booster_gold Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hi everybody. I just joined up looking for some advice on what to do. My 03 civic coupe got rear ended over the weekend and I'm trying to decide on how to go about getting it repaired. I've been checking out service centers online and I came up with Winter Honda being a pretty good place to take it, but I heard that you shouldn't take your vehicle to a dealer for this kind of service since usually they're expensive (well, that really doesn't matter here because of insurance) and they don't usually do a good job at it. Anyone know if this is true or does it just depend? This is my first time having to do something like this so I'm being paranoid and want to check out this place before I get work done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex37211 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Do you ave a pic? I deal with collision repairs on a daily basis. A pic would help in advising. But as far as which place is better, you've gotta ask around locally. See some of their work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Usually, in my experience, dealerships do little or no body repair services. They outsource that kind of work. You should just go to your local dealership and ask them for the names of a few body shops. Got any pics of the damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrIaN EG2 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 well my moms bonneville was rear ended and the ass end was all smushed to sh!t but the shop cut off the ass end and replaced it and it looked good as new.. it depeneds on how much youre willing to pay.. are the damages more than the car is worth? pics would really help this thread out ALOT!!! PICS ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booster_gold Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Sorry, as much as I'd like to show you some pictures I don't own a camera. Thanks for the advice and the warm welcome. I called and they recommended a place to do the work. I'll keep you posted on how's its going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrIaN EG2 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 can you borrow a friends camera? umm cell phone have a camera? friends phone have a camera? anything with a digital camera at all? oh sorry i didnt properly welcome you earlier... welcome to hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Injection Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Sorry, as much as I'd like to show you some pictures I don't own a camera. WHAT? Oh, and welcome to HF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 We want to see pics because we can probably recommend a few places to get parts much cheaper than the body shop will charge. Then you only have to pay them for installation if you can't do it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrIaN EG2 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 ^^+1 unless its smushed all to hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booster_gold Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Oh, well I guess its a little late for that now. I took it in this morning to a place my friend recommended (And I trust him. He really knows his cars). It looks like the damage won't be as bad as I thought. It was a truck that hit me and it sat so high up that it actually missed my bumper entirely. My truck and taillights on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booster_gold Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 Just thought everyone would want to know, but I got my car back yesterday and everyone is all fixed and it wasn't too costly. The repairs were exactly what I thought they would be, so everything worked out well in the end. Thanks for the welcome and help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lceah Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 welcome I'm glad it worked out very nice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrIaN EG2 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 this thread is still FAIL without pics :rant: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Injection Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 this thread is still FAIL without pics :rant: You fail. Your sig has a Boosted del sol, and you no have turbo. Plus it has a JDM driver sticker on it, which is standard for "hey everyone look at me I'm hella JDM" JK, bud. Just felt i needed to poke fun of you. PS. Go kick the Insurance reps ass and take the pictures he probably took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrIaN EG2 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 hey i just got bored and made a del sol that i want mine to look like, no need to get butthurt justin, lol and that sticker is JDM tytness yo, its the only thing i could put on there and it not look all gay and blurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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