jeryst
Well-Known Member
This "Cornshuckers" opinion...
If it cost $5800 to repaint the door and clear the car, then the original paint job must have cost $50k.
Your body shop is way overpriced.
That scratch could be made totally unnoticeable.
I dont care how good your body shop is. If they repaint part of the car, it will be more noticeable than repairing that scratch. When you figure in new batches of base coat and color coat (or the age difference in any left over paint), atmospheric conditions, gun settings, mixing of the flake, etc. There is no way they can guarantee that the spraying of the base coat and color cost will be exactly the same thickness and consistency as the original. Also, the angle of spray and continuity will be different, no matter what, and the lay of the metalflake will be different as well. There will always be an angle, at which you will see a difference, and I'm willing to bet that difference will be much more noticeable than the repaired scratch, especially in its location. The real problem here, is that you know that scratch is there, and you wont be happy with a repair. But repainting part of the car is just a bigger repair, and I bet you wont be happy with that either, "Cause you'll know it's there!"
To the insurance company, a claim is a claim, Doesn't matter if its a fender bender or you drive a monster truck through a Mercedes showroom. Like missing a day of school: just a check mark in box or a number in a column.
You don't "Deserve" a claim because you've paid for 30 years and never had one.
You seem to have the attitude, not the others on here.
Anyone who has an opinion different than yours is either a hater, or obviously inferior to you. Means you are either arrogant, or a liberal. Oops, same thing, sorry.
Since I like to end on a positive note: Nice car.
If it cost $5800 to repaint the door and clear the car, then the original paint job must have cost $50k.
Your body shop is way overpriced.
That scratch could be made totally unnoticeable.
I dont care how good your body shop is. If they repaint part of the car, it will be more noticeable than repairing that scratch. When you figure in new batches of base coat and color coat (or the age difference in any left over paint), atmospheric conditions, gun settings, mixing of the flake, etc. There is no way they can guarantee that the spraying of the base coat and color cost will be exactly the same thickness and consistency as the original. Also, the angle of spray and continuity will be different, no matter what, and the lay of the metalflake will be different as well. There will always be an angle, at which you will see a difference, and I'm willing to bet that difference will be much more noticeable than the repaired scratch, especially in its location. The real problem here, is that you know that scratch is there, and you wont be happy with a repair. But repainting part of the car is just a bigger repair, and I bet you wont be happy with that either, "Cause you'll know it's there!"
To the insurance company, a claim is a claim, Doesn't matter if its a fender bender or you drive a monster truck through a Mercedes showroom. Like missing a day of school: just a check mark in box or a number in a column.
You don't "Deserve" a claim because you've paid for 30 years and never had one.
You seem to have the attitude, not the others on here.
Anyone who has an opinion different than yours is either a hater, or obviously inferior to you. Means you are either arrogant, or a liberal. Oops, same thing, sorry.
Since I like to end on a positive note: Nice car.
n my nice shiny black paint and paid $5800.00 ](*,):banghead: to get it fixed :wack:that I would recieve a more money than brains club:joker: membership card#-o???:glasses7::cya:
