Accident ..
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If you push the tail light to the end of gas door then thats what my accident looked like. The bumper slipped under the gaurd rail (thank god) saving the frame and only taking out the quarter panel. Mine was 8700$.
Well, I just got back from the body shops .. Looks like it's gonna be roughly $3500 to repair. Not too bad, definitely could've been a lot worse. Only thing that kinda sucks it that they're gonna have my car for about two weeks -- I don't know what I'm gonna do with myself!
I'll make sure to post before and after pics whenever I get my MSP back.
I'll make sure to post before and after pics whenever I get my MSP back.
Hi There!!!!i Have #212- Titanium Msp. I Was In An Accident Last Tuesday 9/7 Where A Lady Hit Me While I Was Crossing An Intersection To Get To Work . Im Out Of The Car Until 9/30 Or So---$7,142.52 In Damage To The Front, Headlights,radiator,a/c,passenger Rims,headlights,timing Assembly, Hood, You Name It!!!!!im So Pissed. I Was Debating On Getting It Fixed And Getting Rid Of It, But I Love The Car The Car So Much Im Going To Just Go With It And Hope For The Best....
TX Speed Demon
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Make sure to your repairs are also made to the mounting braket that holds the back bumper to the frame. it's welded in under the tailight. If you remove the taillight you can see what I'm talkign about. I got in a similar accident and this was bent. After I got everything "repaired" my rear bumber never quite lined up correctly until I figured out the problem was here, not the bolt near the rear wheel well.
Good info .. I'll make sure to pass that along to the body shop when I drop it off on Thursday.TX Speed Demon said:
Oh, and I forgot to mention one more fun fact -- I get to have a rental car for the two weeks that my MSP will be in the shop, woo! I wonder what they'll give me .. I doubt it'll be something nice, but as long as it's not a 93 Neon or a Geo Metro, or something just as likely to explode, I think I can deal. AND I hope that it's manual. I drove a roomie's automatic Cavalier to work tonight .. and it was horrible. Didn't move for s***, and I kept stomping either the floor or the brake trying to find the clutch. (freak)
Well, dropped the MSP off this afternoon .. The shop said they're gonna try to have it back to me by the 29th, but that they're having some problems getting parts from Mazda. But, whatever. It'll take as long as it takes, so long as I get my MSP back lookin' like it should.
Got the rental, too .. 2005 Hyandai Elantra with 1600 miles on it. The car is the antithesis of everything I like in automobiles. It's slow, it's automatic, it handles for s***, it's fugly, it's quiet, and I feel like I should be on the way to pick up my grandparents as soon as I get behind the wheel. But .. it's better than nothing!
I'll make sure to post some pics when I get my MSP back.
Got the rental, too .. 2005 Hyandai Elantra with 1600 miles on it. The car is the antithesis of everything I like in automobiles. It's slow, it's automatic, it handles for s***, it's fugly, it's quiet, and I feel like I should be on the way to pick up my grandparents as soon as I get behind the wheel. But .. it's better than nothing!
I'll make sure to post some pics when I get my MSP back.
Chiguy_2002
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Glad to hear it's on it's way back to normal. Good thing it wasn't too bad, and you weren't injured.
The more I read about the MSP, the more I like it. Probably should have looked into it when looking for a more "fuel efficient but fun vehicle". I ended up with a P5, I enjoy it, just sometimes wish it had a little more power. Well, maybe in a year or so I'll trade it. Who knows.
I like your avatar, how did you make it?? (thumb)
The more I read about the MSP, the more I like it. Probably should have looked into it when looking for a more "fuel efficient but fun vehicle". I ended up with a P5, I enjoy it, just sometimes wish it had a little more power. Well, maybe in a year or so I'll trade it. Who knows.
I like your avatar, how did you make it?? (thumb)
just for an idea..my car looked like this
and they had to cut the back off and weld on new panels to the unibody like this
and it cost about 10k to fix everything, but I didn't have a bent frame at all ..Only thing is now ,the rear 1/4 panel is seperating from the frame b.c they said there is to much stess on the unibody b.c of all the power ...hahaha whatever . it has to be cut up again ,rewelded and then repainted for the 5th time......
moral of the story, find someone that will do a really good job, the place i took it has won many awards for their work, but for some reason my car isn't one of their good ones
and they had to cut the back off and weld on new panels to the unibody like this
and it cost about 10k to fix everything, but I didn't have a bent frame at all ..Only thing is now ,the rear 1/4 panel is seperating from the frame b.c they said there is to much stess on the unibody b.c of all the power ...hahaha whatever . it has to be cut up again ,rewelded and then repainted for the 5th time......
moral of the story, find someone that will do a really good job, the place i took it has won many awards for their work, but for some reason my car isn't one of their good ones
Chiguy_2002 : I actually found the image online somewhere .. I don't even remember how I came across it. But I saved it to my computer, and then just resized it so it would fit within the 100 x 100 pixel size that avatar's have to be.
Amy : Yeah, the body shop I took mine to said that they would probably weld it -- but then, after I showed them the dents I already had above my driver's side door on the 'extended' piece of the quarter panel, they decided to just replace the whole thing. I looked at the estimate -- $610 for that bastard. Total work $3800. But thankfully, my trunk is still in good shape (relatively speaking), it's mostly just that quarter panel and the bumper that were beat to s***. And the body shop I went to is award-winning too .. I hope it comes out okay, and I hope your shop finally gets your MSP right!
I'm gonna be stopping by the shop on Monday to drop off the new set of aftermarket CF tails and the new turbo badge .. They should have my car ripped apart by then since I dropped it off in Thursday, so I'll snap some pictures if I can and post them!
Amy : Yeah, the body shop I took mine to said that they would probably weld it -- but then, after I showed them the dents I already had above my driver's side door on the 'extended' piece of the quarter panel, they decided to just replace the whole thing. I looked at the estimate -- $610 for that bastard. Total work $3800. But thankfully, my trunk is still in good shape (relatively speaking), it's mostly just that quarter panel and the bumper that were beat to s***. And the body shop I went to is award-winning too .. I hope it comes out okay, and I hope your shop finally gets your MSP right!
I'm gonna be stopping by the shop on Monday to drop off the new set of aftermarket CF tails and the new turbo badge .. They should have my car ripped apart by then since I dropped it off in Thursday, so I'll snap some pictures if I can and post them!
