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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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a couple of weeks ago my car was PARKED in front of my work. (body shop). A lady in a big mark Lt pulling in to the garage crushed my car in the front.i wrote a estimate for 2800$ cause lady wanted to pay cash. So she turns it in to her insurance. Adjuster calls me her insurance is SAFE AUTO they wrote a estimate with used parts for 2400$.All this made me mad till it hit me i get to paint the whole car add a new vfn hood fix the dings and dents and still put about 500 to a grand in my pocket


Damage - cracked fender, bumper and headlight
fender and bumper are fixable bought two new headlights gallon of ppg dbc paint,gallon of ppg dc 400 clear and pint of blue pearl


tried uploading pics but to big will up load the pics of damage when i figure out how to make them smaller
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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Damn that suck's Can't wait to see it when you get it done....What color you going to paint the car???
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 07:24 PM
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That really sucks, well the car part. The money part is bad as$
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 07:28 PM
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damn, and i got pissed when i saw this a couple days ago



that and 2 stress cracks in the bumper from mine

and no, it wont buff out, it is deep
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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damn, sucks but sweet deal on the money part! wish i had some extra cash to redo my paint. its nice and all but a LOT of small blemishes, scratches, and its just old paint and wasnt taken care of before me.
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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car is staying bright blue with blue pearl ghost flames and some black accents on the new vfn hood
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