Bad Luck I guess (First bad scrap/dent)

[Ranga14]

I feel stupid and this story will sound dumb but here it goes. Last night, I was spending some time with this girl I've been dating. Well, she spends the night and I was feeling kinda feeling weird most of the night, my allergies were acting up. I wake up this morning to see I have a rash on my arm (From holding her) and then I drive to the store to get some allergy medicine, well my vision in my right eye was not as good as it usually is. I had a surgery two years ago for a cornea transplant and I still have stitches in my eye from it and it's rather sensitive because of that so it flared up pretty bad.

Well, turns out she was wearing some kind of lotion that really got to me. But a long story short, I pulled in too tight to my covered parking and scrapped the rail pretty damn bad because I couldn't see very well out of my right eye.



This sucks too because I had just gotten some nice new tint for my car that I was going to take new pics of. Now this. I just wonder how much this will cost to fix?

[losenone]

Probably gonna cost a few hundred at least since your paint is chipped off and the panel is dented in.

[LongBeachCoupe]

Sorry to hear that dude... Sucks about the rash/eye etc, but ladies come and go...

Thats not going to be a cheap fix sorry to say...

The skirt just needs to be painted IMO, but that rear panel is the issue... since it was bent in the "bend" of the wheel well, its going to be very hard to fix. Im gonna go ahead and say somewhere around $1000-1500 unfortunatley.

Im not a pro by any means though, take it to a trusted bodyshop (not the dealer IMO) and see what they say.

Sorry again man.

[srwong]

I had a surgery two years ago for a cornea transplant and I still have stitches in my eye from it and it's rather sensitive because of that so it flared up pretty bad.

2 years later and it's still sensitive? sounds like something is wrong with your transplant, maybe it's rejecting it. because you should be fine after 2 years. i've had 2 cornea transplants myself. one eye actually had 2 intact surgeries before finally ending up with a new cornea. and it's been a year since my last surgery and my eye is fine. you should go to ur surgeon and get it checked out.

[Ranga14]

2 years later and it's still sensitive? sounds like something is wrong with your transplant, maybe it's rejecting it. because you should be fine after 2 years. i've had 2 cornea transplants myself. one eye actually had 2 intact surgeries before finally ending up with a new cornea. and it's been a year since my last surgery and my eye is fine. you should go to ur surgeon and get it checked out.

Well the reason I say this is because other than today my vision has been great. And I can tell it's a reaction because I can feel it in my left eye as well.

[srwong]

Well the reason I say this is because other than today my vision has been great. And I can tell it's a reaction because I can feel it in my left eye as well.

ah, well that really sucks then. i feel your pain.

[Ranga14]

Well, I went up to "Sterlings", this place Allstate bought out and uses for auto body repair that my Dad usually goes to. The official quote to fix comes out to $1,445.28 .

[hugot80]

damn!!! sorry to hear this!!! really sux man!!! but hey... what u gonna do bout it...

[Chuck2417]

Ladies are causing nothing but problems... kidding of course. Well did you not get insurance? I feel your pain man, with the car. It really sucks when things aren't going so well and that just made everything worse I'm sure. Seems to always be the case...

Goodluck getting it fixed!

P.S- Nice tint though, have to look on the bright side sometimes!

[LongBeachCoupe]

Tward the higher end of my estimate, but itd be great if somehow your deductable was worked away....

[SniperJoe]

Bummer ... Made me relive my pain when I had a new car several years back & crunched the front fender backing out of a covered parking spot ... did not see the pole ... all that & just over 600 miles on the new car ... Ugh ...

[dangeris]

Ouch! that sucks man! sorry to hear about your misfortune. Hope everything works out for you!

[Curtieson]

Tward the higher end of my estimate, but itd be great if somehow your deductable was worked away....

Agreed...might want to use the deductable on that one...save you a grand...even if they raise your rates say...25% for the next 3 years that would be about $1000 to $1200...so you end up paying the EXACT SAME (give or take $200) but get to do it over a 3 year period instead of all at once.

