Only exterior damage. The trunk works perfectly fine and inside, everything is perfect.
Thoughts?
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Only exterior damage. The trunk works perfectly fine and inside, everything is perfect.
Thoughts?
The claim will cause them to lose any "safe driver" discounts at a minimum, so even if the insurance claims accident forgiveness or whatever they can remove your discount without raising your rate (technically). You'd be paying higher rates for years. Not to mention loss in value if that kind of thing made it onto Carfax or whatever. I'd definitely want an estimate for a pre-painted trunk and likely lean toward just fixing it myself instead of going through insurance if that's the only part damaged.4). It will likely cost more than your deductible, so file an insurance claim, and they will tell you the rest.
At first look, those were my exact thoughts. Like wow, the body is so weak that I was parking SLOWLY and it caused that much damage.1). That's one flimsy aluminum trunk - it crumpled on the edge without transferring any of the force to the rest of the body.
2). If the new look doesn't bother you, rock it as-is.
3). If the look does bother you, does it really matter how much it costs to replace?
4). It will likely cost more than your deductible, so file an insurance claim, and they will tell you the rest.
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How much did this cost without insurance to get fixed? I have same issue with my model 3At first look, those were my exact thoughts. Like wow, the body is so weak that I was parking SLOWLY and it caused that much damage.
I’ll just do insurance and pay the $1K. I guess every car needs a little trauma. This is almost a 60K car so gotta do it.
Thank you for your input!
I had the exact same damage in the PNW and am getting quotes north of $7-10K. Is it really that insane to replace this or are the body shops trying to screw me?