Got into an Accident

kenchan · 11-14-2011, 10:14 AM

wow, sorry to hear.

hope you weren't hurt.

yah metallics are hard to match (including silver, white pearls) but it really depends on the bodyshop. most will blend and clear the entire side of the car to make it less obvious to the eye. you might want to ask the bodyshop to paint the entire side of the car. at least then it will match front to back.

wstar · 11-14-2011, 10:31 AM

Just eyeballing off of those pics, it seems like you have high odds of a frame problem there, that was more than just a fender bender. Especially seeing that interior plastic along the bottom of the door sill buckled makes me think that. The outer stuff (the front bumper support, the outer body panels, etc) aren't that hard to fix, but getting the frames/subframes/whatever-they're-called on this car correct could be a bitch, and it's a really important point to worry about. If they can't fix it right, you'll have endless problems getting your alignment correct in the future, etc. Make sure it's a good body shop, and make sure that part of the deal is getting the frame perfect. If the frame cannot be put back exactly the way it should be, I would try to work on the insurance guys to write off the car as a loss rather than try to deal with an imperfect frame, especially on a sportscar.

davidyan · 11-14-2011, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wstar

Just eyeballing off of those pics, it seems like you have high odds of a frame problem there, that was more than just a fender bender. Especially seeing that interior plastic along the bottom of the door sill buckled makes me think that.

Thanks - actually the interior plastic is broken because the seatbelt pretensioner triggered.

11-14-2011, 10:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
wstar A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,024 Drives: too slow Rep Power: 3596	Just eyeballing off of those pics, it seems like you have high odds of a frame problem there, that was more than just a fender bender. Especially seeing that interior plastic along the bottom of the door sill buckled makes me think that. The outer stuff (the front bumper support, the outer body panels, etc) aren't that hard to fix, but getting the frames/subframes/whatever-they're-called on this car correct could be a bitch, and it's a really important point to worry about. If they can't fix it right, you'll have endless problems getting your alignment correct in the future, etc. Make sure it's a good body shop, and make sure that part of the deal is getting the frame perfect. If the frame cannot be put back exactly the way it should be, I would try to work on the insurance guys to write off the car as a loss rather than try to deal with an imperfect frame, especially on a sportscar. __________________ 7AT Track Car! Journal thread / Car setup details

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11-14-2011, 10:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141522	wow, sorry to hear. hope you weren't hurt. yah metallics are hard to match (including silver, white pearls) but it really depends on the bodyshop. most will blend and clear the entire side of the car to make it less obvious to the eye. you might want to ask the bodyshop to paint the entire side of the car. at least then it will match front to back.