Topic: Horrible Body Work Ruins 350z (Read 539 times)

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #15 on:** December 01, 2008, 10:40:00 AM »

UPDATE
http://my350z.com/fo...3-post1219.html

The damage was worse than expected

they think the car might be officially totaled now

lordvader129 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 01, 2008, 05:46:00 PM »

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Dec 1 2008, 10:16 AM)

UPDATE
http://my350z.com/fo...3-post1219.html

The damage was worse than expected

they think the car might be officially totaled now

QUOTE

This brings our case to whole other level.

Since the repair costs are so high now, the car can be deemed totalled. I mean, it's half the value of the car already.

correct me if im wrong but wouldnt repair costs have to exceed the value of the car for it to be totaled?

unless he means its half the purchase price, in which case resale value might be lower

lostboyz · « **Reply #17 on:** December 01, 2008, 08:44:00 PM »

I forget the percentage, maybe it depends on what insurance you have but 50% of the cost of the vehicle seems a little low. It also depends on the type of damage. Thats to just consider it totaled, which will help him in any court battle.

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #18 on:** December 02, 2008, 07:38:00 AM »

I think it depends on the state and the insurance company

but in some situations half the value = totaled

I believe this is the case because the insurance company can get X amount of dollars in scrap no matter how bad the damage is...

So If [damages] > [Z value] - [value of sellable scrap] then TOTALLED

most cars you can buy back from the insurance company if they total them, and the buy back price is what they estimate the value of the scrap to be.

I know a co-worker of mine was recently in an accident and needed repairs totaling 60% of the vehicle value and they totaled it.

This Z is worth what? 18-22K so 14K in damages would definitly put it in totaled range.

ausmods · « **Reply #19 on:** December 02, 2008, 03:07:00 PM »

That new-found damage just takes the cake... I hope for his sake that it works out, and he gets a 370Z at the end of it all

It all depends on insurance companies, their policies and all that... Hopefully he'll be able to sue the shit out of the guy who screwed up his Z... This kinda shit makes me angry.

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #20 on:** December 03, 2008, 09:24:00 AM »

he apparently contacted his insurance company and despite having full coverage, they don't cover damages like this since they're consider "poor workmanship"

lordvader129 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 04, 2008, 05:29:00 PM »

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Dec 3 2008, 09:00 AM)

he apparently contacted his insurance company and despite having full coverage, they don't cover damages like this since they're consider "poor workmanship"

im not surprised, the shop owner should have some sort of business insurance to cover the damage

otherwise its time for him to contact some lawyers

icustom · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2009, 09:32:00 AM »

Horrible job.

Owner of the body shop is a retard.

lostboyz · « **Reply #23 on:** December 08, 2009, 04:02:00 PM »

just read this on jalop

http://jalopnik.com/...-finally-reborn

still looks pretty bad, but I am not what you would call a fan of the jdm vip look

yaazz · « **Reply #24 on:** December 08, 2009, 04:46:00 PM »

I think that car looks awesome now.

Also, his license plate is awesome

tomjacob · « **Reply #25 on:** December 08, 2009, 09:14:00 PM »

Hi lostboyz.
It looks sexy in after photo. Shining star.

hamwbone · « **Reply #26 on:** December 09, 2009, 04:01:00 AM »

before i even read those comments did you all not notice the CAMBER!?!??! you have got to be kidding me!!! WHAT A HUNK OF SHIT... fire that alignment tech!!!!

lostboyz · « **Reply #27 on:** December 09, 2009, 08:54:00 PM »

QUOTE(hamwbone @ Dec 9 2009, 06:01 AM)

before i even read those comments did you all not notice the CAMBER!?!??! you have got to be kidding me!!! WHAT A HUNK OF SHIT... fire that alignment tech!!!!

just look up jdm vip, you will be horrified to find they do that on purpose. Also part of it comes from bagging a car

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #28 on:** December 10, 2009, 01:40:00 PM »

yeah I'm not into the whole VIP stance thing, but I do think it looks good if that's what you're going for.

they certainly don't drive very well like that. I don't think that Z is on bags either, I think it's just dumped on coil-overs air-bags are more of a VW thing... most dumped Nissan guys are straight coil-over.

checkout HellaFlush: http://fatlace.com/hellaflush/

it's basically the new-school version of lowriders... like I said, not my thing but I do think it looks good.

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BTW the court case is over, he won but only got $5500 out of it.... IIRC his repairs were around $8K and it was another 3-4K to repaint and install the new kit once the repairs were done.

This post has been edited by twistedsymphony: Dec 10 2009, 09:42 PM

lostboyz · « **Reply #29 on:** December 10, 2009, 09:25:00 PM »

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Dec 10 2009, 03:40 PM)

yeah I'm not into the whole VIP stance thing, but I do think it looks good if that's what you're going for.

they certainly don't drive very well like that. I don't think that Z is on bags either, I think it's just dumped on coil-overs air-bags are more of a VW thing... most dumped Nissan guys are straight coil-over.

checkout HellaFlush: http://fatlace.com/hellaflush/

it's basically the new-school version of lowriders... like I said, not my thing but I do think it looks good.

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BTW the court case is over, he won but only got $5500 out of it.... IIRC his repairs were around $8K and it was another 3-4K to repaint and install the new kit once the repairs were done.

remind me to stab you for showing me that site, I have so much rage right now

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