[ohiostate]

You sure that rash is on your arm

Sorry to see your car like that, but s*** happens.. Now go get it fixed

[Ranga14]

Agreed...might want to use the deductable on that one...save you a grand...even if they raise your rates say...25% for the next 3 years that would be about $1000 to $1200...so you end up paying the EXACT SAME (give or take $200) but get to do it over a 3 year period instead of all at once.

Yeah, I have Geico and here's the two options I have;

Uninsured Motorist Property Damage $25,000 $250 Ded.Collision $500 Ded.

I'm guessing the "collision" is what I'd go with, unless I can convince them some douche hit me and ran to get the $250 ded, lol.

Modified by Ranga14 at 4:01 PM 4/14/2009
Modified by Ranga14 at 4:04 PM 4/14/2009

[xeene]

find a body shop that will cover your deductible.

[Curtieson]

find a body shop that will cover your deductible.

Does that mean that body shops will pay you $500 to work on your car? (Thus taking the $1000 from the insurance?) Makes sense on paper...didn't know anyone did that!

To be honest though, it would be VERY hard to push that off as a hit and run...it is a quite slight brush/push...and the $250 isn't worth insurance fraud, haha!

[Ranga14]

Does that mean that body shops will pay you $500 to work on your car? (Thus taking the $1000 from the insurance?) Makes sense on paper...didn't know anyone did that!

To be honest though, it would be VERY hard to push that off as a hit and run...it is a quite slight brush/push...and the $250 isn't worth insurance fraud, haha!

Yeah, my Dad which worked in insurance for 30 years told me that without a police report I'd be SOL there, lol.

[Ranga14]

Sorry for the double post but I was curious, maybe thinking of getting this;



I was thinking that since the stock side skirt has to be replaced anyway that it might be easier just to paint and put this one on, hmm. Although my insurance probably wouldn't like that idea, lol.

[shortys408]

Sterlings repainted my hood when it got keyed, they did a good job.

[theboydiddy]

maaan i have something alike but in the other side and not so big. by the gas door tank. n will run me $1800 already got an estimate

[Jose3.5]

I have a scrape like that in the exact same spot as you only that its on a sedan, I went to a place and got quoted something like $1200

[pnoyism]

oh man. i'm sorry to hear what happened.. makes me feel better for what i did to my car though.. lol... i hope you get your car fixed though man thats looks like a nasty dent.

[Ranga14]

So I've been looking around for rear fenders and I'm a bit confused on these two;

http://www.courtesyparts.com/a....html (76022 - Altima Coupe BODY-SIDE OUTER,RH)

or

http://www.courtesyparts.com/a....html (78110 - Altima Coupe FENDER-REAR,RH )

Which is it?

Modified by Ranga14 at 10:39 PM 7/21/2009
Modified by Ranga14 at 10:40 PM 7/21/2009

[Mr.Coupe]

Wow... Sorry to hear about your car bro. I feel that if the damage is only $1,300 it is worth paying out the pocket. Why? Because in the long run your insurance will raise for a claim and it will stay in there for a great while. Well I hope the girl you're dating is worth it bro. I mean it's good for a girl to smell nice for you, but when you have a reaction like the one you had it sucks azz. GL with the fix dude.

Ricky C.

[Bmore-coupe]

That sucks

Sorry to see another coupe hurt like that

[Rob.Vegan]

So I've been looking around for rear fenders and I'm a bit confused

3 Months later and you are still looking for parts ???

Sorry about the incident, you should make the girl pay for it But from the looks of the diagram it looks like it'd be the first link part #76022

[Ranga14]

3 Months later and you are still looking for parts ???

Sorry about the incident, you should make the girl pay for it But from the looks of the diagram it looks like it'd be the first link part #76022

Yeah, I had made some other purchases around the time it happened and then procrastinated with getting it fixed. Then I thought it might be a good idea to see the pricing on these.
Modified by Ranga14 at 8:32 AM 7/22/2009

[BLKmomba1]

i might be late but get rid of the girl shes bad luck lol... but yea go with some stillen skirts...would be a good oportunity

[kyle@stillen]

Sometimes insurance companies actually prefer it if you go with our replacement parts as they are often times less expensive than the factory part they are replacing.

Insurance really couldn't care less what you use to fix your car. As long as it's safe and you're happy, they want to save money.