Just super frustrated!

[SimonT]

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In my wildest dreams, never would thought this would cost:

OVER $7,000 to fix!

I take it there's more damage we can't see?

 

[Av8tor2]

I take it there's more damage we can't see?

I am not sure, I was told that by the service manager at Lotus. I'll have more information in the next few days.

 

[SimonT]

I am not sure, I was told that by the service manager at Lotus. I'll have more information in the next few days.

That's a paint scrape, if there's no other damage that would cost £100/$130 to respray here in the UK.

 

[virtualmacho]

Sounds like the quote is for when you are going bill the transporter for damage. Try asking how much an out of pocket repair/respray would cost. One of these days, you're going to scrape it yourself anyway....

 

[1031ent]

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In my wildest dreams, never would thought this would cost:

OVER $7,000 to fix!

That is because of the repair facility you selected. Some of the "fancy" shops ask for a lot of unnecessary b.s. If you have the estimate i would be happy to tell you what is unnecessary, I have 20 years of experience.

I bet they wrote to replace the bumper instead of repair. Then they probably wanted to blend the hood and fenders, then added a bunch of operations that are impossible to determine if they are necessary before the vehicle is painted (color, and, and buff ...etc).

Personally I'd do 2 hours of repair and blend the paint within the panel.

 

[Dino67]

I would not want them to blend into the hood and fenders. If it were me, I would take off the bumper and drop it off at the body shop for repaint. I would take a slightly mismatched bumper over a resprayed hood and fender.