I just got a quote to fix my car... what do you think?
 

Do you think it's reasonable to fix my 2018 BRZ performance package??

What do you think about the price..? This quote for fixing my car 100% including airbag systems. Please help.

https://imgur.com/a/vXSVrTK

Please see : https://imgur.com/a/vXSVrTK

Looks about right based on your damage

Holy shit that’s almost half way to a new one ! If possible I’d say just buy another one haha

That is right in the ball park for paying somebody to do it. In fact $45 an hour is pretty reasonable.

Oh and dud you don't need to make a new thread for every question. The continuity of sticking to one thread helps people give more informed comments.

Price seems reasonable, particularly because your labor rate is so low.


I had a similar accident but not as bad ( no airbags )


https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...0&postcount=15
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The frame straightening and radiator support cut out is costing you a lot as well as the headlights are about 1k each.


For me I was lucky to fix my headlight with epoxy and it didn't leak.

Hammer out the rad support to barely fit the hood.
Air box was broken, bought a new OEM was like $175
Replaced hood latch but I think I didn't have to, needed to use washers to space it out to fit right
Kept damaged bumper and passenger fender because they were bent and fit. new parts won't fit with bent rad support




That's about it, drove for a year or so before I got rid of it.


I went to 3 shops before I decided to fix it myself with a hammer.


1st, went twice wouldn't even give estimate because I wasn't using insurance.


2nd, won't give estimate without full tear down and putting on frame machine said most likely 10,000+


3rd, gave me shit because I wasn't going through insurance. Said why do you want to spend 10k + out of pocket? Were you speeding? etc.

I’m all for fixing stuff yourself. But body work with a hammer results in a car that looks like you did body work with a hammer.

I’d pony up, pay the $13k and sell that car. It’s never going to be the same again, they rarely are. Or scrap it out and walk away. Probably the same value if you have the means to get it done.

You are not wrong.


But my car was primarily for track and it obviously looked like I fixed it with a hammer.


But from the driver seat on the track it didn't make a difference for me as it drove fine.


I am just posting my experience for the peanut gallery, not everyone has the same goals with their "repairs".

looking at the torn down photos and the estimate i would be willing to bet they're gonna hit you with some additional charges before the job is over.


probably going to hit you with some actually pull time if they set it up and measure it and find any kind of sway or mash, the interior needs to come out to put a control module in it, there is going to be programming for the airbag controls. I would look at that number and not be surprised when they hit you with additional at midway point of the repair.

Blegh, total it. Ur gonna be driving around a car you know was seriously bashed up which is going to make you sad, then eventually ur going to sell it to some poor bastard that's going to get a poor example of an 86. Do yourself and the 86 communitu a favor, total it if you can.

Only the center console pieces. Takes 5 minutes, maybe 15 if you haven't done a bunch of them.

Agree on the frame check but that's always going to be a possibility until they actually do it.

Seriously? Fixed right it'll be perfectly fine. It didn't get wrapped around a telephone pole. It's not getting cut in half and welded back together. The vast majority of his damage are bolt on repairs except for the L and R core supports which are a total of 5 spot welds plus a few bolts per side. That's assuming it's straight on the frame machine, otherwise they might find more.

took another look and they don't have the steering wheel listed as a replacement item, in front airbag deployment the steering wheel must be replaced on these cars so they may hit you for that as well once fully taken apart.

By the book I assume? :)

We've never replaced them, just the bag and fixed the wiring but we aren't worried about our own cars liability..

yeah per OEM procedure it says steering wheel and column as well, i am reading it more on a slow Thursday in the shop.

Yeah the book has some crazy stuff. We had a badly repaired SRS control module throw a bunch of codes and cause CANBUS communication to fail and the book suggested all sorts of crazy crap that wasn't even related - it did end with "replace vehicle wiring harness" which at least is a nuclear option at the end.

Myairbags reset the module again and all was good in the world. I haven't seen any damaged wheels out of these yet, just the normal melted SRS plugs/wiring. Haven't even found one with a bad clockspring.

Interesting. Mine wasn't replaced back in July 2013 when my airbag went off. But there were barely instructions for the repair back then lol.

For OP, mine drives fine after a front and rear end collision and repair. Both over $10K in damages.

thanks for the replies guys. I might be fixing my car..

For 13 grand, you can buy a used but stock 13/14 with a few miles on it. I'd do that, then take the parts you want to keep from the PP like the wheels, brakes and suspension, and swap them between the cars. Then sell the wreck for a couple bucks to cover tax and registration, etc and end up with a car that is 9/10ths of the PP but it won't have been in a wreck so you can get more for it when it comes time to sell and move on. I regret that I'm basically married to my car now because I'll never be able to get what it's worth because it's been in an accident and fixed.

I may have missed it, but what if the car isn't paid off? He'll then have two car loans assuming he doesn't have 13k just sitting around.

Him not having collision coverage means it is paid off, or at least should be paid off he may have just canceled it and hoped to not get caught and that is why he is fixing the car.

Actually not. I need to pay $10,000 more to pay off.

So you dropped collision coverage on a car you don’t own? That’s ummm interesting

Wow. Talk about terrible decisions... :iono:

I think the word you're looking for is illegal?

Illegal and against a contract aren't quite the same.

Maybe he "financed" through his parents? Maybe it's on a savings secured loan? Works at a dealership and the business carried the note? Lots of possibilities.

I bought a used car on my shops cash account. It was only $2000, not 20,000, but you never know.

And agreed, terrible decision.

While I agree that the OP was foolish to not have full coverage insurance on this car... the comments above are why Tcoat mentioned earlier in this thread that the OP should have posted in his original thread. The discussion about the OP’s insurance situation was already discussed ad nauseam in the original thread.

Man this is a hard call. Since you still have a loan on it. Will you be taking out an additional loan to fix it up? Or can the repairs be covered in full?

Because the internet never discusses things ad nauseam multiple times?

It's been established here that once information is created, it becomes that-which-shall-not-be-named, but everyone is expected to know it.

That looks reasonable. Hope that there isn't anything more that needs fixing. Looks like you have no choice.

It was “named” when Tcoat mentioned that the OP already had a thread going regarding his wrecked car... it isn’t some big mystery “that shall not be named” :slap:

I'd question what kind of backwater shop you're taking this to with only a $45 labor rate in CA? Most of the ones up here are over a $100 an hour. If you want to save some money go on car-part.com and look for used parts. My recommendation find one that has some parts and call them and ask for a front cut and get it all at once.

Shop labor rate and body shop labor rate aren’t the same. $45 an hour is on the low side, but not unexpected.

Our automotive shop rate in a not huge town in Oregon is $160/hr, plenty of shops in California pushing (or over?) $200/hr.

We make a killing doing light body work, nothing that involves paint or real body work. Swap on a bumper and grill for 4 hours and you’re having a good morning.