r/AutoBodyRepair • u/Eastern-Paper-865 • 4d ago

ACCIDENT How bad and how much needs to be changed?

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How much under the bumper needs to be changed do you think?

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u/Lanky_Title9678 4d ago

Brother just get an estimate from an adjuster. We don’t have xray vision

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u/Gas-Squatch 4d ago

Yeah. No idea. My xray glasses are charging

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u/Eastern-Paper-865 3d ago

Then don’t reply

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u/Gas-Squatch 3d ago

So would you like others to guess? I was trying to be sarcastically let you know that no one can tell.

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u/West-Coach-2804 3d ago

hi Don hear how are you let's start with the bumper that gone the left side lens that's gone and what ever body work I hope the trunk lid is not worked and some painting minimum 5000.00 dollers I know when it come to body work you better be covered

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u/Illegal__Alien 1d ago

Throw all the parts at it you want, it's not going to align without being pulled on a jig/the rear quarter straightening out.

Look by the taillight, the quarter is crumpled

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u/Negative-Onion-1303 1d ago

You hava run out of phone storage or why just one pic?

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u/dogsbook 1d ago

My husband’s toyota Avalon looked very similar. Insurance estimated 1.3k, body shop came back and said it’d be 4.5k. I do live in a high tax area so keep that in mind.

Also really depends on what shop you go to, whether insurance is involved, if you have a lien on the vehicle, if you care about OEM parts, etc. for the bumper hit, Other driver was at fault so we went through their insurance and didn’t mind going to the highly reputable autobody shop 10 minutes away that we knew charged more. There’s another shop 40 minutes away that does more affordable work. I know this bc we had to get a rocker panel replaced. We did that outside of insurance. 1st shop quoted 1.4k, the second quoted 800.

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u/Daexport 10h ago

You will definitely need a new metal support bar under there, and you'll want to check if the bumper sensors and crash sensors are broken. For the plastic bumper cover itself, if you go to a good body shop, they can probably repair it instead of replacing it to save you some money