Car accident on the way to work this morning

[phatz]

Got swiped on the way to work this morning!

The lady changed into my lane without looking..

[Hobber]

No....!

edit: She changed lanes and hit you there?! Wow she really wasn't looking!

[phatz]

No....!

edit: She changed lanes and hit you there?! Wow she really wasn't looking!

Terrible driver I know!

Hopefully insurance sorts this out quick, might also be a perfect time to get some eye lids and grill and get the workshop to paint them for me!

[mitch2147]

Nooooo.... I always cringe at these things. Stupid, stupid lady.

[Roddez]

John, that could be an expensive one to repair. I had a similar incident last year when someone hit me there.

If you have metallic paint it means you will need almost the entire car (roof, pillars and both rear panels) resprayed. I'm told it's the only way that they can match the paint. Mine was in the shop for 5 days while it was all corrected.

However if it's not metallic paint it should be a pretty quick fix.

[Mr04Liberty]

This is just sad
They would have to be as blind as a bat to hit you there
Mate i Guess it could be worse, could have been in some of these hail storms like the other members have been
now that would be real bad,
Time for improvement, silver line in that cloud

hahaha call me philosipher

[Hobber]

Yeah, Hobber's MY07 2.5i gets written off
Hobber gets MY10 GT

[phatz]

John, that could be an expensive one to repair. I had a similar incident last year when someone hit me there.

If you have metallic paint it means you will need almost the entire car (roof, pillars and both rear panels) resprayed. I'm told it's the only way that they can match the paint. Mine was in the shop for 5 days while it was all corrected.

However if it's not metallic paint it should be a pretty quick fix.

So far I have 2 quotes, both of them totaling approximately $1.8k to repair. Both quotes have metallic paint listed but no mention of respraying roof and/or pillars.
I hope they can match the paint up, nothing worse than having two shades of black on a car!

Dropping it into AAMI at Chipping Norton on Tuesday for the inspection.

[phatz]

This is just sad
They would have to be as blind as a bat to hit you there
Mate i Guess it could be worse, could have been in some of these hail storms like the other members have been
now that would be real bad,
Time for improvement, silver line in that cloud

hahaha call me philosipher

Definitely time for improvement, trying to get some eyelids and maybe a grill so I can get them painted at the same time!

Hail storm would hurt sooooo bad..

[nytrojen]

This is just sad
They would have to be as blind as a bat to hit you there
Mate i Guess it could be worse, could have been in some of these hail storms like the other members have been
now that would be real bad,
Time for improvement, silver line in that cloud

hahaha call me philosipher

Definitely time for improvement, trying to get some eyelids and maybe a grill so I can get them painted at the same time!

Hail storm would hurt sooooo bad..

Get yourself an ULTREX grill, eyelids and STi style lip all at once. Trust me, your ride will thank you for it

[Hobber]

The black isn't metallic though if I recall.. the greys and silver are but not the black...

[phatz]

Get yourself an ULTREX grill, eyelids and STi style lip all at once. Trust me, your ride will thank you for it

Yeah im looking at the ultrex eyelids & grill. I already bought an STI lip.. hopefully i can get the eyelids and grill from ultrex before i take it in to repair.

[phatz]

The black isn't metallic though if I recall.. the greys and silver are but not the black...

I hope so! Either way the paint on my car at the moment isn't in the best condition. So a respray in the future is something I am definitely looking into.

[phatz]

All fixed now!

sorry about the poor quality phone camera!

[Spec B Wgn]

looks good. did you get the eyelids and grill done in the end ??

had a yong lad in his mums car lane swap yesterday right in front of us without checking hs mirrors...

gave him the horn and the WTF look, he suddenly turned off next corner.. but it could have gone pear shaped for us..