Repair cost

selwynm2004 · 10-05-2023 5:00pm #1

Hi

I had an accident and trying to understand cost of repair or scrap the car.

can anyone give me advice.

I drove car back home after accident. No vibration in steering wheel

brake no problem.

did not track to one side when driven it

I would be grateful for any advise

I don’t care if it’s scrap yard parts

Atlantic Dawn · 10-05-2023 5:07pm

It's not a case for scrapping. You would really need to post a pic inside the engine bay to see what's damaged there too. Does it have xenon headlights?

iwillhtfu · 10-05-2023 5:25pm

First thing to look at would be the frame rails, are they kinked/damaged.

If it's just cosmetic bumper, wing, headlight, fog light, possibly parking sensor and impact bar. Possibly your own time and bargaining skills could see it make sense.

If you're concerned to colour match and leave into a body shop it's probably a financial write off. Some of those headlights can be mental money.

User1998 · 10-05-2023 7:20pm

Second hand wing and front bumper, maybe €300 or so.

Respray front end €500 maybe.

Headlight €50 or so from scrapyard.

Probably close to €1000 if theres no chassis damage.

T-Maxx · 10-05-2023 7:50pm

Absolutely no way that's only a thousand euro's damage. Multiples rather. I would not be surprised if it turns out to be uneconomical to repair.

Jim_Hodge · 10-05-2023 7:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120580459#Comment_120580459

I've never seen damage like that repaired for anything like that money.

User1998 · 10-05-2023 9:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120580594#Comment_120580594

Well thats how much parts are from a scrapyard, and thats how much it costs to respray them. So put two and two together and thats what you get.

Better yet if you can find parts in the right colour you’ll save yourself a few quid.

But like I said, that’s assuming no chassis damage underneath, which there probably is.

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