Car got rear ended!

KrnAndy

I think his hood flew back and hit his windshield,
And thanks, I'll mssg you if I need it! I might try and see if the shop is willing to get me one through insurance ��

ZHighlander

In my experience, the normal way things go with insurance and shops are usually the following:

Insurance tells you to get a quote from a body shop.
Body shop gives you quote
You give Insurance the quote
Insurance either pays you for the price of the quote, or you get it repaired by the bodyshop and they pay the bodyshop.

Assuming you have the same choices I did, it sounds like you may benefit from getting the payout and just getting the Nismo Bumper installed and painted. Now I don't know if you'll get enough for everything, so you may have some out-of-pocket costs.

The drawback is that you'll have to wait for them to pay you out. OR, if you know exactly how much you're getting from them, you can front the money first and get it fixed for your shoot. Good luck.

birdman71

Let me know if the insurance companies try jerking you around any. I'm over at State Farm as a Multi-Line sales and service rep. If you want to make sure what they are telling you is true or want to double check things against rules/regulations set by the Department of Insurance for CA, I can help you out as much as possible.

Sorry for the loss and hope that things are taking care of in a fast manner so you are able to hit that photoshoot. It is roughly 11days before and can be plenty of time to have damages fixed. Maybe talk to Varrstoen Khang and see if it can be postponed a couple days possibly. Just due to mechanical issues. I do not know if telling them that your Z got rear ended would change whether or not they want to do the photoshoot with your Z.

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KrnAndy

wow thanks for that! I'll let you know if anything comes up!

Just wondering, there is a sharp hole on the bumper, it's not fully pierced through, and the side where the tabs are are pulled (bent) a little, do you think they'll just try and paint over it or replace it?

I was hoping in the process I could grab a Nismo rear bumper, I couldn't find how much OEM would go for but I found that Nismo's on Z1 are about 500ish with tax and everything,
the thing is I would get a better pricing with "affiliated" body shops rather than to receive a check (I would pay the difference if the nismo is WAY more expensive, unless the bodyshop can hook it up , what would you recommend I do?

birdman71

Replied to your PM that you sent me

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Bonzo

Oh no, me too!!!!!

Got Rear Ended Friday Night!

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So sorry to hear OP, glad you're fine though. If you plan on going the Nismo route, why not just go all the way?

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KrnAndy

Thank you! I would love to get a front nismo as well, but I'm still in college and I couldn't afford a front nismo, paint and the 800 a piece fog lights lol...

Plus I'm wanting to save for coilovers, wheels/tires, clutch/flywheel/hd csc/master cylinder, and I'm happy with the front setup I have now



and get eagle fog lights as this gentleman did