5600 is a bargain. A good shop I know would be over 10,000.00. That’s a solid job though with glass out disassembly

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Originally posted by gpbst3:

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Originally posted by wrightd:
Interesting update. My truck has a new booboo, but it wasn't my fault. The person responsible will pay for the repair, but the estimator said since he had to add three additional panels, it would be better to paint the whole truck so everything matches. I'll see what the next (and last) estimator says about that.

Does anyone know if this is std practice, that if there's so much little stuff that needs fixing that they just paint the entire vehicle after the body repairs are completed and prepped ? It kinda makes sense, but I'm not a body and paint man, that is really way out of my wheelhouse when it comes to cars.

Even if the other person is at fault there is no way an insurance company is paying for a full paint job on a 15 yr old truck with 200k miles. I would think your best case is to talk to your body shop and tell them its an insurance job and to also add in some of you other rust repairs. You might end up well under you $5600 previous repair quote.

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Originally posted by gpbst3:

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Originally posted by wrightd:
Interesting update. My truck has a new booboo, but it wasn't my fault. The person responsible will pay for the repair, but the estimator said since he had to add three additional panels, it would be better to paint the whole truck so everything matches. I'll see what the next (and last) estimator says about that.

Does anyone know if this is std practice, that if there's so much little stuff that needs fixing that they just paint the entire vehicle after the body repairs are completed and prepped ? It kinda makes sense, but I'm not a body and paint man, that is really way out of my wheelhouse when it comes to cars.

Even if the other person is at fault there is no way an insurance company is paying for a full paint job on a 15 yr old truck with 200k miles. I would think your best case is to talk to your body shop and tell them its an insurance job and to also add in some of you other rust repairs. You might end up well under you $5600 previous repair quote.

Yea, this is not an insurance claim, I would pay cash for the whole bill, and the other driver will pay me back for their specific damage, that the body shop will split out for that specific work. The other driver doesn't want to use their insurance for their damage, they want to pay out of pocket. I guess he may reconsider after I give him the figure the shop gives me those damages, we'll see. If he decides to file a claim with his insurance company, then his insurance company will pay that specific amount, and I'll pay cash for all my other stuff that was already messed up before his accident. I suppose that would all work out, I've found that if you follow the instructions from the body shop and insurance company, I've never had issues. If anyone was thinking about possible insurance fraud that would be a negative. The other driver is a normal honest responsible person like the rest of us, I don't have any reason to worry about it.

I trusted a person in the past that backed into our car. That person was really sorry and wanted to pay for the damage outside of insurance. I got my car fixed on my dime. When I approached that person for the reimbursement, I got hosed. So, for what it’s worth, never again. I pay for insurance. So my insurance can deal with it.
Just my opinion.

good point lineman, it's a risk. It's interesting that the only two times my truck was damaged in a significant way, was when I lent it out to other drivers. I've heard, never lend out your ride, never let anyone else drive your car etc. Funny how that works. In these cases though not so funny.

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Originally posted by Lineman101:
I trusted a person in the past that backed into our car. That person was really sorry and wanted to pay for the damage outside of insurance. I got my car fixed on my dime. When I approached that person for the reimbursement, I got hosed. So, for what it’s worth, never again. I pay for insurance. So my insurance can deal with it.
Just my opinion.

That’s not even a decent deal anymore. A LOT of insurance companies today are just plain refusing to pay. Basically, no matter what the police report says, the company tells the insured that the other driver is at fault and they need to get an attorney and sue. State Farm and Progressive seem to be the worst.

It's only money, you can't take it with you

Let us know if they ever pay you

Will do. Hopefully a good story.