aaruck

Just crashed my hawkeye. Looks like I need both bumpers, 1 rear light and passenger side rear quarter panel. Anyone give me a rough idea on how much it could cost to repair? Wondering whether to claim on insurance as only have 3 years no claims and dont want to lose them!
Cheers

mik

I'd guess it's an insurance job.

Don't have a lot of info, but front bumper alone is in the order of £500 without fitting or paint.

Give your dealership a call this morning and get up-to-date prices before you do anything else.

Tomwrx

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reading above mate i would go through the insurance because the rear quarter panel will need panel beating and resprayed as will both bumpers unless u can get one thats not been damged much from the scrappies in ure colour

aaruck

Just checked online and a drop of 3years to 1years no claims only ups my insurance from £1100 to about £1300 so looks like its an insurance job. Nice xmas present!

lloydee

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Sorry to hear this mate, but think if its only £200 increase then insurance is definetly the way to go.

Was it just your car that was involved? What happened exactly?

The Rig

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Unlucky Bud

dont forget you have an excess to pay,if your premium is £1100 im guessing excess will be close to £500 ??

but still cheaper than paying yourself,unless you can find the bumpers 2nd hand already painted,that might be an idea then all a bodyshop needs to do is the rear quarter

The Zohan

Bumpers, rear quarter, etc with labour you are looking at £1,500 or so you migh have further unseen damage - suspension/chassis as well.

Get it repaired by a decent (ideally reccommended) biodyshop on your insurance, thats what it is there for.

53

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One rear light is c.£180 !!!

aaruck

Anyone know anywhere I could find second hand bumpers?

clark822

Try grade a subaru or jap performance parts maybe theres a place that does sechand parts from japan online aswell as the above 2 but cant recall there name

mik

I think you'd be lucky to find any second hand.

Worth logging a request with SniffyDog on the off chance. Suggest you provide email response details as opposed to phone.

GazTheHat

For £200 increase, it's probably worth the insurance. What's your excess though?? Mine is £500

aaruck

excess is £350.
Just annoying that was so close to getting 4 years and being able to protect. Am 30 next year though so they reckon insurance goes down then. Fingers crossed.

Think am going to try to get a quote locally and then ring the insurance in a few days.

Mick

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There's also the hassle of having to make note of your insurance claim everytime you ask for an insurance quote over the next 5 years

aaruck

indeed. But im assuming its going to cost more than a grand to fix; in which case looks like insurance is the only option. Cant find any second hand bumpers online either. Gutted

SirFozzalot

Rear bumper is about £270 new from Subaru plus painting.

I would imagine that the brackets that hold the bumper on have almost certainly been bent as they are designed to "crumple" to absorb some of the impact so they would probably also need replacing or repairing possibly.

ScottishRayman

defo insurnace job mate as dont want to waste your good hawkeye on bit parts - rear light alone is highly priced let alone bumpers etc.....

The Rig

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bloody hell,your excess is low

i pay £600 fully comp at 29 with a 500 excess,you pay £1100 with a 350 excess,go figure ???????

stevemoir

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try elephant next mate only need to report claim made in previous 4 years

steve

aaruck

Got quotes for about £700 for a standard WRX but the prodrive kit pushed it to over a grand.

zippy!

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try Jap Performance Parts : Home they break nothing but evos,scoobys,honda type r,s and skylines they have hundreds of cars in all the time bet you find all parts you need there at a reasonable price mate! be prepared to cry though as there are hundreds of pictures of the above cars all smashed up on the website

seddomyster

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dont do anythin till u get 4 yr no claims then put it through insurance so u can also protect ncb

wrx aly

give this guy a ring he s fantastic car accident/crash repair specalist give him a ring and tell him aly gave you is number he not expesive he will save you your no claims bonus and he does a good turn around he s a brilliant car painter his name is jes his no is 01924 272444