have to pull out the dent, do some metal refinishing and put a thin layer of bondo on it. As for the bumper he said they would do a new GT bumper, but I asked how much more a california special one would be. He asked the parts guy and he said there wasn't one available for for my car.. I will do some digging and get the part numbers and stuff and see whats up. I don't think it should be much more expensive than a GT bumper. They will need the car for 4 days and the total is $1,338 bucks.
Hrm.